Microstructure of financial markets in europe

Objective

European financial markets are facing a dramatic change, which is characterized by the introduction of new financial instruments and trading systems as well as by merging or co-operation of exchanges. Moreover, important commodities like electric power can now be traded on exchanges. In order to assess these developments with regard to their impact on the functioning of the financial markets and the European economy as a whole a thorough empirical investigation of the European financial markets at the micro-level is a crucial prerequisite. The limited empirical evidence is largely restricted to the microstructure of U.S. exchanges and is not simply transferable to the European situation. The goal of the proposed network is the study of microstructure of European financial markets. This will be done on the basis of recently available data for various European financial markets at the transaction level (UHF-data): The special features of this type of data require the development of new econometric tools that combine methods from microeconometrics with methods from time series analysis.
Therefore the objectives are twofold:
( i) development of econometric methods for the analysis of ultra high-frequency data,
(ii) empirical analysis of the market-microstructure of various European financial markets based on these new techniques. Special emphasis will be given to the development of multivariate models for UHF-data to analyze the joint dynamics of volatility and liquidity of financial markets and the link between various markets. Finally, the network expects to provide a comprehensive empirical characterization of the microstructure of European financial markets that can serve as a background for policy advice regarding the design and restructuring of financial markets in Europe.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › electric energy
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › econometrics
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › microeconomics

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

NET - Research network contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET KONSTANZ

Address

Universitaetsstrasse 10
78457 Konstanz
Germany

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Participants (7)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Boulevard Gabriel Péri 15
92245 Malakoff

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INSEE - INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DES ETUDES ECONOMIQUE

France

Address

Avenue Pierre Larousse 3
92245 Malakoff

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THE AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Denmark

Address

Fuglesangsalle 4
8210 Aarhus C

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THE WARDEN AND FELLOWS OF NUFFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

United Kingdom

Address

New Road
OX1 1NF Oxford

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TILBURG UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

Address

Warandelaan 2
5000 Tilburg

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UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID

Spain

Address

126,calle Madrid 126
28903 Getafe

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UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN

Belgium

Address

34,voie Du Roman Pays 34
1348 Louvain-la-neuve

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