This paper aims at studying the sustainability of current accounts in Sub-Saharan Africa and
determining whether this sustainability depends on the exchange rate regime. Relying on a …

This paper examines the relationship between the fiscal deficit and the current account
deficit using the threshold cointegration approach of Hansen and Seo (2002). Using …

One of the major current concerns of economic policy in develo** countries is the choice
of the appropriate exchange rate regime to consolidate and accelerate the pace of economic …

We examine how workers' remittances impact on the current account. In doing so, we focus
on how remittances affect the sustainability rather than the size of current account balances …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the fiscal sustainability issue by dividing the
fiscal deficit into high and low regimes using the quarterly data from 1997: Q1 to 2013: Q3 …

In this paper we examine three types of nonlinearities, ie, nonlinearity stemming from
structural breaks, sign nonlinearity and size nonlinearity, for ten European countries and …

In this paper we reexamine the current account sustainability under assumptions of smooth
break and nonlinearity for nine European countries. We test for the null hypothesis of a unit …

The purpose of this study is the examination of the relationship between fiscal and Current
Account balances for the countries of southern eurozone. The twin deficit hypothesis is …

This paper investigates the sustainability of current accounts in advanced economies using
a panel of 27 countries and annual data over the 1980–2008 period. Relying on various …

Using parametric and non‐parametric estimation techniques, we analyze the sustainability
of the recently growing current account imbalances in the euro area and test whether the …