Did Japan's shopping coupon program increase spending?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 523-529

  Hsieh, Chang Tai ^a,b   Shimizutani, Satoshi ^c   Hori, Masahiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Institute for International Policy Studies   (Japan)

^d Cabinet Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Life cycle model; Shopping coupons; Tax cuts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953704791     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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