The great recession: Lessons for macroeconomic policy from Japan

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-185

  Kuttner, Kenneth N ^a   Posen, Adam S ^a  

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DOI: 10.1353/eca.2001.0019     Document Type: Article

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