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On the Credibility of the Euro/Swiss Franc Floor: A Financial Market Perspective
Author(s) -
HERTRICH MARKUS,
ZIMMERMANN HEINZ
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of money, credit and banking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.763
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1538-4616
pISSN - 0022-2879
DOI - 10.1111/jmcb.12390
Subject(s) - credibility , perspective (graphical) , exchange rate , economics , financial economics , actuarial science , econometrics , business , monetary economics , mathematics , political science , geometry , law
We estimate the risk‐neutral break probabilities of a realignment of the EUR/CHF 1.20 floor, maintained by the SNB from September 6, 2011, to January 15, 2015, using put options and an option pricing model, which assumes a lower barrier for the exchange rate. We estimate probabilities considerably different from zero, even when the exchange rate traded far above the floor. We observe a drastic increase in the break probabilities up to approximately 50% shortly before the floor was abandoned. From an option market perspective, the credibility of the SNB in maintaining the floor was, thus, substantially lower than publicly claimed.

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