We analyze the implications of financial openness to macroeconomic volatility in a small open economy. Major macroeconomic aggregates show non-monotonic volatility patterns with respect to the degree of financial openness in the model without domestic financial frictions. The introduction of...

How do capital income taxes affect household portfolio choice and growth? Wequot; approach this question within the context of a stochastic model of a small open economy inquot; which taxes on income from domestic capital (equity) and foreign bonds affect householdquot; portfolio choice, welfare...

We investigate the relative roles of US economic policy uncertainty andglobal risk aversion in contributing to financial and macroeconomic fluctuations in small open economies (SOEs) using a panel of forty SOEs that includes both advanced economies (AEs) and emerging markets economies (EMEs). We...

How do capital income taxes affect household portfolio choice and growth? We" approach this question within the context of a stochastic model of a small open economy in" which taxes on income from domestic capital (equity) and foreign bonds affect household" portfolio choice, welfare and the...