Ambiguity Aversion: Implications for the Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Puzzle

作者:Ilut Cosmin*
来源:American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics , 2012, 4(3): 33-65.
DOI:10.1257/mac.4.3.33

摘要

High interest rate currencies tend to appreciate in the future relative to low interest rate currencies instead of depreciating as uncovered interest parity (UIP) predicts. I construct a model of exchange rate determination in which ambiguity-averse agents face a dynamic filtering problem featuring signals of uncertain precision. Solving a max-min problem, agents act upon a worst-case signal precision and systematically underestimate the hidden state that controls payoffs. Thus, on average, agents next periods perceive positive innovations, which generates an upward re-evaluation of the strategy's profitability and implies ex post departures from UIP. The model also produces predictable expectational errors, negative skewness, and time-series momentum for currency speculation payoffs.

  • 出版日期2012-7