Confidence and the real economy - The Japanese case

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-342

  Utaka, Atsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 28344437687     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840210135205     Document Type: Article

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