Testing for the sustainability of the current account deficit in two industrial countries

Jyh Lin Wu; Stilianos Fountas; Show Lin Chen

doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(96)06860-7

Testing for the sustainability of the current account deficit in two industrial countries

Jyh Lin Wu, Stilianos Fountas, Show Lin Chen

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to test for the sustainability of the current account deficits in the United States and Canada over the 1973-1994 period. Using various unit root and cointegration tests, some of which allow for structural changes, we conclude that the real current account-deficits-to-GDP ratios are not sustainable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-198
Number of pages	6
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	52
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(96)06860-7
Publication status	Published - Aug 1996

Keywords

Cointegration
Deficit sustainability
Regime shifts

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