Arbeitspapier

The Forward Premium Puzzle only emerges gradually

The forward premium puzzle (FPP) is the negative correlation between the forward premium and the realized exchange rate return at maturities of a month and beyond. Some recent evidence shows that at maturities of multiple years and at the highest intra day frequency the correlation is positive and close to one. This paper contributes by using futures data instead of forwards to complete the maturity spectrum at the (multi-) day level. We find that the correlation only slowly turns negative as the number of days to maturity is increased to the monthly level. The typical shape of the premium correlation with regard to the forward maturity length appears to be V-shaped.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 07-033/2

Classification
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
International Finance Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing; option pricing
Subject
exchange rates
market efficiency
forward premium puzzle
uncovered interest parity
futures rates
Währungsderivat
Wechselkurs
Währungsrisiko
Fälligkeit
Effizienzmarkthypothese

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bernoth, Kerstin
von Hagen, Jürgen
de Vries, Casper G.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Tinbergen Institute
(where)
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bernoth, Kerstin
  • von Hagen, Jürgen
  • de Vries, Casper G.
  • Tinbergen Institute

Time of origin

  • 2007

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