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 to Japan's large and persistent IS imbalances (the excess of saving over …

This paper develops and tests a model of Japan’s household savings rate, based on the life-cycle hypothesis that the … primary motive for savings is provision for retirement. The paper shows that Japan’s high household savings rate in recent … improvements in public pension benefits and the aging of the population. It projects that the savings rate will decline …

This paper scrutinizes the role of prolonged, expansionary monetary policy on the savings behavior of Japanese … households, focusing on the dramatic change of the household savings behavior since 1998, from high to low savings. Existing … connected to monetary policy. It finds that monetary policy has had a significant impact on Japan's household behavior via three …

This paper analyzes the impact of monetary policy on household saving in Japan between 1993 and 2017. Using annual data … from the Japan Panel Survey of Consumers it is shown that monetary expansion has contributed to a widening gap in … it. The paper documents how inequality in terms of the ability to build up wealth has increased in Japan over the past …

This paper scrutinizes the role of prolonged, expansionary monetary policy on the savings behavior of Japanese … households, focusing on the dramatic change of the household savings rate since 1998, from high to low savings. The literature … monetary policy had a significant impact on Japan's household behavior via the interest rate channel and the redistribution …