International Portfolio Allocation under Model Uncertainty

A-Tier
Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Year: 2012
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Pages: 144-89

Authors (2)

Pierpaolo Benigno (Universität Bern) Salvatore Nisticò (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper revisits an old argument, hedging real exchange rate risk, as an explanation of the international home bias in equity. In a dynamic model, the relevant risk to be hedged is the long-run risk as opposed to the short-run risk. Domestic equity is indeed a good hedge with respect to long-run real-exchange-rate risk. Two

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejmac:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:144-89
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24