<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This note tests current account sustainability in Bulgaria from 1967 to 2004. Empirical analysis adopts various unit root and cointegration tests with structural breaks. Evidence of a long run relation between exports and imports in Bulgaria is shown, despite the financial crisis of 1996/8. Intertemporal current account constraint is not violated in Bulgaria.</p></abstract>

This note tests current account sustainability in Bulgaria from 1967 to 2004. Empirical analysis adopts various unit root and cointegration tests with structural breaks. Evidence of a long run relation between exports and imports in Bulgaria is shown, despite the financial crisis of 1996/8. Intertemporal current account constraint is not violated in Bulgaria.

Are Imports and Exports Cointegrated: the Case of Bulgaria between 1967 and 2004

EQUIPPE, Faculty of Economics, University of Lille I, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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This note tests current account sustainability in Bulgaria from 1967 to 2004. Empirical analysis adopts various unit root and cointegration tests with...

Are Imports and Exports Cointegrated: the Case of Bulgaria between 1967 and 2004

Publicado en línea: 04 mar 2008

Páginas: 53 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-007-0005-1

Palabras clave
Current account sustainability, Cointegration, Bulgaria

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Are Imports and Exports Cointegrated: the Case of Bulgaria between 1967 and 2004

Publicado en línea: 04 mar 2008

Páginas: 53 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-007-0005-1

Palabras claveCurrent account sustainability, Cointegration, Bulgaria

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
Current account sustainability, Cointegration, Bulgaria