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Behavioural asymmetries in the G7 foreign exchange market
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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:56 authored by George Christodoulakis, Emmanuel MamatzakisThis paper examines the exchange rate disconnect puzzle of Obstfeld and Rogoff (2000) from a behavioural per- spective. It provides evidence on the existence of substantial asymmetries in the underlying loss preferences for the difference between the spot and forward nominal exchange rates between the G7 countries for one-week and four-week forecast horizons. We further perform forecast breakdown tests in forward markets during the Greek and the Portuguese sovereign debt crisis, and then re-estimate the loss preferences showing a mean- reverting transition from optimism to pessimism and vice versa. Finally, we attribute the evolution of preferences to economic fundamentals and risk indexes and find that together with significant endogenous dynamics, vari- ables such as growth and deficit differentials, interest rate and legal risk assert some significant impact on asym- metry. This new set of information suggests that the puzzle could have its roots on an underlying asymmetric loss function that reflects variability in preferences over exchange rate movements due to a variety of episodes in eco- nomic fundamentals.
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International Review of Financial AnalysisISSN
1057-5219Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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29Page range
261-270Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2013-05-14First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2013-05-14Usage metrics
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