Current account balances, financial development and institutions: Assaying the world "saving glut"

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 546-569

  Chinn, Menzie D ^a,b   Ito, Hiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital controls; Current account; Institutional development; Investment drought; Net foreign assets; Panel regressions; Saving glut

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248577060     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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