Carol L. Osler

Brandeis University - International Business School

Associate Professor

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Waltham, MA 02454-9110

United States

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Scholarly Papers (31)

1.

Support for Resistance: Technical Analysis and Intraday Exchange Rates

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, July 2000
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Mar 2006
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
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exchange rates, tecnhical analysis, high-frequency, bootstrap, support, resistance

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Head and Shoulders: Not Just a Flaky Pattern

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 4
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Carol L. Osler and P. H. Kevin Chang
Brandeis University - International Business School and Credit Suisse AG - London Headquarters
Downloads 2,239 (14,351)
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technical analysis, rational expectations, exchange rates

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Foreign Exchange Market Structure, Players and Evolution

Norges Bank Working Paper No. 2011/10
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Michael R. King, Carol L. Osler and Dagfinn Rime
Gustavson School Of Business, Brandeis University - International Business School and BI Norwegian Business School
Downloads 2,088 (16,065)
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Exchange rates, algorithmic trading, market microstructure, electronic trading, high frequency trading

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Stop-Loss Orders and Price Cascades in Currency Markets

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 150
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
Downloads 1,638 (23,433)
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stop-loss, exchange rates, currency markets, high-frequency, portfolio insurance, order flow

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The Changing Landscape of the Financial Services Industry: What Lies Ahead?

FRB of New York Economic Policy Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 39-55, October 2000
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Sep 2004
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Brandeis University - International Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Boston College - Department of Finance
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Gramm Leach Bliley, Financial Services Modernization Act, bank consolidation, financial services consolidation

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Overconfidence in Currency Markets

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Mar 2008
Thomas Oberlechner and Carol L. Osler
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brandeis University - International Business School
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Overconfidence, imperfect rationality, currency dealers, survival of imperfect rationality

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Currency Orders and Exchange-Rate Dynamics: Explaining the Success of Technical Analysis

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 125
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Aug 2006
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
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currency orders, high frequency, technical analysis

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Identifying Noise Traders: The Head-and-Shoulders Pattern in U.S. Equities

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 42
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Oct 2006
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
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Determinants of Currency Risk Premiums

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 70
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Aug 1999
John A. Carlson and Carol L. Osler
Purdue University - Department of Economics and Brandeis University - International Business School
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Asymmetric Information in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Mar 2008
Geir Hoidal Bjonnes, Carol L. Osler and Dagfinn Rime
BI Norwegian Business School, Brandeis University - International Business School and BI Norwegian Business School
Downloads 278 (228,082)
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Foreign exchange, microstructure

Asymmetric Information in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 04 May 2010
Geir Hoidal Bjonnes, Carol L. Osler and Dagfinn Rime
BI Norwegian Business School, Brandeis University - International Business School and BI Norwegian Business School
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foreign exchange, microstructure, asymmetric information, liquidity premium

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The Market Microstructure Approach to Foreign Exchange: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming, Norges Bank Working Paper 2013/12
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 May 2013
Michael R. King, Carol L. Osler and Dagfinn Rime
Gustavson School Of Business, Brandeis University - International Business School and BI Norwegian Business School
Downloads 476 (126,438)
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F31, G12, G15, C42, C82

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Price Discovery in Currency Markets

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Mar 2006
Carol L. Osler, Lukas Menkhoff and Alexander Mende
Brandeis University - International Business School, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Hannover
Downloads 467 (129,320)
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Bid-ask spreads, foreign exchange, asymmetric information, microstructure, price discovery, interdealer, inventory, market order, limit order

13.

Macro Lessons from Microstructure

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Dec 2005
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
Downloads 397 (156,375)
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microstructure, international macroeconomics, exchange rate, exchange-rate model, order flow, liquidity, currency trading

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Short-Run Exchange-Rate Dynamics: Theory and Evidence

CREATES Research Paper 2008-1
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Jun 2008
John A. Carlson, Christian Dahl and Carol L. Osler
Purdue University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Brandeis University - International Business School
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Exchange-rate dynamics, currency market microstructure

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Extreme Returns without News: The Case of Currencies

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Feb 2009
Tanseli Savaser and Carol L. Osler
Vassar College - Department of Economics and Brandeis University - International Business School
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kurtosis, exchange rates, order flow, high-frequency, microstructure

16.

