We investigate the international propagation of fiscal policy shocks originated in the United States using a Global VAR framework. We identify shocks to US tax rates and government spending by using narrative series as external instruments, following the proxy SVAR methodology. The main results...

The advent of shale oil in the United States triggered a structural transformation in the oil market. We show, both theoretically and empirically, that this process has relevant consequences on oil risk premia. We construct a consumption-based model with shale producers interacting with...

Using daily county-level data since 1970, we construct a series of temperature shocks for the United States that capture the average surprise effect of heat and cold events experienced in each season, net of climate trends and adaptation. Temperature surprise shocks in the global warming era...