The Global Trade Slowdown : Cyclical or Structural? /

This paper focuses on the sluggish growth of world trade relative to income growth in recent years. The analysis uses an empirical strategy based on an error correction model to assess whether the global trade slowdown is structural or cyclical. An estimate of the relationship between trade and inco...

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Автор: Constantinescu, Cristina
Інші автори: Mattoo, Aaditya, Ruta, Michele
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/006
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