The fading 1990s in Japan: Driving forces behind the unemployment upsurge

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 428-439

  Agnese, Pablo ^a,b   Sala, Hector ^b,c  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c IZA ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Chain reaction theory; Japan; Macroeconomic policies; Productivity; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349258930     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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