General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.

From the general equilibrium perceptive, this study proposes the inclusion of private savings and investments in examining twin deficits hypothesis. Using U.S. data, the empirical results support twin deficits hypothesis but the budget deficit’s elasticity is decreasing from unity to 0.43.

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Main Authors: Tuck , Cheong Tang, Lau, Evan
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Monash University Business and Economics 2009
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spelling unimas-32152022-04-18T00:55:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3215/ General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S. Tuck , Cheong Tang Lau, Evan HB Economic Theory HG Finance From the general equilibrium perceptive, this study proposes the inclusion of private savings and investments in examining twin deficits hypothesis. Using U.S. data, the empirical results support twin deficits hypothesis but the budget deficit’s elasticity is decreasing from unity to 0.43. Monash University Business and Economics 2009 Working Paper NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3215/1/General%2BEquilibrium%2BPerception%2Bon%2BTwin%2BDeficits%2BHypothesis%2B-%2BAn%2BEmpirical%2BEvidence%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BU.S.%20%281%29.pdf Tuck , Cheong Tang and Lau, Evan (2009) General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S. [Working Paper] https://business.monash.edu
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HG Finance
Tuck , Cheong Tang
Lau, Evan
General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.
title General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.
title_full General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.
title_fullStr General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.
title_full_unstemmed General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.
title_short General Equilibrium Perception on Twin Deficits Hypothesis: An Empirical Evidence for the U.S.
title_sort general equilibrium perception on twin deficits hypothesis: an empirical evidence for the u.s.
topic HB Economic Theory
HG Finance
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3215/
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