Infrequent Portfolio Decisions: A Solution to the Forward Discount Puzzle

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_C506CBC1D580
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Infrequent Portfolio Decisions: A Solution to the Forward Discount Puzzle
Périodique
American Economic Review
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Bacchetta P., van Wincoop E.
ISSN
0002-8282
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
06/2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
100
Numéro
3
Pages
870-904
Langue
anglais
Notes
Includes Theoretical Appendix
Résumé
A major puzzle in international finance is that high interest rate currencies tend to appreciate (forward discount puzzle). Motivated by the fact that only a small fraction of foreign currency holdings is actively managed, we calibrate a two-country model in which agents make infrequent portfolio decisions. We show that the model can account for the forward discount puzzle. It can also account for several related empirical phenomena, including that of "delayed overshooting." We also show that making infrequent portfolio decisions is optimal as the welfare gain from active currency management is smaller than the corresponding fees.
Mots-clé
Uncovered interest parity, Exchange-rates, Expected returns, Foreign-exchange, Risk-aversion, Cross-section, Long-run, Premium, Consumtion, Markets
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30/03/2009 13:33
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20/08/2019 16:40
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