International Capital Markets and Foreign Exchange Risk

Posted: 29 Feb 2008

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Yihong Xia

University of California, Los Angeles (Deceased)

Date Written: 2006

Abstract

Relations between foreign exchange risk premia, exchange rate volatility, and the volatilities of the pricing kernels for the underlying currencies, are derived under the assumption of integrated capital markets. As predicted, the volatility of exchange rates is significantly associated with the estimated volatility of the relevant pricing kernels, and foreign exchange risk premia are significantly related to both the estimated volatility of the pricing kernels and the volatility of exchange rates. The estimated foreign exchange risk premia mostly satisfy Fama's (1984) necessary conditions for explaining the forward premium puzzle, but the puzzle remains in several cases even after taking account of the pricing kernel volatilities.

Suggested Citation

Xia, Yihong, International Capital Markets and Foreign Exchange Risk ( 2006). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 19, Issue 3, pp. 753-795, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1096003 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhj029

Yihong Xia

University of California, Los Angeles (Deceased)

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