The Morning After : Explaining the Slowdown in Japanese Growth in the 1990's /

This paper uses vector autoregressions (VARs) to investigate four explanations of the extended slump in Japanese economic activity during the 1990s: the absence of bold and consistent fiscal stimulus; limited room for expansionary monetary policy because of a liquidity trap; asset price deflation re...

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Autor Principal: Bayoumi, Tamim
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/013
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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