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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1982 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- ISSN
- 0095-2583
- eISSN
- 1465-7295
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1982.tb01157.x
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This paper suggests that transactions charges in foreign exchange markets, rather than being solely brokerage fees, represent exchange rate uncertainty in periods of great fluctuations by including remuneration for the assumption of risk by foreign exchange dealers. Since most of the cost of exchange rate uncertainty may be largely endogenously included in the foreign exchange markets, attempts to examine the efficient market hypothesis in these markets should most appropriately include specific consideration of transactions costs. There appears to be empirical support for the premise that transactions charges are positively related to exchange rate risk, and, as well, inclusion of contemporaneous bid‐ask spreads into the interest parity schedule leaves few unexplained profits from dollar‐pound covered interest arbitrage during the 1970's and underscores the notion of classifying periods by degree of turbulence in analyzing covered interest arbitrage.
Journal
Economic Inquiry – Wiley
Published: Apr 1, 1982