Malaysia’s current account deficits: an intertemporal optimization perspective
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Volume (Year): 35 (2008)
Issue (Month): 3 (November)
Pages: 569-590
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Keywords: Current account deficits; External solvency; Consumption-smoothing optimization; Malaysia; E21; F30; F32;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
- F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
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