We study the effects of oil-price shocks on the U.S. economy combining narrative and quantitative approaches. After examining daily oil-related events since 1984, we classify them into various event types. We then develop measures of exogenous shocks that avoid endogeneity and predictability...

The literature on the drivers of capital flows stresses the prominent role of global financialfactors. Recent empirical work, however, highlights how this role varies across countries andtime, and this heterogeneity is not well understood. We revisit this question by focusing onfinancial...