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bond positions, which creates a net hedging demand for dollar assets that depreciates USD rates in both the forward and … spot markets. We document the time-varying nature of this net hedging demand and show how it relates to economic … FX hedging pressure can account for approximately 30% of all monthly variation in the seven most important dollar …
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currency returns, we develop an ambiguity-adjusted dynamic currency hedging strategy for international investors. We propose an …'s ambiguity into the dynamic currency hedging strategy algorithm that can numerically optimize an arbitrary risk measure, such as … investors, the derived dynamic currency hedging strategy with ambiguity is stable, robust, and highly risk reductive. It …
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ranging from manufacturing to energy retailing, where risk averse fi rms decide on their hedging strategies before their … product market strategies. We fi nd that hedging modi es the pricing and production strategies of firms. This strategic effect … shareholders risk aversion. It has diametrically opposed impacts depending on the nature of product market competition: hedging …
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value of indexlinked credit derivatives is very limited: hedging portfolios including only T-bond futures can reduce the …We consider modeling errors in the hedging of a portfolio composed from BBB-rated bonds. By doing this, we open a new … hedging. This is consistent with the literature identifying an important non-default component within corporate bond spreads …
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I show that an asset pricing model for the equity claims of a value-maximizing firm can be constructed from its optimal financial contracting behavior. I study a dynamic contracting model in which firms trade off the costs and benefits of a given promise to pay external lenders in a specific...
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We study the theoretical and empirical properties of a simple measure of market illiquidity, namely the realized Amihud, which is defined as the ratio between the realized volatility and trading volume and which refines the popular price impact measure proposed by Amihud (2002). In our model,...
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We re-examine the relationship between exchange rate movements and firm value. We estimate the exchange rate exposure of publicly listed U.S. firms clustered into eleven industries. Using a panel approach, we uncover statistically significant and sizable unconditional exposure. We also examine...
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We identify local and global factors across international bond markets that are poorly spanned by the traditional level, slope and curvature factors but have strong forecasting power for future bond excess returns. Local and global factors are jointly significant predictors of bond returns,...
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In this paper, we consider an alternative perspective to China's exchange rate policy. We study a semi-open economy where the private sector has no access to international capital markets but the central bank has full access. Moreover, we assume limited financial development generating a large...
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The failure of uncovered interest rate parity to explain short-term interest rate movements is well documented. We show that short-term changes in long-term interest rates do help to explain short-term exchange rate movements. The relationship gets stronger over our sample period, as the...
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