Causality tests of budget and current account deficits: Cross-country comparisons

Empirical Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-402

  Khalid, Ahmed M ^a   Guan, Teo Wee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Community Development   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Developed vs. developing countries; Granger causality; Twin deficits

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; FINANCIAL MARKET; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0032708091     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050062     Document Type: Article

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