How to reduce Germany's current account surplus?
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Keywords
current account; external adjustment; sectoral balances; income distribution;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MAC-2021-01-04 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-OPM-2021-01-04 (Open Economy Macroeconomics)
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