How sustainable are external imbalances in selected transition countries?

Ekonomicky casopis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-37

  Aristovnik, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Current deficits; FDI; Forecasting; Sustainability; Transition

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; FISCAL POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; MONETARY UNION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; MOLDOVA; NORTHERN EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847355972     PISSN: 00133035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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