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Japan's Economic Revival

Policy Challenges in a Globalized World

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Daniel A. Citrin
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  2. Alessandro Zanello
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Part of the book series: Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia (IMF)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Overview

    1. Overview

      • Daniel A. Citrin, Alessandro Zanello
      Pages 1-5

  3. Growth and Demographics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Japan’s Potential Output and Productivity Growth

      • Papa N’Diaye
      Pages 9-30

    3. Household Savings in Japan

      • Hali Edison
      Pages 31-43

  4. Fiscal Policy Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation

      • Dennis Botman, Hali Edison, Papa N’Diaye
      Pages 47-62

    3. Tax Policy Challenges from Globalization and Aging: Issues and Options

      • Michael Keen
      Pages 63-78

    4. Pension Reform Issues

      • Dora Iakova
      Pages 79-94

  5. Monetary Policy After Deflation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. A Post-Deflation Monetary Framework

      • Charles Kramer, Mark Stone
      Pages 97-124

    3. Practical Issues Surrounding the New Understanding of Price Stability

      • Christopher Faulkner-MacDonagh
      Pages 125-141

  6. The Rise in Cross-Border Capital Flows

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Home Bias in Japan

      • W. Christopher Walker
      Pages 145-158

    3. Recent Developments and Outlook for Japan’s Capital Flows

      • Shinobu Nakagawa, Christopher Faulkner-MacDonagh
      Pages 159-176

  7. Challenges for the Banking Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Why is Japanese Banking Sector Profitability so Low?

      • Alexander Wolfson
      Pages 179-190

    3. The Re-emergence of Japanese Banks in Asia

      • Shinobu Nakagawa
      Pages 191-199

  8. Structural Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Priorities for Structural Reforms

      • Yougesh Khatri
      Pages 203-219
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About this book

This book focuses on Japan's recent recovery from a decade-long stagnation, with particular attention to the unfinished policy agenda and the international spillovers of Japan's policies, through background studies (both analytical and descriptive) by IMF economists.

About the authors

DANIEL ALAN CITRIN is Deputy Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department. Since 2004 he has had primary responsibility for IMF work on Japan. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley and graduate degrees from the University of Michigan.

ALESSANDRO ZANELLO is Assistant Director at the IMF, where he led the team of economists working on Japan from 2005 to 2007. He holds a Masters degree from the University of Oxford and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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