The depressing effect of agricultural institutions on the prewar japanese economy

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-632

  Hayashi, Fumio ^a   Prescott, Edward C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WAR;

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

EID: 51949119184     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591804     Document Type: Article

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