Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment

This paper evaluates the degree of consumption insurance enjoyed by Latin American and Caribbean countries, with respect to various reference areas, by estimating a parameter expressing the sensitivity of a country's consumption growth to a me...

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Main Author: Ventura, Luigi
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
M3
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8966564/risk-sharing-opportunities-macroeconomic-factors-latin-american-caribbean-countries-consumption-insurance-assessment
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topic ACCOUNTING
AGGREGATE COMPONENT
AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INCOME
BANKING SYSTEM
BUFFER
BUSINESS CYCLES
CHANGE IN CONSUMPTION
CLARITY
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION FLUCTUATIONS
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
CONTROL VARIABLES
CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS
COUNTRY LEVEL
CURRENCY
CURRENCY CRISES
DEBT
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNT RATES
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DUMMY VARIABLE
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES
EXCHANGE REGIME
EXPECTED UTILITY
EXPLANATORY POWER
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIXED EFFECTS
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN FINANCIAL MARKETS
GDP
GLOBALIZATION
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME SMOOTHING
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDEBTEDNESS
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS
LATIN AMERICAN
LEVELS OF INVESTMENTS
LIQUIDITY
LOW INCOME
M3
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSES
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARKET CAPITALIZATION
MARKET RATES
MEAN VALUE
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES
MONETARY ECONOMICS
MONEY MARKET
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE SHOCKS
OUTPUT GAP
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POSITIVE SHOCKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
RAPID INCREASE
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REAL INTEREST RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
RELATIVE IMPACT
REPRESENTATIVE AGENT
RISK AVERSION
RISK SHARING
SAVINGS
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
STOCK MARKETS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
T-VALUE
TOTAL CONSUMPTION
TRADE OPENNESS
TREASURY BILL
TREASURY BILLS
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNCERTAINTY
UPWARD PRESSURE
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WEALTH
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
AGGREGATE COMPONENT
AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INCOME
BANKING SYSTEM
BUFFER
BUSINESS CYCLES
CHANGE IN CONSUMPTION
CLARITY
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION FLUCTUATIONS
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
CONTROL VARIABLES
CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS
COUNTRY LEVEL
CURRENCY
CURRENCY CRISES
DEBT
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCOUNT RATE
DISCOUNT RATES
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DUMMY VARIABLE
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES
EXCHANGE REGIME
EXPECTED UTILITY
EXPLANATORY POWER
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FIXED EFFECTS
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE
FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE REGIME
FOREIGN ASSETS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FOREIGN FINANCIAL MARKETS
GDP
GLOBALIZATION
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME SMOOTHING
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INDEBTEDNESS
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS
LATIN AMERICAN
LEVELS OF INVESTMENTS
LIQUIDITY
LOW INCOME
M3
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSES
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARKET CAPITALIZATION
MARKET RATES
MEAN VALUE
MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES
MONETARY ECONOMICS
MONEY MARKET
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE SHOCKS
OUTPUT GAP
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POSITIVE SHOCKS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
RAPID INCREASE
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REAL GDP
REAL INCOME
REAL INTEREST RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
RELATIVE IMPACT
REPRESENTATIVE AGENT
RISK AVERSION
RISK SHARING
SAVINGS
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
STOCK MARKETS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
T-VALUE
TOTAL CONSUMPTION
TRADE OPENNESS
TREASURY BILL
TREASURY BILLS
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNCERTAINTY
UPWARD PRESSURE
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WEALTH
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Ventura, Luigi
Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4490
