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Cashing in for Growth : Corporate Cash Holdings as an Opportunity for Investment in Japan
Sher, Galen - 2015
particularly concerning in Japan, where the success of Abenomics depends on a transition from stimulus-driven to self …
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Road to Industrialized Africa : Role of Efficient Factor Market in Firm Growth
Nose, Manabu - 2018
After a decade of rapid growth, industrialization has lost ground with shrinking manufacturing sector and high informality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper explores how land market and labor regulations affect factor allocative efficiency and firm performance in SSA. Using pooled data on...
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The Economic Performance Index (EPI) : An Intuitive Indicator for Assessing a Country's Economic Performance Dynamics in an Historical Perspective
Khramov, Vadim - 2013
Existing economic indicators and indexes assess economic activity but no single indicator measures the general macro-economic performance of a nation, state, or region in a methodologically simple and intuitive way. This paper proposes a simple, yet informative metric called the Economic...
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How to Improve Inflation Forecasting in Canada
Matheson, Troy - 2019
Against the backdrop of an ongoing review of the inflation-targeting framework, this paper examines the real-time inflation forecasts of the Bank of Canada with the aim of identifying potential areas for improvement. Not surprisingly, the results show that errors in forecasting non-core...
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Pictures of a Revolution : Analyzing the Transition from Global Bimetallism to the Gold Standard in the 1860s and 1870s
Wiegand, Johannes - 2022
In the early 1870s, the global monetary system transitioned from bimetallism—a regime in which gold and silver currencies were tied at quasi-fixed exhange ratios—to the gold standard that was characterized by the use of (only) gold as the main currency metal by the largest and most advanced...
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Can Women Save Japan?
Steinberg, Chad - 2012
Japan's potential growth rate is steadily falling with the aging of its population. This paper explores the extent to … participating in the workforce in Japan. First, few working women start out in career-track positions, and second, many women drop … out of the workforce following childbirth. To increase women's attachment to work Japan should consider policies to reduce …
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Intergenerational Implications of Fiscal Consolidation in Japan
Tokuoka, Kiichi - 2012
In Japan, intergenerational inequality in lifetime resources is substantial, with a heavier fiscal burden on the young …
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Successful Austerity in the United States, Europe and Japan
Batini, Nicoletta - 2012
, Europe and Japan allowing for fiscal multipliers to vary across recessions and booms. We also estimate ex ante probabilities …
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Japan Out of the Lost Decade : Divine Wind or Firms' Effort?
Ogawa, Kazuo - 2012
A surge of exports in the 2000s helped Japan exit the severe decade-long stagnation known as the lost decade. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098633
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Assessing the Cost of Financial Regulation
Elliott, Douglas - 2012
This study assesses the overall impact on credit of the financial regulatory reforms in Europe, Japan, and the United … higher taxes and fees. Overall, average lending rates in the base case would rise by 18 bps in Europe, 8 bps in Japan, and 28 …
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