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The United States (US) extracts a large macroeconomic premium from foreigners: she enjoys higher consumption and GDP growths on average relative to the rest of the world (ROW). This is earned even though the US is relatively insulated against global consumption and GDP risks, challenging a...
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This paper investigates the effect of domestic and global uncertainty on the volatility of the Mexican peso US dollar … estimated exchange rate volatility on domestic and global uncertainty proxies, built with data from the survey of professional … Davis global economic policy uncertainty index (EPU). A trade uncertainty index based on Google trends is incorporated in …
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insurance portfolio framework to minimize model risks, tail risks, systemic risks; Develops framework for Knightian uncertainty …
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I study the joint dynamics between the US wealth share, the dollar and the global economy. I uncover three novel stylised facts about these joint dynamics. Firstly, the US wealth share is countercyclical: it falls on impact but subsequently rises over the course of global recessions. Secondly...
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This paper uses a dataset that comprises information on 275 nonfinancial firms listed in the FTSE-All share index over the time period between 2005 and 2012, and reveals interesting features of the UK nonfinancial firms regarding the effect of hedging on firm value and performance. We show that...
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While flexible exchange rates facilitate stabilisation, exchange rate fluctuations can cause real volatility. This gives policy importance to the causal relationship between exchange rate depreciation and its volatility. An exchange rate may be expected to become more volatile when the...
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The paper studies risk mitigation associated with capital regulation, in a context when banks may choose tail risk assets. We show that this undermines the traditional result that higher capital reduces excess risk-taking driven by limited liability. When capital raising is costly, poorly...
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Using a large sample of non-financial firms from 47 countries, we examine the effect of derivative use on firm risk and value. We control for endogeneity by matching users and nonusers on the basis of their propensity to use derivatives. We also use a new technique to estimate the effect of...
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