Author

Contributions

  • Rigobón, Roberto. - Contributor
  • National Bureau of Economic Research. - Contributor

Publication

2005 - National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

12,000 words, Guess

Page Count

48 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCHB1

Description

"This paper examines the co-movement among stock market prices and exchange rates within a three-country Center-Periphery dynamic equilibrium model in which agents in the Center country face portfolio constraints. In our model, international transmission occurs through the terms of trade, through the common discount factor for cash flows, and, finally, through an additional channel reflecting the tightness of the portfolio constraints. Portfolio constraints are shown togenerate endogenous wealth transfers to or from the Periphery countries. These implicit transfers are responsible for creating contagion among the terms of trade of the Periphery countries, as well as their stock market prices. Under a portfolio constraint limiting investment of the Center country in the stock markets of the Periphery, stock prices also exhibit a flight to quality: a negative shock to one of the Periphery countries depresses stock prices throughout the Periphery,while boosting the stock market in the Center"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Description

"This paper examines the co-movement among stock market prices and exchange rates within a three-country Center-Periphery dynamic equilibrium model in which agents in the Center country face portfolio constraints. In our model, international transmission occurs through the terms of trade, through the common discount factor for cash flows, and, finally, through an additional channel reflecting the tightness of the portfolio constraints. Portfolio constraints are shown to generate endogenous wealth transfers to or from the Periphery countries. These implicit transfers are responsible for creating contagion among the terms of trade of the Periphery countries, as well as their stock market prices. Under a portfolio constraint limiting investment of the Center country in the stock markets of the Periphery, stock prices also exhibit a flight to quality: a negative shock to one of the Periphery countries depresses stock prices throughout the Periphery,while boosting the stock market in the Center"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • NBER working paper series -- no. 11440.
  • Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 11440.

Links

Other Editions

  • Wealth transfers, contagion, and portfolio constraintsNational Bureau of Economic Research2005-01-01

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