Operational Hedging of Exchange Rate Risks

Jan Tscheke

Discussion Papers in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: Exchange rate exposure of firms diminishes when imported intermediates and exports are denominated in currencies that move together. Appreciations of the domestic currency, raising foreign currency export prices, then also reduce marginal costs, allowing firms to counter the increase in foreign prices. Using firm-level data from seven European countries I estimate a structural model showing how exchange rate pass-through into sales depends on intermediate imports and the co-movement of export and import related exchange rates. I find that operational hedging requires firms to intentionally choose export and import regions with comoving currencies. Analyzing the locational choice of firms confirms that the co-movement of currencies indeed appears to be taken into consideration

Keywords: Hedging; Offshoring; Intermediate Imports; Foreign Sourcing; Exporter; Effective Exchange Rates; Pass-Through; Disconnect Puzzle; Exchange Rate Co-Movement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 D22 F12 F14 F31 G15 L21 L23 L25 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-11-10
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