Can Information Heterogeneity Explain the Exchange Rate Determination Puzzle?
FAME Research Paper No. 155
53 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2005
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Can Information Heterogeneity Explain the Exchange Rate Determination Puzzle?
Can Information Heterogeneity Explain the Exchange Rate Determination Puzzle?
Can Information Heterogeneity Explain the Exchange Rate Determination Puzzle?
Date Written: August 2005
Abstract
Empirical evidence shows that observed macroeconomic fundamentals have little explanatory power for nominal exchange rates (the exchange rate determination puzzle). On the other hand, the recent microstructure approach to exchange rates has shown that most exchange rate volatility at short to medium horizons is related to order flow. In this paper we introduce symmetric information dispersion about future fundamentals in a dynamic rational expectations model in order to explain these stylized facts. Consistent with the evidence the model implies that (i) observed fundamentals account for little of exchange rate volatility in the short to medium run, (ii) over long horizons the exchange rate is closely related to observed fundamentals, (iii) exchange rate changes are a weak predictor of future fundamentals, and (iv) the exchange rate is closely related to order flow over both short and long horizons.
Keywords: Nominal Exchange Rates, Oder Flow, Higher Order Expectations
JEL Classification: F3, F4, G0, G1, E0
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