Handbook of Exchange Rates is an impressive
compilation of research from more than thirty-five
leading researchers and experts on the topic. The book
is clearly organized into five succinct sections that
explore the foreign exchange (FX) market, from its
background and economic foundation to current practices,
obstacles, and policies in the modern foreign exchange
market. Part I presents an overview of the history of
the FX market and exchange rate regimes, the key
instruments/players in the FX trading environment, and
both macro and micro approaches to FX determination.
Next, Part II focuses on forecasting exchange rates,
featuring methodological contributions on the
sstatistical methods for evaluating forecast
performance, parity relationships, fair value models,
and flow-based models. Part III treats FX as an asset
class, outlining active currency management, currency
hedging, hedge accounting, high frequency and
algorithmic trading in FX, and FX strategy-based
products. Part IV discusses products and pricing in FX,
the FX options market, and volatility
derivatives.Finally, the book concludes with a section
on FX markets and policy, prediction and management of
FX crises, FX regimes and policy; regulation in FX
market that also features discussion of the effects of
exchange rate regime choice on international trade. Each
chapter follows the same easy-to-follow format.
Following an introduction, a description of theory is
presented along with key formulae. Next, the discussed
theory is applied to a real data set and accompanied
with illustrative descriptions. Exercises and real-world
examples from the finance industry are spread throughout
each chapter, and a summary provides a brief overview of
main points and concepts. |
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