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Tail Behaviour of the Euro

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  • John Cotter

    (University College Dublin)

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This paper empirically analyses risk in the Euro relative to other currencies. Comparisons are made between a sub period encompassing the final transitional stage to full monetary union with a sub period prior to this. Stability in the face of speculative attack is examined using Extreme Value Theory to obtain estimates of tail exchange rate changes. The findings are encouraging. The Euro’s common risk measures do not deviate substantially from other currencies. Also, the Euro is stable in the face of speculative pressure. For example, the findings consistently show the Euro being less risky than the Yen, and having similar inherent risk to the Deutsche Mark, the currency that it is essentially replacing.

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Paper provided by Geary Institute, University College Dublin in its series Working Papers with number 200417.

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Length: 44 pages
Date of creation: 07 2011
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Handle: RePEc:ucd:wpaper:200417

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Keywords: Extreme Value Theory; Tail Behaviour; GARCH; The Euro;

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  1. John Cotter, 2006. "Modelling catastrophic risk in international equity markets: an extreme value approach," Applied Financial Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 2(1), pages 13-17, January.
  2. Cotter, John & Dowd, Kevin, 2007. "The tail risks of FX return distributions: A comparison of the returns associated with limit orders and market orders," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 146-154, September.
  3. Cotter, John & Dowd, Kevin, 2007. "Intra-Day Seasonality in Foreign Exchange Market Transactions," MPRA Paper 3502, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  4. Ana-Maria Gavril, 2009. "Exchange Rate Risk: Heads or Tails," Advances in Economic and Financial Research - DOFIN Working Paper Series 35, Bucharest University of Economics, Center for Advanced Research in Finance and Banking - CARFIB.
  5. Wan, Jer-Yuh & Kao, Chung-Wei, 2008. "The euro and pound volatility dynamics: An investigation from conditional jump process," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 193-207, June.
  6. John Cotter, 2006. "Extreme Value Estimation of Boom and Crash Statistics," European Journal of Finance, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 12(6-7), pages 553-566.
  7. John Cotter, 2005. "Extreme risk in futures contracts," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 12(8), pages 489-492.
  8. Cotter, John, 2004. "Modelling extreme financial returns of global equity markets," Open Access publications from University College Dublin urn:hdl:10197/1644, University College Dublin.

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