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Has the yen depreciation of recent years improved Japan’s trade balance? Testing the J-curve effect

Akihiro KuboGraduate School of Economics, Osaka City University, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1293-1297 | Published online: 28 Feb 2022

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