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We argue that a higher share of the private sector in a country's external debt raises the incentive to stabilize the exchange rate. We present a simple model in which exchange rate volatility does not affect agents' welfare if all the debt is incurred by the government. Once we introduce...
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We show that including distribution costs into a general equilibrium model of international portfolio choice contributes to explaining the “home bias” in international equity investment. Our model is able to replicate observed investment positions for a wide range of parameter values, even...
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