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The dissaving of the aged revisited: The case of Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006

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. …

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Credit ratings in the Japanese bond market

Yamori, Nobuyoshi; Nishigaki, Narunto; Asai, Yoshihiro - 2006

Recently, credit ratings have been enhancing the influence on issuers as well as the national economy. This paper explains the historical development and several current features of the Japanese bond market, and discusses why credit ratings gained a significant role in the 1990s. We also present...

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Attitudes toward the income gap: Japan-US comparison

Ohtake, Fumio; Takenaka, Shinji - 2007

Employing the Japan-U.S. international survey, this study analyzed the cause of rising perception of the widening … income gap in Japan. Between these two countries, their distinct value judgments on the substance of gap influence their …

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Belief updating in individual and social learning: A field experiment on the internet

Sasaki, Shunichiro; Kawagoe, Toshiji - 2007

We conducted a field experiment on the Internet and investigated the participants' belief updating in an individual learning environment where they observe a sequence of private signals and in a social learning environment where they observe a sequence of other people's actions. We observed that...

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Why has Japan's massive government debt not wreaked havoc (yet)?

Horioka, Charles Yuji; Nomoto, Takaaki; … - 2013

In this paper, we present data on trends over time in government debt financing in Japan since 2010 with emphasis on … saving) caused by population aging, will make it necessary for Japan to get its fiscal house in order. Thus, Japan's massive …

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Market efficiency and international linkage of stock prices: An analysis with high-frequency data

Tsutsui, Yoshiro; Hirayama, Kenjiro - 2004

This paper uses one-minute returns on the TOPIX and S&P500 to examine the efficiency of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. Our major finding is that Tokyo completes reactions to New York within six minutes, but New York reacts within fourteen minutes. Dividing the sample period into three...

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Long-term effects of labor market conditions on family formation for Japanese youth

Hashimoto, Yuki; Kondo, Ayako - 2010

youth in Japan. Although deterioration in youth employment opportunities has often been blamed for Japan's declining …

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A survey of household saving behavior in Japan

Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2007

This paper presents data on Japan's household saving rate, considers the reasons for Japan's high household saving rate … in the past and the reasons for the recent decline therein, projects future trends in Japan's household saving rate, and … consider the implications of my findings. It finds that Japan's high household saving rate was a temporary phenomenon and that …

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Towards an age-friendly city: The constraints preventing the elderly's participation in community programs in Akita City

Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2013

-Friendly City by Akita City Government in Japan, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Network of Age …

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Japanese corporate finance: What factors affect the financial decisions of Japanese firms? A survey result

Yamori, Nobuyoshi - 2006

largest economic block in Japan, with 2041 companies responding. This article introduces the results of this questionnaire …

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