A Habit-Based Explanation of the Exchange Rate Risk Premium
40 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2005 Last revised: 26 Apr 2009
Date Written: March 1, 2009
Abstract
This paper presents a model that reproduces the uncovered interest rate parity puzzle. Investors have preferences with external habits. Counter-cyclical risk premia and pro-cyclical real interest rates arise endogenously. During bad times at home, when domestic consumption is close to the habit level, the pricing kernel is volatile and the representative investor very risk-averse. When the domestic investor is more risk-averse than her foreign counterpart, the exchange rate is closely tied to domestic consumption growth shocks. The domestic investor therefore expects a positive currency excess return. Since interest rates are low in bad times, expected currency excess returns increase with interest rate differentials.
Keywords: Exchange rate, time-varying risk premium, habits
JEL Classification: F31, G12, G15
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