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Twin deficits hypothesis for European countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recently, several European economies have suffered a deterioration in their fiscal and current account imbalances. The global crisis has contributed to possible linkages between fiscal and current account deficits. These linkages are known as ”The Twin Deficit Hypothesis”.
Laborda Deltoro, Sandra
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The twin deficits hypothesis: Evidence from Ghana

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose - This paper investigates the twin deficit hypothesis for Ghana in view of the persistent co-movement between the budget deficit (BD) and current account deficit (CAD) over the past three decades. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses annual data for the period 1980-2014 and ascertains whether there is long-run association between the ...
Senadza, Bernardin   +1 more
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Twin Deficit Hypothesis: A Study of Nepal

Economic Journal of Nepal, 2020
This paper aims to examine the causal relationship between the budget deficit and the current account deficit of Nepal using time series data sets for the period from 1975 to 2019. Based on the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model, the empirical finding indicates that rising budget deficits put more stress on the current account deficits in the ...
Naw Raj Bhatt, Babu Ram Karki
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Twin deficits hypothesis in Bangladesh: an empirical investigation

International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2021
PurposeThis study attempts to examine the twin deficits hypothesis for Bangladesh. Along with the traditional twin deficits hypothesis associated with the current account and fiscal deficit, the paper also explores the causal relationship between the trade deficit and fiscal deficit.Design/methodology/approachWe start with the investigation of the ...
Sima Rani Dey, Mohammad Tareque
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Structural breaks and twin deficits hypothesis in African countries [PDF]

open access: yesEconomic Change and Restructuring, 2015
The study examines the twin deficits hypothesis in a sample of twelve African countries for the period between 1980 and 2009. These countries have experienced both the current account and the fiscal deficits, among others, that prompted an introduction ...
Ahmad Hassan Ahmad
exaly   +1 more source

‘Twin Deficits’ Hypothesis

Foreign Trade Review, 2016
Higher and persistent level of fiscal deficit and current account deficit is the problem of the day for Indian economy. There exists an argument that higher fiscal deficit is the major factor behind worsening balance of payments position. However, there is no identical perception on the relationship between fiscal deficit and current account deficit ...
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The twin deficit hypothesis in Greece

2020
We examine the relationship between the current account deficit and the general government deficit in Greece.Furthermore, we check the validity of the twin deficit hypothesis using annual time series data for the 1970-2019 periods.In this work we accept the twin deficit hypothesis which means that there is a positive relationship between the current ...
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The twin deficit hypothesis in Egypt

Journal of Policy Modeling, 2018
Abstract We employ a new approach to the twin deficit hypothesis aimed at enhancing policy making in Egypt. In contrast to the conventional twin deficit hypothesis between the current account, which comprises many items out of governments’ scope of maneuvering, and the budget deficit, we track the causal link between Egypt’s merchandise trade deficit
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A nonlinear investigation of the twin deficits hypothesis over the business cycle: Evidence from Turkey

open access: yesEconomic Systems, 2015
In this paper, we analyze the twin deficits hypothesis covering the period from 1994 to 2012 in Turkey. In contrast to previous studies on Turkey, the existence of twin deficits is investigated by regime-dependent impulse response functions and forecast ...
Baris Gok
exaly   +2 more sources

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