Policy commitment and expectation formation: Japan's experience under zero interest rates

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-100

  Okina, Kunio ^a   Shiratsuka, Shigenori ^a  

^a Inst for Monetary Economic Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Policy commitment; Policy duration effects; Quantitative monetary easing; Zero interest rate policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342290416     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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