-long recession in Japan during the 1990s and early 2000s and the reasons for the stagnation of household consumption during this …

the Eurozone economies, the US, and developing Asia showing relatively weak home bias and advanced Asia, especially Japan … capital has been flowing from the US and the Eurozone economies to both advanced Asia (especially Japan) and developing Asia … reasons. The main reason in the case of advanced Asia (especially Japan) appears to be higher riskadjusted returns, whereas …

securities, with emphasis on Japan and developing Asia. We find that foreign residents generally increased their holdings of …

In this paper, I conduct an analysis of consumption and saving behavior in Japan, looking both at trends over time and …

In this paper, I summarize Albert Ando’s seminal and ingenious work on the saving behavior of the elderly in Japan and … that the retired elderly in Japan dissave, in accordance with the life cycle hypothesis of saving, and that all of the … available data and evidence suggest that the life cycle hypothesis of saving 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 …