Medium-Term Determinants of Current Accounts in Industrial and Developing Countries : An Empirical Exploration /

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the medium-term determinants of current accounts for a large sample of industrial and developing countries. The analysis is based on a structural approach that highlights the roles of the fundamental macroeconomic determinants of saving and investmen...

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Main Author: Chinn, Menzie
Other Authors: Prasad, Eswar
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/046
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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