-whether financial intermediation is performed through banks or markets-for macroeconomic volatility, against the backdrop of increased … volatility. Expanding the sample to 121 developing countries confirms this result, although this role of shock-absorber fades …

This paper examines the impact of international financial integration on macroeconomic volatility in a large group of … industrial and developing economies over the period 1960-99. We report two major results: First, while the volatility of output … volatility of consumption growth relative to that of income growth has increased for more financially integrated developing …

How does access to credit impact consumption volatility? Theory and evidence from advanced economies suggests that … volatile than income, indicates that financial reform further increases the volatility of consumption relative to output. We … consumption volatility. Calibration of the model for pre and post financial reform in India provides support for the model's key …

than 40 percent of the volatility of aggregate sales. Although quite large, this contribution is smaller than documented in …

theoretical and empirical evidence to show that differences in underlying macroeconomic volatility are key. While volatility … higher default risk that volatility engenders …

, and volatility in the remittance-sending country …