description This paper evaluates the degree of consumption insurance enjoyed by Latin American and Caribbean countries, with respect to various reference areas, by estimating a parameter expressing the sensitivity of a country's consumption growth to a measure of idiosyncratic shocks to income. The paper surveys common econometric implementations of "consumption insurance tests." The author proposes some econometric procedures in order to detect the actual presence of international risk sharing, as well as to assess the relative impact of idiosyncratic versus aggregate shocks. The evidence suggests that Latin American and Caribbean economies have been hit by non-diversifiable income shocks, that idiosyncratic risk is relatively more important than aggregate risk, and that some countries in the region appear to enjoy a certain amount of international risk diversification. The paper also identifies some macroeconomic factors that may be responsible for a higher or lower degree of risk pooling (such as international openness, financial depth, and credit availability). The findings show that the financial development of an economy is a crucial factor in determining the amount of risk sharing opportunities, as well as public expenditure. The preliminary results also suggest that trade openness and shocks to terms of trade play an important role in determining the degree of insurability of such risks.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Ventura, Luigi
author_facet Ventura, Luigi
author_sort Ventura, Luigi
title Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment
title_short Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment
title_full Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment
title_fullStr Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment
title_sort risk sharing opportunities and macroeconomic factors in latin american and caribbean countries : a consumption insurance assessment
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8966564/risk-sharing-opportunities-macroeconomic-factors-latin-american-caribbean-countries-consumption-insurance-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6473
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spelling okr-10986-64732021-04-23T14:02:31Z Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : A Consumption Insurance Assessment Ventura, Luigi ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE COMPONENT AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INCOME BANKING SYSTEM BUFFER BUSINESS CYCLES CHANGE IN CONSUMPTION CLARITY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION FLUCTUATIONS CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CONTROL VARIABLES CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS COUNTRY LEVEL CURRENCY CURRENCY CRISES DEBT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC CREDIT DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESULTS EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIME EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXCHANGE REGIME EXPECTED UTILITY EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INTEGRATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FIXED EFFECTS FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE REGIME FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN FINANCIAL MARKETS GDP GLOBALIZATION GROWTH MODEL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SMOOTHING INCREASING INEQUALITY INDEBTEDNESS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL OPENNESS LATIN AMERICAN LEVELS OF INVESTMENTS LIQUIDITY LOW INCOME M3 MACROECONOMIC ANALYSES MACROECONOMIC FACTORS MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET CAPITALIZATION MARKET RATES MEAN VALUE MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES MONETARY ECONOMICS MONEY MARKET NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE SHOCKS OUTPUT GAP PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POSITIVE SHOCKS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES RAPID INCREASE RATE OF GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP REAL INCOME REAL INTEREST RATE REAL INTEREST RATES RELATIVE IMPACT REPRESENTATIVE AGENT RISK AVERSION RISK SHARING SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SMOOTHING CONSUMPTION STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD DEVIATIONS STOCK MARKETS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA T-VALUE TOTAL CONSUMPTION TRADE OPENNESS TREASURY BILL TREASURY BILLS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNCERTAINTY UPWARD PRESSURE UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS WEALTH WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS This paper evaluates the degree of consumption insurance enjoyed by Latin American and Caribbean countries, with respect to various reference areas, by estimating a parameter expressing the sensitivity of a country's consumption growth to a measure of idiosyncratic shocks to income. The paper surveys common econometric implementations of "consumption insurance tests." The author proposes some econometric procedures in order to detect the actual presence of international risk sharing, as well as to assess the relative impact of idiosyncratic versus aggregate shocks. The evidence suggests that Latin American and Caribbean economies have been hit by non-diversifiable income shocks, that idiosyncratic risk is relatively more important than aggregate risk, and that some countries in the region appear to enjoy a certain amount of international risk diversification. The paper also identifies some macroeconomic factors that may be responsible for a higher or lower degree of risk pooling (such as international openness, financial depth, and credit availability). The findings show that the financial development of an economy is a crucial factor in determining the amount of risk sharing opportunities, as well as public expenditure. The preliminary results also suggest that trade openness and shocks to terms of trade play an important role in determining the degree of insurability of such risks. 2012-05-25T20:38:02Z 2012-05-25T20:38:02Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8966564/risk-sharing-opportunities-macroeconomic-factors-latin-american-caribbean-countries-consumption-insurance-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6473 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4490 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean