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On Structuring the Currency Composition of External Debt Portfolios

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  • Amelung, Torsten
  • Mehltretter, Thorsten
  • Solte, Reinhard

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The paper develops criteria for the optimal currency composition of external debt for emerging and developing economies. The underlying theory is based on a portfolio model taking into account fluctuations of exchange rates and of export prices. In the ordinary portfolio approach, a country would expose itself deliberately to foreign exchange risk which might be manageeable in a situation of stable export prices. If export prices are subject to substantial fluctuations, the debt structure needs to be adjusted to the export structure. the empirical analysis for Korea shows that the dominant role of the USD as a major currency for foreign currency loans is inappropriate. Choosing a currency composition that would have been closer to the export structure would have been superior in terms of a strategy.

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  • Amelung, Torsten & Mehltretter, Thorsten & Solte, Reinhard, 1986. "On Structuring the Currency Composition of External Debt Portfolios," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue 59, pages 17-44.
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    Keywords

    Portfolio management of foreign debt; Managing of Balance-of-payments risks;

    JEL classification:

    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
    • F47 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

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