Lessons from generational accounting in Japan

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Takayama, Noriyuki ^a   Kitamura, Yukinobu ^b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0012400560     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.2.171     Document Type: Article

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