Japan's deflationary hangover: Wage stagnation and the syndrome of the ever-weaker yen

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-334

  McKinnon, Ronald ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deflation; Exchange rate risk; Japan

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EXCHANGE RATE; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; INTEREST RATE; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; WAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249051692     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590807002749     Document Type: Article

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