Delving into the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis: A Firm-Level Analysis of the Private Sector’s Excess Savings in Advanced Economies
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secular stagnation; investment; savings;All these keywords.
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- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
- E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
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