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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The euro–dollar exchange rate and equity flows

Kari Heimonen

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Private equity fundEconomics and EconometricsEquity riskExchange rateReturn on equityEquity ratioPrivate equity secondary marketEconomicsLiberian dollarFinancial systemFinanceEquity capital markets

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Abstract I examine equity flows between the US and the euro area and their impact on the euro–dollar exchange rate. I explain equity flows by examining the behavior of an international investor who maintains a minimum variance portfolio. An excess of euro area equity returns over US equity returns generates a flow of equity from the euro area to the US. The equity flow, the purchase of US equities by the euro-area residents, causes appreciation (depreciation) of the dollar (euro), while the purchase of euro area equities by US residents causes appreciation (depreciation) of the euro (dollar).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2009-10-01Review of Financial Economics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rfe.2009.01.001