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Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk

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  • Sarno, Lucio
  • Della Corte, Pasquale
  • Schmeling, Maik
  • Wagner, Christian

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An increase in a country's sovereign risk, as measured by credit default swap spreads, is accompanied by a contemporaneous depreciation of its currency and an increase of its volatility. The relation between currency excess returns and sovereign risk is mainly driven by default expectations (rather than distress risk premia) and exposure to global sovereign risk shocks, and also emerges in a predictive setting for currency risk premia. We show that a sovereign risk factor is priced in the cross-section of currency returns and that it is not subsumed by the carry factor.

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  • Sarno, Lucio & Della Corte, Pasquale & Schmeling, Maik & Wagner, Christian, 2021. "Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk," CEPR Discussion Papers 16058, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:16058
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    JEL classification:

    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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