Price Index Numbers under Large-Scale Demand Shocks–The Japanese Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2022-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7367
Language: English
Page range: 301 - 317
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2020
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2021
Published on: Mar 29, 2022
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