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Current Account Deficits, Macroeconomic Policy Stance and Governance: An Empirical Investigation

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  • Erdal Özmen

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    This paper empirically investigates the effects of institutional and macroeconomic policy stance variables on current account deficits (CAD). Based on cross-section data for a broad number of developing and industrial countries, the results strongly suggest that better governance increases whilst the presence of original sin decreases the ability of an economy to sustain CAD. Exchange rate flexibility and openness appear to put a discipline on CAD. Consistent with the equity home bias and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle, CAD decrease with country size. The net impacts of the financial deepening and monetary credibility on CAD are found to be insignificant.

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    Paper provided by ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University in its series ERC Working Papers with number 0414.

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    Length: 11 pages
    Date of creation: Oct 2004
    Date of revision: Oct 2004
    Handle: RePEc:met:wpaper:0414

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    Keywords: Current Account; Exchange Rate Regimes; Original Sin;

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