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sense of very high investment and very low consumption, giving rise to rapid capital accumulation; and an imbalance between …In recent years China has experienced two forms of extreme macroeconomic imbalance: an expenditure imbalance in the …. Both imbalances imply a low rate of time discount by both government and society: consumption in the present is forgone in …
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sense of very high investment and very low consumption, giving rise to rapid capital accumulation; and an imbalance between …In recent years China has experienced two forms of extreme macroeconomic imbalance: an expenditure imbalance in the …. Both imbalances imply a low rate of time discount by both government and society: consumption in the present is forgone in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123488
savings and investment, credit and housing booms in some countries and the allocation of resources towards less productive … to be reduced, which, in turn, is weakening investment and therefore weighing on growth prospects and growth potential …
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been significant changes in saving and investment patterns across the world and imbalances have narrowed considerably. Does …
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This note discusses two complex issues. First, why might a country want to reduce its current account deficit or surplus? And second, why might the international community ask for more? In general, there are both domestic and multilateral reasons for countries to reduce current account deficits...
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the explanation of the J-curve phenomenon in terms of habit persistence in consumption and sluggishness in capital … expense when the perturbation is at work and a definitely higher level of consumption at the new steady-state. Habitual … hysteresis effects. In accordance with recent empirical results, investment is procyclical, H-L-M effect holds, net foreign …
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Using empirical evidence from panel analysis of current account dynamics and of bilateral trade balances, the paper argues that the large German current account surplus during the 2000s can be explained by an increasing gap between productivity growth in manufacturing vis-à-vis services. Such a...
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real consumption and investment matter as well after a temporary perturbation. As a consequence of an intertemporal … consumption and the magnitude of capital installation costs after an unanticipated terms of trade worsening, we show that the …
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terms of habit persistence in consumption and sluggishness in capital adjustment. The results differ markedly depending on …. Investment and real expense folow non-monotonic transitional paths and current account dynamics are driven by new forces. In … accordance with recent empirical results, investment is procyclical, trade balance deteriorates initially, net foreign assets …
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the explanation of the J-curve phenomenon in terms of habit persistence in consumption and sluggishness in capital … expense when the perturbation is at work and a definitely higher level of consumption at the new steady-state. Habitual … hysteresis effects. In accordance with recent empirical results, investment is procyclical, H-L-M effect holds, net foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005043408