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the high empirical volatility of the real exchange rate and the disconnect between relative consumption growth and the …This paper analyzes the effects of output volatility shocks and of risk appetite shocks on the dynamics of consumption … in a country's output volatility triggers a wealth transfer to that country, in equilibrium; this raises its consumption …
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systematic relation between fast growth and preference for delayed consumption. The third part applies the methodology to the …
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the high empirical volatility of the real exchange rate and the disconnect between relative consumption growth and the …This paper analyzes the effects of output volatility shocks and of risk appetite shocks on the dynamics of consumption … in a country's output volatility triggers a wealth transfer to that country, in equilibrium; this raises its consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011666
variability, measured both as the volatility and the left skewness of the growth process. These effects are stronger in industries …We analyze output growth and risk as the joint outcomes of financial liberalization. Using an industry panel of 55 … countries over 45 years, we find that financial liberalization results simultaneously in higher growth and in higher growth …
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We provide empirical evidence that risk sharing enhances specialization in production. First, we calculate an index of specialization for each of the European Community (EC) and non-EC OECD countries, U.S. states, Canadian provinces, Japanese prefectures, Latin American countries, and regions of...
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consumption. We attribute this change to the higher GDP growth generated by the adoption of the euro, which has been accompanied … by a greater output volatility. We also report differential effects for core and periphery countries, showing that the …
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Conventional wisdom suggests that financial liberalization can help countries insure against idiosyncratic risk. There is little evidence, however, that countries have increased risk sharing despite recent widespread financial liberalization. This work shows that the key to understanding this...
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We explore the impact of mortgage securitization on the international diversification of macroeconomic risk. By making mortgage-related risks internationally tradeable, securitization contributes considerably to better international consumption risk sharing: we find that countries with the most...
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during periods of high business cycle volatility. Four main findings are reported. First, in theory, the cyclical behavior of … episodes of sharp business cycle volatility, such as those associated with sudden stops and financial crises. Finally …
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This paper analyses the short- and long-term effects of geopolitical uncertainty on cross-border portfolio flows between the US and 41 developed and emerging economies over the period January 1992-November 2022. We find that geopolitical uncertainty decreases equity inflows from other countries...
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