Terms-of-trade shocks and optimal investment: Another look at the Laursen-Metzler effect

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-365

  Servén, Luis ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Current account; E22; F32; F41; Investment; Terms of trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000210220     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(99)85001-3     Document Type: Article

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