Is Real Exchange Rate Hedging Motive Still Important in Determining Equity Home Bias?

Konferenzbeitrag

The majority of general equilibrium models of international portfolio holdings differ substantially in their modeling procedures but typically feature a term that captures the relationship between real exchange rate changes and relative, i.e. home vs. foreign, equity market returns. However, there is no consensus among the general equilibrium models on the sign of the exchange rate relative equity return relation. Recent empirical evidence focused on the US vis- -vis the rest-of-the world has not provided clear guidance in this respect. This paper fills this gap by taking a broader, international perspective. The evidence points to strong and significantly positive relative equity market return real exchange rate relations for non-EMU developed markets as well as emerging markets. The sign is as expected from standard, partial equilibrium models of home bias in international portfolio holdings. I further show that this evidence is strongly linked to countries trade and financial openness.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014: Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik - Session: International Finance ; No. D21-V1

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions ; International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements ; Open Economy Macroeconomics

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stewen, Iryna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/100571
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET