Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States,' a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts … and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Government of Japan, in order to shed … the dominant model of household behavior in both countries but that it is far more applicable in Japan than it is in the U …

theoretical model of household behavior in economics, but does this model apply in the case of a country like Japan, which is said … version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …-cycle model applies to at least some extent in all countries but that there is more consistent support for this model in Japan …

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … that this model is highly applicable in the case of Japan …

In this paper, I analyze a variety of evidence for Japan and, where available, for the United States on bequest … applicable in Japan than it is in the U.S., that the dynasty model is also more applicable in Japan than it is in the U.S. but … that it is not of dominant importance even in Japan, and conversely, that the altruism model is far more applicable in the …