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wisdom that globalization has increased the degree of synchronization of business cycles. The evidence that trade and …
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Monetary and fiscal policies around the world are in better shape today than two decades ago. This paper studies … whether financial globalization has helped induce governments to pursue better macroeconomic policies (the ""discipline effect … robust causal evidence. There is some evidence that financial globalization may have induced countries to pursue low …
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liabilities held by countries, especially in the developing world. This paper constructs estimates of foreign assets and …
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The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in...
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There is now a substantial theoretical literature arguing that inflation impedes financial deepening. Furthermore, it has been hypothesized that the relationship is a nonlinear one, in that there is a threshold level of inflation below which inflation has a positive effect on financial depth,...
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The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent … macroeconomic effects of financial globalization, in terms of both growth and volatility. Overall, our critical reading of the … financial globalization, but with many nuances. On the other hand, there is little systematic evidence to support widely cited …
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This paper analyzes the impact of the globalization of financial markets on developing and transition economies …
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In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international … outcomes during the recent period of globalization. Developing countries have, by and large, been shut out of this benefit. The … why emerging markets have not been able to realize this presumed benefit of financial globalization. In particular, our …
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