Rational Speculators and Exchange Rate Volatility

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 13
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Carol L. Osler and John A. Carlson
Brandeis University - International Business School and Purdue University - Department of Economics
Downloads 308 (206,381)
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exchange rate, volatility

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Limit-Order Submission Strategies under Asymmetric Information

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3054
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 May 2010
Lukas Menkhoff, Carol L. Osler and Maik Schmeling
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brandeis University - International Business School and Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance
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limit-order market, order submission, informed traders, market conditions

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Rapidly Rising Coporate Debt: Are Firms Now Vulnerable to an Economic Slowdown?

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 May 2005
Carol L. Osler and Gijoon Hong
Brandeis University - International Business School and Independent
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corporate debt, leverage

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Hedge Funds and the Origins of Private Information in Currency Markets

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Oct 2009
Carol L. Osler and Vitaliy Vandrovych
Brandeis University - International Business School and State Street Global Advisors, ARC
Downloads 284 (224,744)
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microstructure, exchange rates, asymmetric information

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Price Discovery in Two-Tier Markets

International Journal of Finance and Economics, forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Jul 2020
Geir Hoidal Bjonnes, Carol L. Osler and Dagfinn Rime
BI Norwegian Business School, Brandeis University - International Business School and BI Norwegian Business School
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Foreign exchange, microstructure, asymmetric information, liquidity premium

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Dealer Trading at the Fix

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Apr 2024
Carol L. Osler and Alastair Turnbull
Brandeis University - International Business School and Clarkson University
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Benchmark, collusion, Front-running, banging the close, manipulation

Dealer Trading at the Fix

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
Carol L. Osler and Alastair Turnbull
Brandeis University - International Business School and Clarkson University
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Fix, benchmark, collusion, predatory trading, front-running, banging-the-close, manipulation

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Asymmetric Information and the Foreign-Exchange Trades of Global Custody Banks

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2015
Carol L. Osler, Tanseli Savaser and Thang Nguyen
Brandeis University - International Business School, Vassar College - Department of Economics and Brandeis University
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Exchange rates, Microstructure, Asymmetric Information, Custody Banks

Short-Term Speculators and the Origins of Near-Random-Walk Exchange Rate Behavior

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 3
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 22 Jun 2007
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
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foreign exchange market, exchange rates, speculation, asset pricing

Short-Term Speculators and the Origins of Near-Random-Walk Exchange Rate Behavior

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports No. 3
Posted: 07 Jan 1998
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School

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Second District House Prices: Why so Weak in the 1990s?

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 5, No. 2, January 1999
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Matthew Higgins, Carol L. Osler and Anjali Sridhar
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Brandeis University - International Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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house prices, speculative bubbles, New York

25.

Introduction

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, November 2002
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 13 Sep 2005
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Independent, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Brandeis University - International Business School
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September 11, terrorism, New York City, financial markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Interest Rate Term Premiums and the Failure of the Speculative Efficiency Hypothesis: a Theoretical Investigation

NBER Working Paper No. w3060
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 May 2004 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2022
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
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Terms of Trade and the Transmission of Output Shocks in a Rational Expectations Model

NBER Working Paper No. w2681
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School
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28.

Market Microstructure and the Profitability of Currency Trading

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 4, pp. 469-495, 2012
Posted: 04 Nov 2012
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School

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Currency Orders and Exchange Rate Dynamics: An Explanation for the Predictive Success of Technical Analysis

Posted: 15 Oct 2003
Carol L. Osler
Brandeis University - International Business School

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Rational Speculators and Exchange Rate Volatility

European Economic Review
Posted: 22 Apr 1998
Carol L. Osler and John A. Carlson
Brandeis University - International Business School and Purdue University - Department of Economics

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Rational Speculators and Exchange Rate Volatility

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports No. 13
Posted: 17 Apr 1998
Carol L. Osler and John A. Carlson
Brandeis University - International Business School and Purdue University - Department of Economics

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Technical Analysis as a Source of Exchange-Rate Forecast Irrationality: The Head-and-Shoulders Pattern

Posted: 07 Jan 1998
Carol L. Osler and P. H. Kevin Chang
Brandeis University - International Business School and Credit Suisse AG - London Headquarters

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