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Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:32:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marisa Gomes da Costa.pdf: 2649705 bytes, checksum: 9dfdf2c39e3c4389540dc1f3a8f8d26f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-01 / This study aims to identify the determinants of Brazil country risk level, during the period from February 1995 to August 2015, based on the deviations from the covered interest rate parity condition. These deviations represent a measure of the risk assumed by an investor who choose to invest in a Brazilian security in Brazil, rather than do it abroad. Using Autometrics, an algorithm for automatic model selection, developed by Doornik (2009), thirty-nine explanatories variables were selected from previous studies. The Brazil country risk level is susceptible to changes in the balance of payments, import by GDP, the deviation covered interest rate parity of the previous period, the inflation rate, the change in exports, total debt per GDP, and external debt by exports. / Este estudo propõe-se a identificar os fatores determinantes do nível do risco Brasil, durante o período de fevereiro de 1995 a agosto de 2015, calculado pelos desvios da condição da paridade coberta de juros. Estes desvios representam a medida do risco assumido por um investidor ao optar investir em um título brasileiro no Brasil, ao invés de fazê-lo no exterior. Utilizando a técnica de seleção automática de modelos com a aplicação do algoritmo Autometrics, desenvolvido por Doornik (2009), trinta e nove variáveis explicativas foram selecionadas a partir de estudos anteriores. O nível do risco Brasil é altamente suscetível às variações do balanço de pagamento, da importação por PIB, do desvio da condição da paridade coberta do período anterior, à taxa de inflação, à variação das exportações (em $ e em volume), à dívida total por PIB e à dívida externa pela exportação.

The inability to effectively hedge against unfavourable exchange rate movements, using the current forward exchange rate as the only guideline, is a key inhibiting factor of international trade. Market participants use the current forward exchange rate quoted in the market to make decisions regarding future exchange rate changes. However, the current forward exchange rate is not solely determined by the interaction of demand and supply, but is also a mechanistic estimation, which is based on the current spot exchange rate and the carry cost of the transaction. Results of various studies, including this study, demonstrated that the current forward exchange rate differs substantially from the realized future spot exchange rate. This phenomenon is known as the exchange rate puzzle. This study contributes to the dynamics of modelling exchange rate theories by developing an exchange rate model that has the ability to explain the realized future spot exchange rate and the exchange rate puzzle. The exchange rate model is based only on current (time t) economic fundamentals and includes an alternative approach of incorporating the impact of the interaction of two international financial markets into the model. This study derived a unique exchange rate model, which proves that the exchange rate puzzle is a pseudo problem. The pseudo problem is based on the generally excepted fallacy that current non–stationary, level time series data cannot be used to model exchange rate theories, because of the incorrect assumption that all the available econometric methods yield statistically insignificant results due to spurious regressions. Empirical evidence conclusively shows that using non–stationary, level time series data of current economic fundamentals can statistically significantly explain the realized future spot exchange rate and, therefore, that the exchange rate puzzle can be solved. This model will give market participants in the foreign exchange market a better indication of expected future exchange rates, which will considerably reduce the dependence on the mechanistically derived forward points. The newly derived exchange rate model will also have an influence on the demand and supply of forward exchange, resulting in forward points that are a more accurate prediction of the realized future exchange rate. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Risk management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

The inability to effectively hedge against unfavourable exchange rate movements, using the current forward exchange rate as the only guideline, is a key inhibiting factor of international trade. Market participants use the current forward exchange rate quoted in the market to make decisions regarding future exchange rate changes. However, the current forward exchange rate is not solely determined by the interaction of demand and supply, but is also a mechanistic estimation, which is based on the current spot exchange rate and the carry cost of the transaction. Results of various studies, including this study, demonstrated that the current forward exchange rate differs substantially from the realized future spot exchange rate. This phenomenon is known as the exchange rate puzzle. This study contributes to the dynamics of modelling exchange rate theories by developing an exchange rate model that has the ability to explain the realized future spot exchange rate and the exchange rate puzzle. The exchange rate model is based only on current (time t) economic fundamentals and includes an alternative approach of incorporating the impact of the interaction of two international financial markets into the model. This study derived a unique exchange rate model, which proves that the exchange rate puzzle is a pseudo problem. The pseudo problem is based on the generally excepted fallacy that current non–stationary, level time series data cannot be used to model exchange rate theories, because of the incorrect assumption that all the available econometric methods yield statistically insignificant results due to spurious regressions. Empirical evidence conclusively shows that using non–stationary, level time series data of current economic fundamentals can statistically significantly explain the realized future spot exchange rate and, therefore, that the exchange rate puzzle can be solved. This model will give market participants in the foreign exchange market a better indication of expected future exchange rates, which will considerably reduce the dependence on the mechanistically derived forward points. The newly derived exchange rate model will also have an influence on the demand and supply of forward exchange, resulting in forward points that are a more accurate prediction of the realized future exchange rate. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Risk management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.