Exchange Rate Expectations,the Forward Exchange Rate Bias and Risk Premia in Target Zones |
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Authors: | Nessen Marianne |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics, Box 6501, 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Expected rates of depreciation within the target zone for the exchange rates of four Nordic countries during 1979–1989 are estimated. Combining these with expected rates of devaluation estimated by Edin and Vredin (1993) we obtain time-series of the overall expected exchange rate change. We can thus construct time-series of foreign exchange risk premia and expectational errors, following which we decompose the forward exchange rate bias into portions attributable to expectational errors and/or risk premia. The conclusion is that time-varying risk premia appear to be the dominant cause of deviations from uncovered interest parity while the role of expectational errors is less clear. |
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Keywords: | exchange rates target zones risk premia forward rate bias |
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