International Economics

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  N°170  
Issue Q2 2022  
A consolidated-by-nationality approach to Irish foreign exposure  
André Sanchez Pacheco
 
How exposed is Ireland to foreign shocks? Relying on residence-based measures of foreign holdings to answer this question can be challenging. These statistics are obscured by the vast presence of Special Purpose Entities in the country. Alternatively, I construct an estimate of the Irish consolidated-by-nationality foreign balance sheet for the period between 2011 and 2019 based on a novel methodology that builds on firm-level data. I find that Ireland's consolidated foreign balance sheet is on average 46.7% smaller relative to its residence-based analogue. I interpret this result as an indication that Ireland is significantly less exposed to foreign shocks than what is suggested by residence-based statistics.
Abstract

   
International financial integration ; Financial globalisation ; Consolidated-by-nationality statistics ; Keywords
F36 ; F21 ; F23 ; JEL classification
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