Are Australia's Current Account Deficits Excessive? /

This paper compares the evolution of the Australian current account balance over the period 1954-94 against an optimal current account derived from a consumption-smoothing model. The findings indicate that the Australian current account was not used to smooth consumption optimally in the period prio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDermott, C.
Other Authors: Cashin, Paul
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/085
Online Access:Full text available on IMF