Apportioning Foreign Exchange Risk through the Use of Third Currencies: Some Questions on Efficiency

This paper explores the question of how international loans should be denominated in order to minimize the total risks to be borne by both borrower and lender. The authors conclude that, despite current practice, two contracting parties who account in different currencies can always achieve a better...

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Currency
Economic fluctuations
Exchange rates
Financial management
Financial risk
Financial transactions
Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange rate risk
Foreign exchange rates
Foreign exchange translations
International finance
International trade
Investment risk
Lenders
Loans
Losses
Optimization
Risk
Risk sharing
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