The Financial Crisis and the Geography of Wealth Transfers*

Gourinchas, P.O., Rey, H., Truempler, K.
Date Published: 2012 Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Hélène Rey, and Kai Truempler. "The financial crisis and the geography of wealth transfers." Journal of International Economics, Volume 88, Issue 2, November 2012, Pages 266–283.

Abstract:
This paper studies the geography of wealth transfers between 2007Q4 and 2008Q4, at the height of the global financial crisis.



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Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Hélène Rey, and Kai Truempler. "The financial crisis and the geography of wealth transfers." Journal of International Economics,Volume 88, Issue 2, November 2012, Pages 266–283. Download BibTex citation

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*This material is based upon work supported by the European Research Council grant number 210584 on "Countries' external balance sheets, dynamics of international adjustment and capital flows".

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Data available here.
Appendix available here.

Coloured heatmaps of capital gains and losses:
All assets
Exchange rates
Equities
FDI
Debt

Paper also available as NBER WP 17353 and CEPR DP 8567.

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