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Is Currency Risk Priced in Global Equity Markets?
[Exposure to currency risk: definition and measurement]

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  • George Andrew Karolyi
  • Ying Wu

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We offer new evidence on how currency risk is priced in the cross-section of global stock returns. The focus is on two currency risk factors—a dollar-risk factor and a carry-trade-risk factor—and their explanatory power for a variety of test assets comprised monthly returns for over 37,000 stocks from forty-six countries and over four decades. We obtain reliable positive evidence of the pricing of carry-trade factor risk and the implied premia are statistically significant and economically as expected. The pricing of the dollar-risk factor is less reliable. Our inferences depend critically on the inclusion of emerging markets.

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  • George Andrew Karolyi & Ying Wu, 2021. "Is Currency Risk Priced in Global Equity Markets? [Exposure to currency risk: definition and measurement]," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 25(3), pages 863-902.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revfin:v:25:y:2021:i:3:p:863-902.
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    1. Chiah, Mardy & Long, Huaigang & Zaremba, Adam & Umar, Zaghum, 2023. "Trade competitiveness and the aggregate returns in global stock markets," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    2. Julian Di Giovanni & Galina Hale, 2022. "Stock Market Spillovers via the Global Production Network: Transmission of U.S. Monetary Policy," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 77(6), pages 3373-3421, December.
    3. Karolyi, G. Andrew & Wu, Ying, 2022. "Understanding the pricing of currency risk in global equity markets," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    4. Lee, Hangsuck & Ha, Hongjun & Lee, Minha, 2023. "Partial quanto lookback options," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    5. Demirer, Riza & Yuksel, Asli & Yuksel, Aydin, 2022. "Time-varying risk aversion and currency excess returns," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 59(C).
    6. Battauz, Anna & De Donno, Marzia & Sbuelz, Alessandro, 2022. "On the exercise of American quanto options," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
    7. Bergbrant, Mikael C. & Francis, Bill B. & Hunter, Delroy M., 2024. "How does currency risk impact firms? New evidence from bank loan contracts," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).

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    Keywords

    International asset pricing; currency risk; exchange rates;
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    JEL classification:

    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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