Savings and the terms of trade under borrowing constraints

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-340

  Agénor, Pierre Richard ^a   Aizenman, Joshua ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrowing constraints; GMM; Habit formation; Savings; Terms of trade shocks

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; LENDING BEHAVIOR; SAVINGS; TERMS OF TRADE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042832342     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(03)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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