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Shorting the Dollar When Global Stock Markets Roar: The Equity Hedging Channel of Exchange Rate Determination

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  • Nadav Ben Zeev
  • Daniel Nathan

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This paper investigates the influence of global equity market value shocks on institutional investors’ (IIs’) hedging behavior and the resultant effects on exchange rates. Employing unique granular daily data on Israeli IIs’ foreign exchange (FX) forward flows and prices and a granular instrumental variable estimation approach, we find that foreign equity market value shocks generate significant selling of U.S. dollar forwards by IIs, as a hedge against heightened FX exposure, along with significant exchange rate appreciation. A value-shock-induced one-standard-deviation increase in IIs’ supply of forward flows appreciates IIs’ forward rate by 0.53%. (JEL E44, F3, F31, G15, G23)

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  • Nadav Ben Zeev & Daniel Nathan, 2024. "Shorting the Dollar When Global Stock Markets Roar: The Equity Hedging Channel of Exchange Rate Determination," The Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 14(4), pages 640-666.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rasset:v:14:y:2024:i:4:p:640-666.
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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