We argue that since there are several impediments to international risk sharing, the welfare gains from full … international risk sharing, which have been the object of analysis in the previous literature, are not suggestive. Instead, we study … the gains from feasible risk sharing and find that they are considerable (0:5% increase inpermanent consumption). Marginal …

boom yields consistently positive excess returns. This excess return compensates for the risk of high negative returns in … countries on risk aversion, and low (high) risk aversion currencies depreciate (appreciate) in times of global turmoil. …