Introduction / Koichi Hamada, Anil K Kashyap, and David E. Weinstein -- The Japanese asset price bubble : a heterogeneous approach / Robert Barsky -- Time of troubles : the yen and Japan's economy, 1985-2008 / Maurice Obstfeld -- The Japan-US exchange rate, productivity, and the competitiveness...

Emerging markets business cycle models treat default risk as part of an exogenous interest rate on working capital, while sovereign default models treat income fluctuations as an exogenous endowment process with ad-noc default costs. We propose instead a general equilibrium model of both...

This paper examines how durable goods and financial frictions shape the business cycle of a small open economy subject to shocks to trend and transitory shocks. In the data, nondurable consumption is not as volatile as income for both developed and emerging market economies. The simulation of...

Is the recovery from the global financial crisis now secured? A strikingly similar crisis that stalled Japan''s growth miracle two decades ago could provide some clues. This paper explores the parallels and draws potential implications for the current global outlook and policies. Japan''s...