【学习笔记】International Finance 国际金融论研究 学习笔记-25

Part I

Basics of International Finance --25

Ch6 --1

International Parity Relationships

Chapter Outline

1.     Interest RateParity

        1）IRP and Exchange Rate Determination

        2）Currency Carry Trade

        3）Reasons for Deviations from IRP

2.     Purchasing Power Parity

                1）PPP Deviations and the Real ExchangeRate

                2）Evidence on Purchasing Power Parity

3.     International Fisher Effect

Interest  Rate  Parity(IRP)  Defined

1.     IRP is a “no arbitrage” condition.

2.     If IRP did not hold, then it would be possible for anastute trader to make unlimited amounts of money by exploiting the arbitrageopportunity.

3.     Since we don’t typically observe persistent arbitrageconditions, we can safely assume that IRP holds.