Japan's high corporate savings might be holding back growth. We focus on the causes and consequences of the current … corporate behavior and suggest options for reform. In particular, Japan's weak corporate governance - as measured by available … comprehensive corporate governance reform should be a key component of Japan's growth strategy …

Data and anecdotal evidence suggest that Japan is suffering from labor shortages, which are large in an international … focuses on policy options to ease Japan's labor shortages. In particular, we focus on possible measures to increase reliance …

We use a Global VAR model to study spillovers from the Bank of Japan's quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) on …

We analyze the impact of non-compliance with a requirement similar to the Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio and its … non-compliance with a liquidity requirement causes banks to pay and charge higher interest rates as well as to increase … be affected by the requirement. While non-compliance with a liquidity requirement does not seem to directly affect …

During the recent financial crisis, central banks have provided liquidity and governments have set up rescue programmes … bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity and monitors too little. A … central bank can alleviate the liquidity problem, but induces moral hazard. Therefore, we introduce an additional authority …

to liquidity assistance as a solution to forbearance. Faced with a bank that chooses capital and liquidity, the … institution providing liquidity assistance can commit to a mixed strategy: never bailing out is too costly and therefore not … credible, while always bailing out causes moral hazard. In equilibrium, the bank chooses above minimum capital and liquidity …

banks have provided liquidity and ministries of finance have set up rescue programmes to restore confidence and stability …. Using a model of a systemic bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity … and takes excessive risk compared to the social optimum. A Lender of Last Resort can alleviate the liquidity problem, but …