12. We mentioned in the chapter that capital gains and losses on a countrys net foreign assets...
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12. We mentioned in the chapter that capital gains and losses on a country’s net foreign assets are not included in the national income measure of the current account. How would economic statisticians have to modify the national income identity [equation
(13-1)] if they wish to include such gains and losses as part of the definition of the current account? In your opinion, would this make sense? Why do you think this is not done in practice?
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International Finance Theory And Policy
ISBN: 9781292238739
11th Global Edition
Authors: Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz
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