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The Behaviour of the Australian Forward Exchange Market

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  • Mario Levis

    (School of Management, University of Bath, UK.)

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The efficiency of the Australian official forward exchange market is tested for the period September 1974 to June 1981. The results indicate that while the 90-days US dollar forward rate was an unbiased predictor of the future spot rate for the period as a whole, substantial differences between the two rates have been evident over prolonged short-run periods. Such evidence raises some important policy questions about the existing arrangements in the forward exchange market.

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  • Mario Levis, 1982. "The Behaviour of the Australian Forward Exchange Market," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 7(1), pages 61-74, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ausman:v:7:y:1982:i:1:p:61-74
    DOI: 10.1177/031289628200700106
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    1. Longworth, David, 1981. "Testing the Efficiency of the Canadian-U.S. Exchange Market under the Assumption of no Risk Premium," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 36(1), pages 43-49, March.
    2. Frenkel, Jacob A, 1977. "The Forward Exchange Rate, Expectations, and the Demand for Money: The German Hyperinflation," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 67(4), pages 653-670, September.
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    1. S.P.G. Teo, 1990. "The Efficiency of the Australian Foreign Exchange Market," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 90-25, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.

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