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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812314803321

Autore

Matsumoto Akito

Titolo

International Risk Sharing During the Globalization Era / / Akito Matsumoto, Robert Flood, Nancy Marion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-7190-6

1-282-84415-6

9786612844157

1-4527-7125-1

1-4518-7356-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

38 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

FloodRobert

MarionNancy

Disciplina

174

Soggetti

Globalization

Financial risk

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Consumption

Economic theory

Economics

Emerging and frontier financial markets

Finance

Finance: General

Financial services industry

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Income

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Macroeconomics: Production

Private consumption

Production growth

Production

Saving

Wealth

Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Theory -- III. Existing Measures of International Risk Sharing -- A. ρ Measures -- B. β Measures -- C. Growth Rate Volatility -- IV. A New Measure of Risk Sharing (σ) -- A. σ Measure -- B. Social Welfare and Ours σ2 Measure -- C. Frequency Decomposition -- V. Taking the New Measure to Data -- A. Results and Comparison with Existing Measures -- B. Results of High-Low Frequency Decomposition -- VI. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Data Source and Definitions -- Figures -- 1. Lack of Perfect Risk Sharing Due to Difference in Trend Growth and Deviation from Trend -- 2. Rolling Volatility (mean) rw=15 -- 3. Rolling Volatility (mean) rw=20 -- 4. Rolling Volatility (mean) rw=15 -- 5. Rolling Volatility (mean) rw=15 -- 6. Rolling Volatility (mean) rw=15 -- 7. Relation Between the Degree of Risk Sharing and National Income in 2003 -- 8. Relation Between the Degree of Risk Sharing and National Income in 1964 -- 9. σ15 Measure Over Time -- 10. Correlation (mean) rw=15 -- 11. Correlation Measure Over Time 15-year rolling -- 12. Rolling β (median) rw=15 -- 13. β Measure Over Time 15-year Rolling -- 14. Rolling RVCh (mean) rw=15 -- 15. Rolling RVCG (mean) rw=15.

Sommario/riassunto

Though theory suggests financial globalization should improve international risk sharing, empirical support has been limited. We develop a simple welfare-based measure that captures how far countries are from the ideal of perfect risk sharing. We then take it to data and find international risk sharing has, indeed, improved during globalization. Improved risk sharing comes mostly from the convergence in rates of consumption growth among countries rather than from synchronization of consumption at the business cycle frequency. Our finding explains why many existing measures fail to detect improved risk sharing-they focus only on risk sharing at the business cycle frequency.