Medium-term determinants of current accounts in industrial and developing countries: An empirical exploration

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-76

  Chinn, Menzie D ^a   Prasad, Eswar S ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital controls; Current account; Investment; Net foreign assets; Panel regressions; Savings

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; NATIONAL TRADE; SAVINGS; TERMS OF TRADE;

EID: 0037221368     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(02)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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