Current account dynamics in a small open-economy model of status seeking

Review of International Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 262-282

  Fisher, Walter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

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CAPITAL MARKET; MODELING; NATIONAL TRADE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 18844426038     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2005.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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