01783cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008348 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451841657 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Chan-Lau, Jorge. Testing the Informational Efficiency of OTC Optionson Emerging Market Currencies / Jorge Chan-Lau, Armando Mendez Morales. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes the informational efficiency of OTC currency options on the Czech koruna and the Polish zloty correcting for the volatility risk premium and errors-in-variable problems, using state-of-the-art techniques (Chernov 2001). It finds that these markets are more efficient than mature markets possibly because of higher relative participation of informed dedicated investors, which offset the effects of relative illiquidity and higher transaction costs in these countries. Moreover, implied volatilities generally anticipate the direction of volatility correctly, with a bias to overpredicting volatility increases reflecting one-sided markets. Mode of access: Internet Mendez Morales, Armando. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/001/001.2003.issue-001-en.xml IMF e-Library