Stock price targeting and fiscal deficit in Japan: Why did the fiscal deficit increase during Japan’s lost decades?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0889-1583
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2011.10.001