The postwar Japanese political economy in an exchange perspective

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 175-197

  Naka, Shigeto ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

American occupation of Japan; Coasian contract; Dynamic rent seeking; Postwar Japanese political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444482421     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1015714620893     Document Type: Article

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