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The causes of Japan's 'lost decade': The role of household consumption
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2006
stagnation of household consumption during the 1990s and find that the stagnation of household disposable income, the decline in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332277
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Recent trends in consumption in Japan and the other Group of Seven (G7) countries
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
In this paper, we present data on recent trends in private consumption and in possible determinants of private … consumption (such as GDP, household incomes, household saving rates, household wealth, and employment conditions) in the Group of … consumption growth rates but also in the determinants of private consumption growth during the 2002-07 period. With respect to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332369
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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 this paper, all previous studies as well as the newly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332389
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The (dis)saving behavior of the aged in Japan
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2009
, increases in consumption expenditures, and increases in taxes and social insurance premiums. These findings are consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332495
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Evolutionary economics and household behavior
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2014
This paper provides an introduction to the field of evolutionary economics with emphasis on the evolutionary theory of household behavior. It shows that the goal of evolutionary economics is to improve upon neoclassical economics by incorporating more realistic and empirically grounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421455
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IS imbalances and current account surpluses in Japan: In memory of Professor Ronald I. McKinnon
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2015
In this paper, I find (1) that Japan showed massive and persistent current account surpluses from at least 1981 and until at least 2011, (2) that Professor Ronald McKinnon was correct, at least in the case of Japan, and that these large and persistent current account surpluses were due primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421478
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The determinants of household saving in China: A dynamic panel analysis of provincial data
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Wan, Junmin - 2006
In this paper, we conduct a dynamic panel analysis of the determinants of the household saving rate in China using a life cycle model and panel data on Chinese provinces for the 1995-2004 period from China's household survey. We find that China's household saving rate has been high and rising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332228
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Are Japanese households financially healthy, and if so, why? A Group of Seven (G7) comparison
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
In this paper, I conduct an international comparison of the financial health of households using data on household wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332271
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The determinants and long-term projections of saving rates in developing Asia
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - 2011
In this paper, we present data on trends over time in domestic saving rates in twelve economies in developing Asia during the 1966-2007 period and analyze the determinants of these trends. We find that domestic saving rates in developing Asia have, in general, been high and rising but that there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332273
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Corporate cash holding in Asia
Horioka, Charles Yuji; Terada-Hagiwara, Akiko - 2013
In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian economies using firm-level data from the Oriana Database for the 2002 - 2011 period. We find some evidence that cash flow has a positive impact on the change in the stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332288