This paper uses a Markov-switching model with structural breaks to characterize and compare regional business cycles in Japan for 1976-2005. An early 1990s structural break meant a reduction in national and regional growth rates in expansion and recession, usually resulting in an increase in the spread between the two phases. Although recessions tended to be experienced across a majority of regions throughout the sample period, the occurrence and lengths of recessions at the regional level have increased over time.
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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in its series Working Papers with number
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Length: Date of creation: 2006 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 2007, 89(1), pp. 61-76 Handle: RePEc:fip:fedlwp:2006-053
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