Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5062306 | Economics Letters | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We empirically examine to what extent self-fulfilling expectations, i.e. sunspots, affected macroeconomic fluctuations in Japan under the zero interest rate policy. According to our Bayesian estimation results, sunspots had substantial effects on both output and inflation.
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Authors
Yasuo Hirose,