The sustainability of trade deficits in the presence of endogenous structural breaks: Evidence from the Indian economy

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 519-526

  Nag, Biswajit ^a   Mukherjee, Jaydeep ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE   (India)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Current account deficit; Structural breaks; Trade deficit; Unit root

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864554220     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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