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interpretation of coefficients of partial risk sharing even when the 0 hypothesis of perfect risk sharing is rejected. The estimation …This paper examines the extent of consumption risk sharing for a group of 50 high-income and developing countries. The … results show that high-income countries exhibit higher degrees of risk sharing than developing countries, and that the gap …
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This paper computes a new financial globalization index for a large sample of countries for 1992-2016. Unlike other measures, the financial globalization index corrects for the heteroscedasticity of global volatility. This leads to a downward adjustment of financial globalization trends for...
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Unprecedented monetary policy accommodation in advanced economies and a large, coordinated fiscal stimulus by G20 countries helped to support a solid rebound in global output right after the 2009 Global Recession. However, global growth subsequently slowed to a sluggish pace by pre-recession...
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Arab investors are more risk averse than investors elsewhere. Oil-exporting countries tend to invest more in debt assets …
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There is growing interest in impact investing, the idea of deploying capital to obtain both financial and social or environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by one of the largest and longest-operating impact investors across 130 emerging market and developing economies...
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'push' variables. Recursive estimation of the factor model reveals a rising trend in the exposure of countries' flows to the …
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oversight of banks. The Global Financial Development Report 2019/2020 is the fifth in a World Bank series. The report also … around the world (http://www.worldbank.org/en/research/brief/BRSS)"-- …
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operational work, as well as on inputs from financial sector professionals and researchers both within and outside the World Bank …
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much needed capital, expertise, and new technologies; and second, by enabling risk-sharing and diversification. But … Financial Development Report 2017/2018 is the fourth in a World Bank series. The report also tracks financial systems in more …
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Using data on net exports and factor endowments for more than 100 countries, this paper studies the relationship between factor endowments and comparative advantage in 28 manufacturing sectors between 1975 and 2010. The authors allow for systematic technological differences across countries,...
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