Financial Super-Markets: Size Matters for Asset Trade

Philippe Martin and Helene Rey

International Finance from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper presents a new theoretical framework to analyze=20 financial markets in an international context. We build a two-country=20 macroeconomic model in which agents are risk averse, assets are imperfect=20 substitutes, the number of financial assets is endogenous, and cross-border= =20 asset trade entails transaction costs. We show that demand effects have=20 important implications for the link between market size, asset prices and=20 financial market development. These effects are consistent with the=20 existing empirical evidence. Due to co-ordination failures, the extent of=20 financial market incompleteness is inefficiently high. We also analyze the= =20 impact of domestic transaction costs and issuing costs on financial markets= =20 and returns.

JEL-codes: F12 F4 G1 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2001-02-09
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Journal Article: Financial super-markets: size matters for asset trade (2004)
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Working Paper: Financial Super-Markets: Size Matters for Asset Trade (2004)
Working Paper: Financial Super-Markets: Size Matters for Asset Trade (2001)
Working Paper: Financial Super-Markets: Size Matters for Asset Trade (2000)
Working Paper: Financial Super-Markets: Size Matters for Asset Trade (2000)
Working Paper: Financial super-markets: size matters for asset trade (2000)
Working Paper: Financial Super-Markets: Size Matters for Asset Trade (2000)
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