CHAPTER 6 INTERNATIONAL PARITY RELATIONSHIPSSUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END—OF -CHAPTERQUESTIONS AND PROBLEMSQUESTIONS1
Give a full definitknbictfrageAnswer: Arbitragecan be definedas the act of simultaneouslbuying and sellingthe same orequivalent assets or commodities for the purpose of making certain, guaranteed profits
Discuss the implications of the interest rate parity for the exchange
rate determinationAnswer: Assuming that the forward exchange rate is roughly an unbiased predictor of the futurerate, IRP can be written as:S = [ (1 + )/ (1 +$)I]E[St+1It]
The exchange rate is thus determined by the relative ,intaarfesttheraetxpected future spot rateconditional on all the available inf(3jmaatsio(jf tIhe present time
One thus can say that expectationis se—fulfillingSince the i