Discussion Paper 28/2009

Export pricing and the cross-country correlation of stock prices
28/2009
Author(s):
Juha Tervala
2009. 31 pages.
Publisher:
Bank of Finland
ISBN:
978-952-462-544-9
(Printed publication)
ISBN:
978-952-462-545-6
(Web publication)
ISSN:
0785-3572
(Printed publication)
ISSN:
1456-6184
(Web publication)




This study analyses cross-country correlations of stock prices (values of firms) using the basic New Open Economy Macroeconomics model. We show that cross-country correlations of stock prices greatly depend on the currency of export pricing in the case of monetary shocks but not notably for temporary technology shocks. In the case of a money supply shock, the producer (local) currency pricing version of the model generates a negative (positive) cross-country correlation of stock prices.