system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … transmission of monetary policy -- Monetary and fiscal policy in a liquidity trap -- A three-factor yield curve model : non … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …

-- 6. Financial reform in Hong Kong -- 7. Financial reform in Italy -- 8. Financial reform in Japan -- 9. Financial sector …

Anglo-American system. Cross Shareholdings in Japan is a timely book and will be of special interest to academics and …

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor … supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an … society and the choice of Japan : migration, FDI and trade liberalization -- 7. Retirement in non-cooperative and cooperative …

The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade …, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policymakers … for measures to help overcome Japan's economic stagnation since the early 1990s. The book is divided into three parts …

economic concerns in Japan's public sector. These include the macroeconomic incidence of fiscal decentralization, dependence on … government bonds for covering fiscal deficits, and social security reform. In analyzing Japan's underperforming public sector …, the authors develop and recommend policy solutions aimed at achieving Japan's growth potential, improving the quality of …