Arbeitspapier
Discriminatory pricing of over-the-counter derivatives
New regulatory data reveal extensive discriminatory pricing in the foreign exchange derivatives market, in which dealer-banks and their non-financial clients trade over-the-counter. After controlling for contract characteristics, dealer fixed effects, and market conditions, we find that the client at the 75th percentile of the spread distribution pays an average of 30 pips over the market mid-price, compared to competitive spreads of less than 2.5 pips paid by the bottom 25% of clients. Higher spreads are paid by less sophisticated clients. However, trades on multi-dealer request-for-quote platforms exhibit competitive spreads regardless of client sophistication, thereby eliminating discriminatory pricing.
- ISBN
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978-92-95210-48-6
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ESRB Working Paper Series ; No. 61
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation
- Subject
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dealer spreads
information rents
RFQ platforms
corporate hedging
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Hau, Harald
Hoffmann, Peter
Langfield, Sam
Timmer, Yannick
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European System of Financial Supervision
- (where)
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Frankfurt a. M.
- (when)
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2017
- DOI
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doi:10.2849/33277
- Handle
- Last update
- 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Hau, Harald
- Hoffmann, Peter
- Langfield, Sam
- Timmer, Yannick
- European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European System of Financial Supervision
Time of origin
- 2017