External Wealth, the Trade Balance, and the Real Exchange Rate /

This paper examines the link between the net foreign asset position, the trade balance and the real exchange rate. In particular, it decomposes the impact of a country's net foreign asset position ("external wealth") on its long-run real exchange rate into two mechanisms: the relation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane, Philip
Other Authors: Milesi-Ferretti, Gian
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/051
Online Access:Full text available on IMF