An empirical analysis on the stability of Japan's aggregate import demand function

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-144

  Hamori, Shigeyuki ^a   Matsubayashi, Yoichi ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cointegration; F10; F40; Japanese import demand function; Regime shifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042260564     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-1425(00)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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