Bank lending and economic activity in Japan: Did 'financial factors' contribute to the recent downturn?

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-89

  Brunner, Allan D ^a   Kamin, Steven B ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANK LENDING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031662729     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1158(199801)3:1<73::AID-IJFE62>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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