Macro-hedging for commodity exporters / Eduardo Borensztein, Olivier Jeanne & Damiano Sandri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borensztein, Eduardo, author.

Jeanne, Olivier, author.

Sandri, Damiano, author.

Series:

Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; 15452.

NBER working paper series ; 15452

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hedging (Finance).

Primary commodities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009.

Summary:

This paper uses a dynamic optimization model to estimate the welfare gains of hedging against commodity price risk for commodity-exporting countries. We show that the introduction of hedging instruments such as futures and options enhances domestic welfare through two channels. First, by reducing export income volatility and allowing for a smoother consumption path. Second, by reducing the country's need to hold foreign assets as precautionary savings (or by improving the country's ability to borrow against future export income). Under plausibly calibrated parameters, the second channel may lead to much larger welfare gains, amounting to several percentage points of annual consumption.

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