Consumption-Based Interest Rate and the Present-Value Model of the Current Account-Evidence from Nigeria /

This paper presents a model of current account determination, based upon the permanent-income hypothesis. A present-value relationship among the current account, changes in net output, the exchange rate and the terms of trade is derived and the implications of such a relationship are tested using da...

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Main Author: Adedeji, Olumuyiwa
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/093
Online Access:Full text available on IMF