IMES Discussion Paper Series
2003
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| No. | Author(s) | Title/Keywords | Date | Full Text (PDF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-E-15 | Shigenori Shiratsuka | Asset Price Bubble in Japan in the 1980s: Lessons for Financial and Macroeconomic Stability /Asset price bubble; Financial stability; Macroeconomic stability, Sustainability |
2003-12 | 263 KB |
| 2003-E-14 | Jaebeom Kim, Masao Ogaki | Purchasing Power Parity for Traded and Non-traded Goods: A Structural Error Correction Model Approach /Structural Error Correction Model (SECM); Purchasing Power Parity; Real Exchange Rate; Half-life, Convergence Rate |
2003-12 | 312 KB |
| 2003-E-13 | Hiroyuki OI, Akira OTANI, Toyoichirou SHIROTA | The Choice of Invoice Currency in International Trade: Implications for the Internationalization of the Yen /Invoice currency, LCP (local currency pricing), PCP (producer's currency pricing), internationalization of the yen, new open-economy macroeconomics, currency-basket regime |
2003-10 | 360 KB |
| 2003-E-12 | Sachiko KURODA, Isamu YAMAMOTO | The Impact of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity on the Unemployment Rate: Quantitative Evidence from Japan /Downward nominal wage rigidity; Unemployment rate; Inflation rate; Monetary policy; General equilibrium model with downward nominal wage rigidity |
2003-10 | 434 KB |
| 2003-E-11 | Ryo KATO, Shin-Ichi NISHIYAMA | Optimal Monetary Policy When Interest Rates are Bounded at Zero /Deflation, Liquidity trap, Pre-emptive monetary policy, Zero bound |
2003-10 | 459 KB |
| 2003-E-10 | Eisaku IDE | Policy Debates on Public Finance between the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan from 1930 to 1936 /the direct underwriting of deficit-financing bonds by the BOJ (BOJ underwriting); The Joint Research Committee; currency system; market operation by selling government bonds; continuing expenditure; deferred fiscal burden |
2003-08 | 179 KB |
| 2003-E-9 | Keiko MURATA | Precautionary Savings and Income Uncertainty: Evidence from Japanese Micro Data /Precautionary savings; Uncertainty; Income risks; Uncertainty over public-pension benefits; Risk-sharing; Individual data; Longitudinal data |
2003-07 | 327 KB |
| 2003-E-8 | Shin-Ichi NISHIYAMA | Inflation Target as a Buffer against Liquidity Trap /Deflation; Inflation Target; Liquidity Trap; Zero-Bound |
2003-07 | 470 KB |
| 2003-E-7 | Tatsuya Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Yamai, Akira Ieda | On the Risk Capital Framework of Financial Institutions /Risk capital, risk management, capital structure, capital budgeting, risk-adjusted rate of return, capital allocation, deadweight cost. |
2003-07 | 146 KB |
| 2003-E-6 | David Andolfatto | Monetary Implications of the Hayashi-Prescott Hypothesis for Japan /Productivity Slowdown; Money Multiplier; Monetary Policy; Liquidity Trap |
2003-07 | 240 KB |
| 2003-E-5 | Kunio OKINA, Shigenori SHIRATSUKA | Policy Commitment and Expectation Formations: Japan's Experience under Zero Interest Rates /Zero Interest Rate Policy; Quantitative Monetary Easing; Policy Duration Effects; Policy Commitment |
2003-06 | 888 KB |
| 2003-E-4 | Sachiko KURODA, Isamu YAMAMOTO | Are Japanese Nominal Wages Downwardly Rigid? (Part II): Examinations using a Friction Model /Downward nominal wage rigidity; Inflation rate; Monetary policy; Longitudinal data; Measurement errors; Friction model; Simulated maximum likelihood |
2003-06 | 512 KB |
| 2003-E-3 | Sachiko KURODA, Isamu YAMAMOTO | Are Japanese Nominal Wages Downwardly Rigid? (Part I): Examinations of Nominal Wage Change Distributions /Downward nominal wage rigidity; Inflation rate; Monetary policy; Longitudinal data; Nominal wage change distributions |
2003-06 | 369 KB |
| 2003-E-2 | Makoto Saito, Shigenori Shiratsuka | Precautionary Motives versus Waiting Options: Evidence from Aggregate Household Saving in Japan /Precautionary savings, Waiting options, Flexibility, Risks, The resolution of uncertainty |
2003-06 | 291 KB |
| 2003-E-1 | Akira Otani, Shigenori Shiratsuka, Toyoichiro Shirota | The Decline in the Exchange Rate Pass-Through: Evidence from Japanese Import Prices /Exchange rate pass-through, Pricing-to-market, Import structure, Expenditure-switching effect, Firms' sourcing decision |
2003-05 | 304 KB |