Welfare Effects of Transparency in Foreign Exchange Markets: the Role of Hedging Opportunities
The paper studies the impact of more transparency on the risk-sharing opportunities in the foreign exchange market and the associated implications on <i>ex ante</i> welfare. Transparency is measured in this model by the informational content of publicly observable signals about exchange rate developments. The authors find that in this model more transparency improves welfare in economies that are poorly endowed with capital and/or where investors are not very risk-averse, while welfare is reduced in economies with large capital endowments and/or where investors are highly risk-averse. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2003.
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2003
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Authors: | Drees, Burkhard ; Eckwert, Bernhard |
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Review of International Economics. - Wiley Blackwell, ISSN 0965-7576. - Vol. 11.2003, 3, p. 453-463
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Wiley Blackwell |
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