The behavior of the current account in response to unobservable and observable shocks

International Economic Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 41-57

  Irandoust, Manuchehr ^a   Sjöö, Boo ^b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

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EID: 0042102457     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730000000034     Document Type: Article

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