The Measurement of External Accounts /

Growing international integration in trade and finance can challenge the measurement of external accounts. This paper presents a unified conceptual framework for identifying sources of mismeasurement of foreign investment income in current account balances. The framework allows to derive a precise d...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Adler, Gustavo
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Garcia-Macia, Daniel, Krogstrup, Signe
Μορφή: Επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Σειρά:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/132
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full text available on IMF
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