Pricing currency risk in the stock market: Evidence from Finland and Sweden 1970–2009

Jan Antell and Mika Vaihekoski

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2012, vol. 22, issue 1, 120-136

Abstract: We investigate the role of currency risk on stock markets in two interlinked Nordic countries exhibiting a gradual move from fixed to floating exchange rates. We apply the Ding and Engle (2001) covariance stationary specification in a multivariate GARCH-M setup to test a conditional international asset pricing model. Using a sample period from 1970 to 2009, we find that the currency risk is priced in both stock markets, and that the price and the risk premium are lower after the floatation of the currencies, especially for Finland. We also find the cross-country exchange rate shock from Finland to affect the price of currency risk in Sweden, but not vice versa. Finally, we discuss some of the potential issues in applying multivariate GARCH-M specifications in tests of asset pricing models.

Keywords: Conditional; International asset pricing model; Currency risk; Devaluation; Multivariate GARCH-M (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F3 G12 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2011.08.002

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