Were there structural breaks in the effects of Japanese monetary policy? Re-evaluating policy effects of the lost decade

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-342

  Inoue, Tomoo ^a   Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi ^b  

^a SEIKEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Markov switching; MCMC; Monetary policy; VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249107640     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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