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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Feldstein and Horioka 1980<br />

Second strategy: look at capital mobility directly<br />

Feldstein and Horioka use data on OECD countries from 1960-74<br />

Closed economy: S = I ; open economy: S − I = X − M<br />

Motivates regression:<br />

I /GDP = α + βS/GDP + ...<br />

Find β = 0.89 (0.07)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 103 / 142

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