Fiscal and current account imbalances : the cases of Germany and Portugal

We investigate the bilateral relationship between government budget balances and current account balances for Portugal and Germany. We find that the response of the current account balance to the budget balance is greater in Portugal than in Germany. On the other hand, the response of the budget bal...

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Main Author: Afonso, António (author)
Other Authors: Coelho, José Carlos (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22774
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22774