Monetary policy during Japan's lost decade

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-344

  Braun, R Anton ^a   Waki, Yuichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745219018     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: 14685876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2006.00371.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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