The U.S. current account deficit and the expected share of world output

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1063-1093

  Engel, Charles ^a   Rogers, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Current account; Real exchange rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746798916     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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