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The Dollar Exposure of Japanese Companies

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The bulk of Japanese exports and imports are denominated in dollars rather than Japan's local currency, the yen.The consequences of dollar invoicing depend importantly on whether Japanese companies hedge their dollar exposures. If Japanese companies are able fully to hedge their dollar exposures either by using derivative products, locating production in the United States or matching dollar revenues with dollar costs then the choice of invoicing currency will not influence the yen profits of Japanese companies. This paper estimates the degree to which Japanese companies are exposed to movements in the dollar using Japanese stock market data and an international version of the CAPM model to estimate the extent to which Japanese company returns are correlated with changes in the yen-dollar exchange rate.

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  • Dominguez, K., 1997. "The Dollar Exposure of Japanese Companies," Working Papers 414, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan.
    • Handle: RePEc:mie:wpaper:414
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    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange

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