Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55536 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 102
Publisher: 
Universität Leipzig, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leipzig
Abstract: 
In this paper, I analyze determinants of carry trade returns in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). I show that carry trades to CEE were lucrative due to interest rate spreads between the funding and investment currency from 2004 to 2006. They became unprofitable when liquidity risk and exchange rate volatility increased after 2007. The analysis suggests that the exchange rate regime of the CEE economy matters for carry trade returns. Overall, exchange rate stabilization, particularly via managed floats, seems to allow for the highest profit opportunities.
Subjects: 
carry trades
emerging markets
exchange rates
JEL: 
E32
E44
F31
G11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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