Unnatural selection: Perverse incentives and the misallocation of credit in Japan

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1144-1166

  Peek, Joe ^a   Rosengren, Eric S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 29544450516     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054825691     Document Type: Review

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