Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries
In this paper, we examine the relevance of the twin deficits hypothesis (TDH) for selected East Asian countries.Empirical results reveal that the admission of regime shifts substantially influences the conclusion that TDH exists in four out of the seven countries that we have investigated. It seems...
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| description | In this paper, we examine the relevance of the twin deficits hypothesis (TDH) for selected East Asian countries.Empirical results reveal that the admission of regime shifts substantially influences the conclusion that TDH exists in four out of the seven countries that we have investigated. It seems that TDH are less likely to be evident in countries with highly developed financial systems (Singapore and Japan). |
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| spelling | unimas-17902022-01-20T01:27:17Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1790/ Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah Lau, Evan D History (General) HG Finance In this paper, we examine the relevance of the twin deficits hypothesis (TDH) for selected East Asian countries.Empirical results reveal that the admission of regime shifts substantially influences the conclusion that TDH exists in four out of the seven countries that we have investigated. It seems that TDH are less likely to be evident in countries with highly developed financial systems (Singapore and Japan). AccessEcon LLC 2009 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1790/1/Economics%20Bull..pdf Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah and Lau, Evan (2009) Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries. Economics Bulletin, 29 (4). pp. 2517-2524. ISSN 1545-2921 http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/eb/ |
| spellingShingle | D History (General) HG Finance Ahmad Zubaidi, Baharumshah Lau, Evan Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries |
| title | Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries |
| title_full | Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries |
| title_fullStr | Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries |
| title_short | Structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : Evidence from East Asian countries |
| title_sort | structural breaks and the twin deficits hypothesis : evidence from east asian countries |
| topic | D History (General) HG Finance |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1790/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1790/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/1790/1/Economics%20Bull..pdf |