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Title
A positive theory of foreign currency debt
Abstract
Presents a case for foreign currency debt which is a hedging device in an open economy subject to stochastic shocks to output. Possibility of government reducing uncertainty in net wealth and in consumption by issuing foreign or domestic currency debt in the event of the negative correlation of unexpected domestic and foreign inflation with domestic output.
Review
Journal of International Economics
Volume
29 (3/4)
Author(s)
Bohn Henning - Department of Finance, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Language
English
ISSN
00221996
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date of Publication
1990
Number of pages
20
Initial pages
273
Final pages
292

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