Monetary factors and inflation in Japan

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-363

  Assenmacher Wesche, Katrin ^a   Gerlach, Stefan ^b   Sekine, Toshitaka ^c  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Bank of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frequency domain; Phillips curve; Quantity theory; Spectral regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249184712     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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