We draw on portfolio theory and international diversification in order to analyse strategies allowing to reduce emerging economies' exposure to exchange-rate risk. We show in particular that it may be efficient for an investor, in terms of maximising the return-to-risk ratio, to build up a...

The expansion of global liquidity, resulting from the unconventional monetary policies implemented by the major Central Banks over the past several years, has contributed to the debate on the cross-border impact of those measures. This paper examines the impact of global excess liquidity on...

The Central and Eastern European countries have used since the beginning of the transition of many monetary and exchange rate strategies to fight against inflation. One can find the full spectrum of regimes, from free floating, currency board, monetary anchors, inflation targeting, through...

The overly accommodating monetary policy is often accused of creating surplus liquidity and bubbles on the asset markets. In particular, it could have contributed to strong capital inflows in emerging countries, which may have had a significant impact on financial stability in these countries,...

We have drawn on portfolio theory and international diversification in order to analyse strategies that help reduce emerging economy exposure to exchange-rate risk. We show that it may be efficient for an investor, by taking into account the several components of the global risk, to build up a...

The overly accommodating monetary policy is often accused of creating surplus liquidity and bubbles on the asset markets. In particular, it could have contributed to strong capital inflows in emerging countries, which may have had a significant impact on financial stability in these countries,...