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Does Emerging Market Exchange Risk Affect Global Equity Prices?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Francesca Carrieri ,
Vihang Errunza  and
Basma Majerbi
Francesca Carrieri
Affiliation:
francesca.carrieri@mcgill.ca, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1001 Sherbrooke St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1G5, Canada
Vihang Errunza
Affiliation:
vihang.errunza@mcgill.ca, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1001 Sherbrooke St., Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1G5, Canada
Basma Majerbi
Affiliation:
majerbi@uvic.ca, University of Victoria, Faculty of Business, P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
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Abstract

This paper conducts empirical tests in a conditional setting for 10 developed and 12 emerging markets to determine whether emerging market currency risk is priced and if it spills over into developed market assets. Our empirical model is based on real exchange rate measures and it allows currency risk to compete with broader economic and political risks. We find that emerging market currency risk is priced separately from other local risk factors and that it represents a significant component of equity returns in both developed and emerging markets. We also find that the spillover impact is heightened during emerging market crisis episodes and affects the expected compensation for global risks.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 511 - 540
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 2006

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