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Exchange rate volatility and the mixture <strong>of</strong> distribution hypothesis 15<br />

Fig. 2 The log <strong>of</strong> weekly number <strong>of</strong> BID NOK/EUR quotes (BID NOK/DEM before 1999) <strong>in</strong> the<br />

upper graph, the log-difference <strong>of</strong> weekly quot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the middle graph, and scatter plots <strong>of</strong> qt vs.<br />

bqt and Δq t vs. residual <strong>in</strong> the bottom graph<br />

lower-case means the log-transformation is applied, and upper-case means it is not.<br />

The only exceptions are the <strong>in</strong>terest-rate variables, a Russian moratorium dummy<br />

id t equal to 1 <strong>in</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the weeks follow<strong>in</strong>g the Russian moratorium (the week<br />

conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Friday 28 August 1998 to be more precise) and 0 elsewhere, and a step<br />

dummy sd t equal to 0 before 1997 and 1 after.

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