Exchange Rate, Equity Prices and Capital Flows

47 Pages Posted: 21 Dec 2002 Last revised: 7 Sep 2022

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Harald Hau

University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI); Swiss Finance Institute; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Hélène Rey

London Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: December 2002

Abstract

We develop an equilibrium model in which exchange rates, stock prices and capital flows are jointly determined under incomplete forex risk trading. Incomplete hedging of forex risk, documented for U.S. global mutual funds, has three important implications: 1) exchange rates are almost as volatile as equity prices when the forex liquidity supply is not infinitely price elastic; 2) higher returns in the home equity market relative to the foreign equity market are associated with a home currency depreciation; 3) net equity flows into the foreign market are positively correlated with a foreign currency appreciation. The model predictions are strongly supported at daily, monthly and quarterly frequencies for 17 OECD countries vis-...-vis the U.S. Moreover, correlations are strongest after 1990 and for countries with higher market capitalization relative to GDP, suggesting that the observed exchange rate dynamics is indeed related to equity market development.

Suggested Citation

Hau, Harald and Rey, Helene, Exchange Rate, Equity Prices and Capital Flows (December 2002). NBER Working Paper No. w9398, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=364742

Harald Hau

University of Geneva - Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) ( email )

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Swiss Finance Institute

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Helene Rey (Contact Author)

London Business School ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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