The cointegrating property of the demand for money in Japan has been invest
igated by several researchers who have provided mixed results. None has inv
estigated its stability. In this paper we employ the ARDL approach combined
with CUSUM and CUSUMSQ tests to show that not only M2 is cointegrated with
income and interest rate, but the estimated relation is stable. (C) 2001 E
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