Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/209910 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2008/19
Publisher: 
Norges Bank, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the validity of the law of one price (LOP) in international financial markets by examining the frequency, size and duration of inter-market price differentials for borrowing and lending services (`one-way arbitrage'). Using a unique data set for three major capital and foreign exchange markets that covers a period of more than seven months at tick frequency, we find that the LOP holds on average, but numerous economically significant violations of the LOP arise. The duration of these violations is high enough to make it worthwhile searching for one-way arbitrage opportunities in order to minimize borrowing costs and/or maximize earnings on given funds. We also document that such opportunities decline with the pace of the market and increase with market volatility.
Subjects: 
law of one price
one-way arbitrage
foreign exchange microstructure
JEL: 
F31
F41
G14
G15
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ISBN: 
978-82-7553-465-9
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper
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