The Valuation Channel of External Adjustment

By Jaewoo Lee, Fabio Ghironi, Alessandro Rebucci

December 1, 2009

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Jaewoo Lee, Fabio Ghironi, and Alessandro Rebucci. The Valuation Channel of External Adjustment, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

International financial integration has greatly increased the scope for changes in a country's net foreign asset position through the valuation channel, namely capital gains and losses on external assets and liabilities. We examine this valuation channel in a dynamic equilibrium portfolio model with international trade in equity. By separating asset prices and quantities, we can characterize the first-order dynamics of valuation effects and the current account in macroeconomic dynamics. Specifically, we disentangle the roles of excess returns, capital gains, and portfolio adjustment for consumption risk sharing when financial markets are incomplete.

Subject: Asset valuation, Consumption, Expenditure, Foreign assets, Stocks

Keywords: Government spending, WP

Publication Details

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44
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Working Paper No. 2009/275
Stock No:

WPIEA2009275
ISBN:

9781451874204
ISSN:

1018-5941

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