Are African Current Account Deficits Different? : Stylized Facts, Transitory Shocks, and Decomposition Analysis /

This paper analyzes the behavior of current account deficits in Africa and estimates whether the deficits are excessive with respect to fundamentals. The findings are the deficits are (i) not very persistent; (ii) positively linked with domestic growth; (iii) strongly linked with public (and private...

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主要作者: Zanforlin, Luisa
其他作者: Calderon, Cesar, Chong, Alberto
格式: 杂志
语言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
丛编:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/004
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