Japan's fiscal policies in the 1990s

World Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-338

  Ihori, Toshihiro ^a   Nakazato, Toru ^b   Kawade, Masumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY; REFORM PROCESS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0038322136     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9701.00525     Document Type: Article

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