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Forward and spot exchange rates

Eugene F. Fama
- 01 Nov 1984 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 3, pp 319-338
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In this paper, the authors find that most of the variation in forward rates is variation in premium, and the premium and expected future spot rate components of forward rates are negatively correlated, and they conclude that the forward market is not efficient or rational.
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This article is published in Journal of Monetary Economics.The article was published on 1984-11-01. It has received 2217 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Forward exchange rate & Forward premium anomaly.

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What explains the risk premium in foreign exchange returns

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Asset price based estimates of sterling exchange rate risk premia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report estimates of the risk premium for the pound sterling exchange rates vis-a-vis the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, a synthetic Euro, the Japanese yen and the US dollar over a monthly 1987-2001 sample.
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The Pricing of Forward Ship Value Agreements and the Unbiasedness of Implied Forward Prices in the Second-Hand Market for Ships

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the methodology to price the newly introduced Forward Ship Value Agreements (FOSVAs) and investigate whether the implied forward prices have been unbiased predictors of realised prices.
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Term-Structure of Consumption Risk Premia in the Cross Section of Currency Returns

TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify the risk-return relationship in the foreign-exchange market across different countries and investment horizons by focusing on the role of multiple sources of consumption risk.
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Distribution of Spot and Forward Exchange Rates: Empirical Evidence and Investor Valuation of Skewness and Kurtosis*

TL;DR: This paper examined the statistical distribution of exchange rates for eight major currencies for the post-1973 floating rate period and showed that spot rates, forward rates, and ex-post risk premia all exhibit significant, persistent, but varying deviations from normality.
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