Technology capital and the US current account

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1493-1522

  McGrattan, Ellen R ^a,b   Prescott, Edward C ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956975975     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1493     Document Type: Article

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