Credit constraints and the current account: A test for the Japanese economy

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1261-1277

  Kunieda, Takuma ^a   Shibata, Akihisa ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Current account; Japanese economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544437966     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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