Common factors of the exchange risk premium in emerging European markets

Byrne, Joseph P and Nagayasu, Jun (2011): Common factors of the exchange risk premium in emerging European markets.

Abstract

Existing empirical evidence suggests that the Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (UIRP) condition may not hold due to an exchange risk premium. For a panel data set of eleven emerging European economies we decompose this exchange risk premium into an idiosyncratic (country-specific) element and a common factor using a principal components approach. We present evidence of stationary idiosyncratic and common factors. This result leads to the conclusion of a stationary risk premium for these countries, which is consistent with previous studies often documenting a stationary premium in developed countries. Furthermore, we report that the variation in the premium is largely attributable to a common factor influenced by economic developments in the United States.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Uncovered Interest Rate Parity, Emerging Economies, Exchange Risk Premiums, Common Factors
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F41 - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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