The Japanese saving rate

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1850-1858

  Chen, Kaiji ^a   Imrohoroǧlu, Ayşe ^b   Imrohoroǧlu, Selahattin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33847662062     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.5.1850     Document Type: Review

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