Current account balances, financial development and institutions: Assaying the world “saving glut”

We critically assess several of the key assertions underlying the global saving glut hypothesis. First, we investigate whether the behavior of the U.S. current account is anomalous in light of previous industrial country experience. Second, we determine whether East Asian current account balances ar...

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Volume:	26
Main Author:	Chinn, Menzie D Ito, Hiro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Professional Academic
Place of publication:	Elsevier Ltd 2007 Elsevier Elsevier B.V
published in:	Journal of international money and finance Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 546 - 569
Data of publication:	2007
ISSN:	0261-5606 1873-0639
EISSN:	1873-0639
Discipline:	Business
Series:	Journal of International Money and Finance
Subjects:	Net foreign assets Panel regressions Institutional development Investment drought Current account Capital controls Saving glut Institutional economics Financial markets Balance of payments United States Economic development Analysis United States Net foreign assets Panel regressions Institutional development Investment drought F41 F32 Current account Capital controls Saving glut
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS