Asset Price Changes, External Wealth and Global Welfare

Timothy Meyer ()

CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series from University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany

Abstract: U.S. equity outperformance and sustained dollar appreciation have led to large valuation gains for the rest of the world on the U.S. external position. I construct their global distribution, carefully accounting for the role of tax havens. Valuation gains are concentrated and large in developed countries, while developing countries have been mostly bypassed. To assess the welfare implications of these capital gains, I adopt a sufficient statistics approach. In contrast to the large wealth changes, most countries so far did not benefit much in welfare terms. This is because they did not rebalance their portfolios and realize their gains, while they were further hurt by rising import prices from the strong dollar.

Keywords: Foreign Assets; Global Imbalances; Valuation Effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F32 F40 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 82
Date: 2024-04
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