Michael Melvin

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management

9500 Gilman Drive

Rady School of Management

La Jolla, CA 92093

United States

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

  • University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management

  • CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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1.

Forecasting Exchange Rates: An Investor Perspective

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4238
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 May 2013
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin, John Prins and Duncan D. Shand
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, BlackRock, Inc and BlackRock, Inc
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exchange rate forecasting, forecast evaluation, conditioners, quantitative models, benchmarks

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The Crisis in the Foreign Exchange Market

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The Crisis in the Foreign Exchange Market

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2707
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jul 2009
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Mark P. Taylor
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and Barclays - Barclays Global Investors (London)
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financial crisis, foreign exchange, exchange rates, transaction costs

The Crisis in the Foreign Exchange Market

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7472
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Oct 2009
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Mark P. Taylor
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and Barclays - Barclays Global Investors (London)
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Financial crisis, foreign exchange market

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When Carry Goes Bad: The Magnitude, Causes, and Duration of Currency Carry Unwinds

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6210
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Duncan D. Shand
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and BlackRock, Inc
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carry trade, financial risk, duration, active portfolio management

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Price Discovery in International Equity Trading

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 May 2001
Joachim Grammig, Christian Schlag, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
University of Tübingen, Goethe University Frankfurt and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Little Guys, Liquidity, and the Informational Efficiency of Price: Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the Effects of Small Investor Participation

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Mar 2005
Hee-Joon Ahn, Jun Cai, Yasushi Hamao, Yasushi Hamao, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
SungKyunKwan University, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Economics & Finance, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics DepartmentCenter on Japanese Economy and Business and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Small investors, noise traders, informed traders, microstructure, Tokyo Stock Exchange, minimum trading unit

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Retaining Alpha: The Effect of Trade Size and Rebalancing Frequency on FX Strategy Returns

CESifo Working Paper No. 8143
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Mar 2020
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin, Wenqiang Pan and Petra Wikstrom
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, School of Management, Fudan University and Streamline Analytix LLC
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transaction costs, FX microstructure, exchange rates, portfolio construction

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A Stock Market Boom During a Financial Crisis? Adrs and Capital Outflows in Argentina

ASU Department of Economics Working Paper No. 6/2002
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Oct 2002
Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Financial crisis, Argentina, ADRs

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The Effects of International Cross-Listing on Rival Firms

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Dec 2003
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Magali Valero-Tonone
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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A Yen is Not a Yen: Tibor/Libor and the Determinants of the 'Japan Premium'

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Nov 2001
Vicentiu Covrig, Buen Sin Low, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
California State University, Northridge - Department of Finance, Financial Planning and Insurance, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Japan premium, TIBOR, LIBOR, Credit risk, Japanese Bank, credit spread, credit downgrades, credit upgrades, Euroyen

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Why Has FX Trading Surged? Explaining the 2004 Triennial Survey

BIS Quarterly Review, December 2004
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 May 2012 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2013
Gabriele Galati, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
De Nederlandsche Bank and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Automating Exchange Rate Target Zones: Intervention Via an Electronic Limit Order Book

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Automating Exchange Rate Target Zones: Intervention Via an Electronic Limit Order Book

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2221
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Feb 2008
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin, Lukas Menkhoff and Maik Schmeling
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance
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foreign exchange, microstructure, intervention, exchange rate

Exchange Rate Management in Emerging Markets: Intervention via an Electronic Limit Order Book

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2656
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 May 2009
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin, Lukas Menkhoff and Maik Schmeling
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance
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exchange rates, intervention, microstructure

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Asymmetric Information and Price Discovery in the FX Market: Does Tokyo Know More About the Yen?

Arizona State University Working Paper No. 98/1
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Feb 1999
Vicentiu Covrig, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
California State University, Northridge - Department of Finance, Financial Planning and Insurance and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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The Role of U.S. Trading in Pricing Internationally Cross-Listed Stocks

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Jul 2004
Joachim Grammig, Christian Schlag, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
University of Tübingen, Goethe University Frankfurt and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Bank of England Interest Rate Announcements and the Foreign Exchange Market

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2613
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Apr 2009
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin, Christian Saborowski, Michael Sager and Mark P. Taylor
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Barclays - Barclays Global Investors (London)
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foreign exchange market, microstructure, monetary policy announcements, Markov switching, endogenous probabilities

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The Dark Side of International Cross-Listing: Effects on Rival Firms at Home

CESifo Working Paper No. 2174
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Jan 2008
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Magali Valero
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of MIchigan at Dearborn
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cross-listings, rival firms, growth opportunities

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Information, the Type of Informed Trader, and the Convergence of Price to Equilibrium

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Mar 2006
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and James E. Eaves
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and University of California, Davis
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microstructure, price discovery, private information, auctions

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Chinese Exchange Rate Policy: Lessons for Global Investors

CESifo Working Paper No. 8493
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Aug 2020
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Frank Westermann
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and Universität Osnabrück - Institute of Empirical Economic Research
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Japan's Big Bang and the Transformation of Financial Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w7247
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Takatoshi Ito, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Is There Private Information in the FX Market? The Tokyo Experiment

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Is There Private Information in the FX Market? The Tokyo Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w5936
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Takatoshi Ito, Richard K. Lyons, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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Is There Private Information in the FX Market? The Tokyo Experiment

JOURNAL OF FINANCE
Posted: 11 Sep 1997
Richard K. Lyons, Takatoshi Ito, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
University of California, Berkeley, University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management

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Information, Announcement, and Listing Effects of ADR Programs and German-U.S. Stock Market Integration

Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3/4, p. 181-200, 2000
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Jul 2015
Michael G. Hertzel, Paul Lowengrub, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department, Nathan Associates and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
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ADRs, international cross-listing, international equity markets, German stocks

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How useful is a Prospectus in Identifying Greenwashing Versus True ESG Funds

The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, Fall 2023, 4 (1) 109 - 127 DOI: 10.3905/jesg.2023.1.081
Posted: 17 Jul 2023
Min Yi Li, Michael Melvin and Michael Melvin
Gifford Fong Associates and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management

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ESG, greenwashing, prospectus, natural language processing

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Active Currency Investing and Performance Benchmarks

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3052, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2011.37.2.046
Posted: 21 May 2019
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Duncan D. Shand
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and BlackRock, Inc

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currency investing, performance benchmarks, carry, momentum, purchasing power parity

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Public Information Arrival, Exchange Rate Volatility, and Quote Frequency

Posted: 01 Oct 2000
Michael Melvin, Michael Melvin and Xixi Yin
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and American Express Company

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