Japan out of the Lost Decade : Divine Wind or Firms' Effort? /

A surge of exports in the 2000s helped Japan exit the severe decade-long stagnation known as the lost decade. Using panel data of Japanese exporting firms, we examine the sources of the export surge during this period. One view argues that the so-called "divine wind" or exogenous external...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tokutsu, Ichiro
Other Authors: Ogawa, Kazuo, Saito, Mika
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/171
Online Access:Full text available on IMF