Current Account Imbalances in AsEAN Countries : Are they a Problem? /

Applying a consumption-smoothing model to five ASEAN countries reveals that excessive private consumption has not tended to characterize their widening external imbalances in recent years, except to a small degree in Indonesia and Malaysia. Beyond consumption smoothing, however, a number of factors...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Ostry, Jonathan
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/051
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF