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 …

trend in yield differentials, which is correlated with a measure of aggregate risk. In contrast, liquidity differentials … display sizeable heterogeneity and no common factor. We propose a simple model with endogenous liquidity demand, where a bond …'s liquidity premium depends both on its transaction cost and on investment opportunities. The model predicts that yield …