Those current account imbalances: A sceptical view

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-382

  Corden, W Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; INTEREST RATE; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; SAVINGS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847656120     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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