February 09, 2011

We know from the lifecycle consumption theory that, on average, all wealth will be consumed. Hence, all income will be spent. This means that the lifecycle budget constraint requires that the value of exports and imports over the lifecycle be equal. In addition, since the world is a closed economy, the sum of all imports has to add up to the sum of all exports.

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