Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81146 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IUI Working Paper No. 623
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI), Stockholm
Abstract: 
The major strand of finance literature understands market efficiency through the market’s ability to process information into prices. Another strand of literature refers to the economists’ usual sense of the word, i.e. that markets ensure that resources are allocated to their most profitable expected use, and provide services at the lowest cost. This paper, deploying the second definition, suggests a concept of static efficiency, and claims this can also be seen as a measure of market quality. The paper develops a measure of qualitative static efficiency for bond markets built on four indicators: transparency, number of maturities and issuers, spread, and liquidity. Indicators of market quality should be easily accessible, and permit international and inter-temporal comparison. Using Nordic markets as case studies, we show that these markets became more efficient during the 1990’s, but that transparency of efficiency remains a problem. A number of measurement problems with the static efficiency indicators are discussed, as well as interdependence issues. The paper concludes with comments on future applications of the static efficiency measure.
Subjects: 
Efficiency
Transparency
Market Liquidity
Bond Markets
JEL: 
D82
E44
G15
G18
G28
G38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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