Fiscal Policy and the Current Account.

This paper examines the relationship between fiscal policy and the current account, drawing on a larger country sample than in previous studies and using panel regressions, vector autoregressions, and an analysis of large fiscal and external adjustments. On average, a strengthening in the fiscal bal...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/121
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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