Persistent current account deficits: A warning signal?

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-181

  Milesi Ferretti, Gian Maria ^a   Razin, Assaf ^a,b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Current account; Openness; Solvency; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010734372     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1158(199607)1:3<161::AID-IJFE19>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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