Trade surpluses and life-cycle saving behaviour

Economics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-237

  Herbertsson, Tryggvi Thor ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structure; Current accounts; F32; F41; Life cycle saving; Twin deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033414416     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(99)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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