Abstract
We develop a multi-country quantitative model of the global distribution of current account and external balances. Countries accumulate domestic capital and foreign assets to smooth consumption over time against exogenous productivity shocks in the presence of liquidity constraints. In equilibrium, optimal consumption and investment responses to persistent productivity shocks imply a degree of intertemporal substitution across countries that can explain up to one-third of the current account dispersion in the data.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 477-496 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Review of Economic Dynamics |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 Jul 1 |
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Accounting for global dispersion of current accounts. / Chang, Yongsung; Kim, Sun Bin; Lee, Jaewoo.
In: Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 3, 01.07.2013, p. 477-496.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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