This study examines the effectiveness of bank recapitalization policies in Japan. Based on a reading of the "business … Japan: (1) to increase the bank capital ratios; (2) to increase write-offs of non-performing loans; (3) to increase lending … in Japan. In addition, the second round capital injection, administered in 1998, was more effective than the first round …

This study examines the effectiveness of bank recapitalization policies in Japan. Based on a careful reading of the … injection plan in Japan: 1) to increase the bank capital ratios 2) to increase lending, in particular to small and medium … regional banks in Japan. The first capital injection in 1997 was effective primarily in helping international banks to clear …

expectations using asset price data for Japan over the 1980s and 1990s …

skills delivered in a 'have-not' country like Japan? Following transitions form the Edo period to the present age, we …