NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan

Magnus Blomström, Jennifer Corbett, Fumio Hayashi and Anil Kashyap, editors

Conference held Tokyo, Japan
Published in January 2003 by University of Chicago Press
© 2003 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

NBER Program(s):   EFG

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295 pages
ISBN: 0-226-06021-7

Table of Contents

1. Front matter, Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan: Magnus Blomstrom, Jennifer Corbett, Fumio Hayashi, Anil Kashyap (p. -11 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction: Magnus Blomstrom, Jennifer Corbett, Fumio Hayashi, Anil Kashyap (p. 1 - 8) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Financial Sector Profitability and Double-Gearing: Mitsuhiro Fukao (p. 9 - 36) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Paying for the FILP: Takero Doi, Takeo Hoshi (p. 37 - 70) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. The Deteriorating Fiscal Situation and an Aging Population: Robert Dekle (p. 71 - 88) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Mismeasurement of the CPI: Kenn Ariga, Kenji Matsui (p. 89 - 154) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Inefficiency of Corporate Investment and Distortion of Savings Behavior in Japan: Albert Ando, Dimitrios Christelis, Tsutomu Miyagawa (p. 155 - 190) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Is Japan’s Innovative Capacity in Decline?: Lee G. Branstetter, Yoshiaki Nakamura (p. 191 - 224) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Constraints on the Level and Efficient Use of Labor: Hiroshi Ono, Marcus Rebick (p. 225 - 258) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. An International Perspective of Corporate Groups and Their Prospects: Yishay Yafeh (p. 259 - 284) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Contributors: (p. 285 - 286) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Author Index: (p. 287 - 290) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Subject Index: (p. 291 - 295) (bibliographic info) (download)

An online appendix is available for this publication.

 
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