Deleveraging and monetary policy: Japan since the 1990s and the United States since 2007

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-202

  Ueda, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84867777838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.26.3.177     Document Type: Article

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