Two Essays on International Asset Pricing Model

Autor: Hsiao-Yuan Yu, 游孝元
Rok vydání: 2005
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 93
We investigate the home bias puzzle via a representative country and a two heterogeneous countries international asset pricing models respectively. Under the representative country economy with the discrete time setup, the home bias puzzle is mainly affected by capital flow. While running surplus in capital flow, a representative home agent is more apt to hold home asset rather than foreign asset and vice versa. Under the two heterogeneous countries economy with the continuous time setup, the home bias puzzle is primarily influenced by the investor’s risk tolerance and the relative rate of return. The optimal international portfolio weight is independent of nontradable consumptions and price levels in our model. In addition, the equilibrium exchange rate is eventually solved after the market clearing condition is employed. It is independent of nontradable consumptions and price levels as well. Our result is consistent with the conventional international asset pricing theory that higher home asset returns will make home currency appreciate but higher exchange rate volatility will have it depreciate.
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