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Liquidity operations during the financial crisis 2008/09: evidence from the relations between Korean won onshore and offshore markets

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This paper addresses the interrelation of onshore and offshore markets before and after the Bank of Korea intervened in 2008/09. During the financial crisis, Korea faced a liquidity crunch and leveraged its high level of reserves to conduct swap agreements in late 2008. To analyse how the reforms affected the mean and volatility spillover in between the spot and NDF markets, an extended GARCH model is used. The main findings of this paper are that prior to the financial crisis, the spot market dominated the offshore market. This changed after South Korea addressed the won’s liquidity crunch at the height of the crisis. Mean and volatility spillover between the markets diminished and the price gap narrowed. In addition to the empirical results, the paper also underlines the significance of liquidity and robust capital requirements for central banks.

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  • Helen Ghebrezghi, 2018. "Liquidity operations during the financial crisis 2008/09: evidence from the relations between Korean won onshore and offshore markets," Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 275-289, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:macfem:v:11:y:2018:i:3:p:275-289
    DOI: 10.1080/17520843.2018.1446993
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