A Survey of Empirical Studies on International Risk Sharing Risk sharing among countries is desirable since it enables economic agents to smooth consumption across time and states of nature, partially or completing offsetting the impact of income shocks on consumption choices. The aim of this...

The main research question of this empirical work is whether or not globalization, in its various forms, has had an impact upon international risk sharing. The empirical literature so far has only investigated on one aspect of globalization: economic and financial integration. By decomposing...