Zombie lending and depressed restructuring in Japan

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1943-1977

  Caballero, Ricardo J ^a   Hoshi, Takeo ^b   Kashyap, Anil K ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 58149268885     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.5.1943     Document Type: Article

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