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The Time-Varying Systematic Risk of Carry Trade Strategies

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Christiansen, Charlotte
Ranaldo, Angelo
Söderlind, Paul

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This paper suggests a factor model for carry trade strategies where the regression coefficients are allowed to depend on market volatility and liquidity. Empirical results on daily data from 1995 to 2008 show that a typical carry trade strategy has much higher exposure to the stock market and also more mean reversion in volatile periods - and that FX market volatility is a priced risk factor. The findings are robust to various extensions, including using more currencies and other proxies for volatility and liquidity (VIX, TED and a bid-ask spread).

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Keywords: carry trade; factor model; smooth transition regression; time-varying betas;

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  1. Vistesen, Claus, 2009. "Carry Trade Fundamentals and the Financial Crisis 2007-2010," MPRA Paper 9952, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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