Most empirical FX microstructure research uses indicative quotes to proxy for firm, tradeable quotes. This paper presents comparison of the characteristics of one week of indicative DEM/USD data with contemporaneous, transactions-based data from an electronic FX brokerage. A high-frequency analysis yields the following results. Indicative returns are more volatile and more strongly autocorrelated than firm returns. Unlike firm spreads, indicative spreads contain no information on market liquidity. Indicative returns lag firm returns by around 3 minutes. These differences disappear with aggregation. Return properties are similar when sampled every 5 minutes and are essentially indistinguishable when sampled every 10 minutes. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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United Nations Conf Trade & Dev UNCTAD, Div Globalizat & Dev Strategies, Geneva, SwitzerlandUnited Nations Conf Trade & Dev UNCTAD, Div Globalizat & Dev Strategies, Geneva, Switzerland
Zucker-Marques, Marina
da Silva, Pedro Perfeito
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Cent European Univ, Polit Sci Dept, Vienna, AustriaUnited Nations Conf Trade & Dev UNCTAD, Div Globalizat & Dev Strategies, Geneva, Switzerland
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Natl Grad Inst Policy Studies GRIPS, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1068677, JapanUniv Calif Merced, Sch Engn, Sch Social Sci Humanities & Arts, Merced, CA 95343 USA
Tanaka, Makoto
Chen, Yihsu
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Univ Calif Merced, Sch Engn, Sch Social Sci Humanities & Arts, Merced, CA 95343 USAUniv Calif Merced, Sch Engn, Sch Social Sci Humanities & Arts, Merced, CA 95343 USA