United States current account deficits: A stochastic optimal control analysis

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1321-1350

  Stein, Jerome L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; External debt; Inter temporal optimization; Stochastic optimal control; US current account deficits

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147157758     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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