Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128321 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5628
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Has the “Swiss interest rate anomaly” persisted after the financial crisis? Regarding the hypothesis that the Swiss interest rate anomaly results from systemic risk anticipation, we discuss whether Switzerland remains an interest rate island in the wake of the financial crisis. We find evidence for the demise of the interest rate bonus of the Swiss franc (CHF) vis-à-vis the Euro (EUR) after the Swiss National Bank (SNB) started to advocate an exchange rate floor with the Euro. After the compression of the bonus to insignificant levels, the uncovered interest parity (UIRP) holds again. We find evidence for a recent regime switch after the SNB has discontinued the exchange rate floor with the Euro.
Subjects: 
uncovered interest rate parity (UIRP)
Swiss interest rate anomaly
error correction
heteroscedasticity
Markov regime switching
JEL: 
E42
E43
F43
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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