Macro-Hedging for Commodity Exporters
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Summary:
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 reducing the country's need to hold foreign assets as precautionary savings (or by improving the country's ability to borrow against future export income). Under plausibly calibrated parameters, the second channel may lead to much larger welfare gains, amounting to several percentage points of annual consumption.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2009/229
Subject:
English
Publication Date:
October 1, 2009
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451873764/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2009229
Pages:
29
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