Does the South African rand's relatively large volatility affect inflation? To shed some light on this question, a … standard estimation technique of exchange rate pass-through to inflation is extended to incorporate exchange rate volatility …. Estimated results suggest that higher exchange rate volatility tends to increase core inflation but to a relatively limited …

portfolio theory without recourse to market imperfections. It also demonstrates that “Value-at-Risk” portfolio management rules …

This paper uses a dynamic optimization model to estimate the welfare gains of hedging against commodity price risk for … commodity-exporting countries. The introduction of hedging instruments such as futures and options enhances domestic welfare … through two channels. First, by reducing export income volatility and allowing for a smoother consumption path. Second, by …

2009, hedging of currency risk substantially reduced the volatility of foreign investments at a quarterly investment …This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi … hedging for risk reduction purposes remained strong.In addition to its impact on risk, hedging affected returns in …

This paper investigates possible drivers of volatility in the South African rand since the onset of the global … financial crisis. We assess the role played by local and international economic surprises, commodity price volatility, global … market risk perceptions, and local political uncertainty. As a measure of rand volatility, the study uses a market …

We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980 … volatility but the causality runs the other way around for the post-liberalization period. These findings suggest that gold price … volatility plays a key role in explaining both the excessive exchange rate volatility and current disproportionate share of …

The banking crises of the 1990s emphasize the need to model the connections between volatility and the potential losses …

The literature on leverage until now shows how an increase in volatility reduces leverage. However, in order to explain … pro-cyclical leverage it assumes that bad news increases volatility. This paper suggests a reason why bad news is more … often than not associated with higher future volatility. We show that, in a model with endogenous leverage and heterogeneous …