Do the carry trades respond to geopolitical risks? Evidence from BRICS countries

Cepni O., Emirmahmutoğlu F., Guney I. E., Yilmaz M. H.

Economic Systems, cilt.47, sa.2, 2023 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2022.101000
  • Dergi Adı: Economic Systems
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, EconLit, Public Affairs Index
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Carry trade, Geopolitical risks, Non-parametric time-varying coefficients panel regression, RICS countries, Time-varying Granger causality
  • Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022This paper aims to analyze the implications of geopolitical risks on the return and volatility of carry trade transactions in the context of BRICS countries for the period 2006–2020. Fixed effects regressions considering the sample countries as a single portfolio document that geopolitical risks are correlated with volatility, while the results are inconclusive for returns. The non-parametric time-varying coefficients panel data estimations further indicate that the effect of geopolitical risks on carry trade volatility is amplified during the Global Financial Crisis and the post-2016 episode. Moving to the disaggregated data, the time-varying robust Granger causality test of Rossi and Wang (2019) show that geopolitical risks have a significant in-sample predictive power for both carry trade return and volatility during a myriad of sub-periods, which can not be captured by standard constant parameter techniques in the presence of instabilities. Overall, our empirical results suggest that the exposure to geopolitical risks should be taken into account by global investors for risk diversification purposes when entering carry trade positions in BRICS countries.