Connecting the (dirty) dots: Current account surplus and polluting production
According to the existing open-economy macroeconomics literature, a current account surplus is associated with a welfare loss only when distortions exist in either savings or investment. We propose a new welfare effect even in the absence of such distortions. In our theory, a trade imbalance − the l...
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Main Authors: | Lee, Jungho, WEI, Shang-Jin, XU, Jianhuan |
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Language: | English |
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2023
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2422 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3421/viewcontent/Trade_cost.pdf |
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