The Micromechanics of the Federal Funds Market: Implications for Day-of-the-Week Effects in Funds Rate Variability
研究联邦基金市场的微观运行机制，说明交易异步、监管约束和会计惯例如何影响交易活动和利率的日内与周内波动，对理解货币政策传导和利率期限结构有参考价值。
The federal funds rate arguably is the most important interest rate in the U.S. capital market because it plays a central role in monetary policy and the term structure. This paper examines the micromechanics of the funds market. We show that in a continuous market with asynchronous trading, regulatory constraints and accounting conventions that focus agents' attention on discrete time instants have important implications for the dynamics of trading activity and realized market prices. We also exhibit a model of the market that explains observed regularities in the intertemporal behavior of the funds rate.