Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?

The relevance of the twin deficits hypothesis in 13 Asian countries is examined, taking into account the presence of a structural break. The major findings based on an extended data set are: 1) the budget balance plays a significant role in the determination of a current account balance, and there i...

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Main Authors: Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Soon, Siew Voon, Ismail, Hamizun
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51268/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51268/1/12-19.pdf
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Soon, Siew Voon
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description The relevance of the twin deficits hypothesis in 13 Asian countries is examined, taking into account the presence of a structural break. The major findings based on an extended data set are: 1) the budget balance plays a significant role in the determination of a current account balance, and there is strong evidence supporting the Keynesian view of the twin deficits; 2) investment and real exchange rate have a noticeable impact on current account balance; and 3) the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle seems to be valid in most countries.
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spelling upm-512682017-04-03T07:43:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51268/ Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive? Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi Soon, Siew Voon Ismail, Hamizun The relevance of the twin deficits hypothesis in 13 Asian countries is examined, taking into account the presence of a structural break. The major findings based on an extended data set are: 1) the budget balance plays a significant role in the determination of a current account balance, and there is strong evidence supporting the Keynesian view of the twin deficits; 2) investment and real exchange rate have a noticeable impact on current account balance; and 3) the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle seems to be valid in most countries. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51268/1/12-19.pdf Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi and Soon, Siew Voon and Ismail, Hamizun (2012) Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive? In: National Research & Innovation Conference for Graduate Students in Social Sciences (GS-NRIC 2012), 7-9 Dec. 2012, Mahkota Hotel, Melaka. (pp. 391-399).
spellingShingle Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi
Soon, Siew Voon
Ismail, Hamizun
Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?
title Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?
title_full Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?
title_fullStr Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?
title_full_unstemmed Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?
title_short Twin deficits hypothesis and Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in Asian countries: is Keynesian alive?
title_sort twin deficits hypothesis and feldstein-horioka puzzle in asian countries: is keynesian alive?
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51268/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51268/1/12-19.pdf