Zombie firms and economic stagnation in Japan

International Economics and Economic Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-381

  Ahearne, Alan G ^a   Shinada, Naoki ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banking system; Creative destruction; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044443206     PISSN: 16124804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10368-005-0041-1     Document Type: Article

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