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Title: Domestic and International Finance: How Do They Affect Consumption Smoothing?

Author(s): Harry Huizinga and Dantao Zhu

Publication Date: October 2004

Keyword(s): consumption smoothing and financial development

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: This Paper uses empirical proxies for the domestic development and international integration of debt and equity markets to assess the role of financial development in international consumption smoothing. First, we find that both domestic and international finance contribute to international consumption smoothing. Second, domestic debt market development is relatively important in explaining consumption smoothing relative to GNP among developed countries, while international debt market integration appears to be the limiting factor in developing countries. Third, both debt and equity market development contribute to the smoothing of consumption relative to GDP, with a somewhat larger role for the former than the latter. Finally, debt and equity market development reveal themselves to be substitutes in that more of one reduces the contribution of the other to consumption smoothing.

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Huizinga, H and Zhu, D. 2004. 'Domestic and International Finance: How Do They Affect Consumption Smoothing?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=4677