US-China external imbalance and the global financial crisis

China Economic Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Lin, Justin Yifu ^a   Dinh, Hinh T ^a   Im, Fernando ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic distortion; Financial crisis; Global imbalance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960902926     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2010.487348     Document Type: Article

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