Welfare gains from market insurance: The case of Mexican oil price risk

Chang Ma and Fabián Valencia

Journal of International Money and Finance, 2024, vol. 142, issue C

Abstract: Mexico has a long-standing practice of hedging oil price risk through the purchase of put options. We examine the resulting welfare gains using a standard sovereign default model calibrated to Mexican data. We show that hedging increases welfare by reducing income volatility and reducing risk spreads on sovereign debt. We find welfare gains equivalent to a permanent increase in consumption of 0.44 percent with 90 percent of these gains stemming from lower risk spreads.

Keywords: Hedging; Commodity exporters; Sovereign debt; Default (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F3 F4 G1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103028

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