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Over recent years, several euro area countries have registered large and persistent net foreign liabilities. This paper examines the risks arising from these external stock imbalances, the prospects for their smooth unwinding and the menu of policy options. The paper demonstrates that external...
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On average, foreign corporations save a third of their local profits in the host country. While this is recorded as "Retained Earnings Foreign Direct Investment" (REFDI), macroeconomics has so far overlooked its particularities. This paper explores the aggregate economic properties of REFDI. It...
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If sectoral trade flows obey structural gravity, countries' bilateral trade imbalances are the result of macro trade imbalances, “triangular trade”, or pairwise asymmetric trade barriers. Using data for 40 major economies and the Rest of the World, we show that large and pervasive...
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This paper documents that cross-border investment income flows are important for explaining current account balances in major economies. Those investment incomes reflect returns on cross-border asset holdings and on balance often reach magnitudes around 5% of major economies' gross domestic...
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This paper examines the persistent deterioration in the international external position of the U.S. over the past 60 years. I develop a model without Ponzi schemes and arbitrage opportunities that accounts for both the secular rise and the cyclical variations in the U.S. international debt...
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Analyse zeigen, dass sich die Handelsbilanz der USA in Folge eines "news shocks" persistent verschlechtert, während es in … Handelsbilanz? Die Bedeutung dieser Forschungsfrage ergibt sich aus der Tendenz zu antizyklischen Schwankungen des … vorübergehende Verbesserung der Handelsbilanz infolge eines "news shocks". Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen die Bedeutung …
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Analyse zeigen, dass sich die Handelsbilanz der USA in Folge eines „news shocks“ persistent verschlechtert, während es in … Handelsbilanz? Die Bedeutung dieser Forschungsfrage ergibt sich aus der Tendenz zu antizyklischen Schwankungen des … vorübergehende Verbesserung der Handelsbilanz infolge eines „news shocks“. Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen die Bedeutung …
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The balance of payments deficit is the problem faced by numerous countries. To solve the problem of the balance of payment deficit, the creators of economic policy try to stimulate the sectors that secure the largest inflow of foreign currencies and have a beneficial impact on the reduction of...
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The US dollar is the most prevalent currency to settle internationally traded merchandise. A few existing studies demonstrate that the US dollar can significantly impact a country's trade balance with a non-US partner. Nevertheless, the current literature indicates the remarkable deficiency of...
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