US imbalances: The role of technology and policy

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-545

  Bems, Rudolfs ^a   Dedola, Luca ^a   Smets, Frank ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global imbalances; Open economy; VARs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248580531     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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