The Endless Ice Age: A Review of the Cohort Effect in Japan

Japanese Political Economy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 55-86

  Ohta, Souichi ^a   Genda, Yuji ^b   Kondo, Ayako ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84907591868     PISSN: 2329194X     EISSN: 23291958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X350303     Document Type: Article

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