study attempts to understand the problems faced by both Japan and the ASEAN countries with the aim of generating effective … joint mechanisms that would facilitate the relocation of certain industries from Japan to the ASEAN countries. …

engaged in international markets, drawing on micro-data from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United …

Abstract Japan went 15 years earlier than Europe through a boom-and-bust cycle in the real estate and stock markets … and recapitalization of financial institutions. Japan has reached the zero interest bound in 1999 and has accumulated a … very high public debt level. The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons …