Consumption smoothing and the current account: Evidence for France, 1970-1996

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Agénor, Pierre Richard ^a,b   Bismut, Claude ^c   Cashin, Paul ^a,d   McDermott, C John ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LMGC   (France)

^d University of   (Australia)

^e RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumption smoothing; Current account; F32; F41; F47; France; Hypothesis testing; Intertemporal

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344412015     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(98)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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