Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/258008 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Risks [ISSN:] 2227-9091 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 2 [Article No.:] 55 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-20
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MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
This paper examines the joint movement and tail dependence structure between the pair of foreign exchange rates (EUR, USD and GBP) against the GHS, using daily exchange rates data expressed in GHS per unit of foreign currencies (EUR, USD and GBP) between the time range of 24 February 2009 and 19 December 2019. We use different sets of both static (time-invariant) and time-varying copulas with different levels of dependence and tail dependence measures, and the study results reveal positive dependence between all exchange rates pairs, though the dependencies for EUR-USD and GBP-USD pairs are not as strong as the EUR-GBP pair. The findings also reveal symmetric tail dependence, and dependence evolves over time. Notwithstanding this, the asymmetric tail dependence copulas provide evidence of upper tail dependence. We compare the copula results to DCC(1,1)-GARCH(1,1) model result and find the copula to be more sensitive to extreme co-movement between the currency pairs. The afore-mentioned findings, therefore, offer forex market players the opportunity to relax in hoarding a particular foreign currency in anticipation of domestic currency depreciation.
Subjects: 
exchange rates
depreciation
appreciation
copula
tail dependence structure
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