Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis

International Economics and Economic Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-155

  Bagnai, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Current account adjustment; Econometric model; Public budget deficit; Structural change; Twin deficits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751531615     PISSN: 16124804     EISSN: 16124812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10368-006-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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