International trade and firms' attitude towards risk
International trade and firms' attitude towards risk
This paper examines the optimal production and trade decisions of the domestic firms facing uncertainties owing to the exchange rate volatility under mean-variance preferences. The impact of uncertain exchange rate fluctuations on trade is evaluated in a partial equilibrium framework, using the concept of risk-aversion elasticities. These elasticities measure how sensitive the firms are towards substituting between return and risk at the margin, with respect to changes in the distribution of the spot exchange rate. This simplest possible analytical framework is useful for explicit empirical estimation of risk-aversion elasticities in the literature of international economics.
Exchange rate risk, Export, Imported intermediate input, Risk–aversion elasticity, Two–moment decision model
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Broll, Udo
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Mukherjee, Soumyatanu
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1 August 2017
Broll, Udo
b1378af8-abfd-40c4-a152-d75d4af12233
Mukherjee, Soumyatanu
3eb37c57-3efd-4203-a81b-de3acad02811
Abstract
This paper examines the optimal production and trade decisions of the domestic firms facing uncertainties owing to the exchange rate volatility under mean-variance preferences. The impact of uncertain exchange rate fluctuations on trade is evaluated in a partial equilibrium framework, using the concept of risk-aversion elasticities. These elasticities measure how sensitive the firms are towards substituting between return and risk at the margin, with respect to changes in the distribution of the spot exchange rate. This simplest possible analytical framework is useful for explicit empirical estimation of risk-aversion elasticities in the literature of international economics.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 March 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 March 2017
Published date: 1 August 2017
Keywords:
Exchange rate risk, Export, Imported intermediate input, Risk–aversion elasticity, Two–moment decision model
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Local EPrints ID: 439045
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439045
ISSN: 0264-9993
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Udo Broll
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Soumyatanu Mukherjee
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