The balance-of-payments constraint:from balanced trade to sustainable debt

This paper extends the balance-of-payments constraint on growth known as Thirlwall's law to incorporate unbalanced trade and debt accumulation. Assuming that small open economies face a liquidity constraint, the text shows the growth and real-exchange-rate policy rules consistent with a stable...

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Main Author: Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2001-12-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/9952/9833