Is the U.S. current account deficit sustainable? If not, how costly is adjustment likely to be?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 211-288

  Edwards, Sebastian ^a   Dominguez, Kathryn M E ^b   Gourinchas, Pierre Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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