The USA as the 'demander of last resort' and the implications for China's current account

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-442

  Aizenman, Joshua ^a   Jinjarak, Yothin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OECD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349094965     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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