Effective Trade Costs and the Current Account : An Empirical Analysis /

A view receiving increased support is that the height of trade costs in prime export sectors has a strong effect on current account balances: countries specializing in sectors that face relatively high trade costs, such as services, tend to run current account deficits, and similarly, countries spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boz, Emine
Other Authors: Li, Nan, Zhang, Hongrui
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/008
Online Access:Full text available on IMF