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IMES Discussion Paper Series 2024

IMES Discussion Paper Series (DPS) is circulated in order to stimulate discussion and comments. Views expressed in Discussion Paper Series are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Japan or the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies.

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IMES Discussion Paper Series
No./Main Category Author(s) Title/Keywords Date Full Text (PDF)
2024-E-17/Economics Hiroshi Inokuma, Mitsuru Katagiri, Nao Sudo Innovation Choice, Product Life Cycles, and Optimal Trend Inflation
/Sticky prices; Optimal inflation; Product life cycle; Innovation; Productivity growth; Markups
Nov. 28, 2024 [PDF 684KB]
2024-E-16/Economics Satoshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Shinohara, Shigenori Shiratsuka, Nao Sudo, Itofumi Takeuchi Measurement Errors in the Consumer Price Index: Perspectives on Numerical Targets for Price Stability in Major Economies
/Consumer Price Index; CPI; Measurement errors; Upper Bias; Quality Adjustment; Service Price
Nov. 28, 2024 [PDF 2,098KB]
2024-E-15/Economics Kakuho Furukawa, Yoshihiko Hogen, Kazuki Otaka, Nao Sudo On the Zero-Inflation Norm of Japanese Firms
/micro price dynamics; menu costs; kinked demand; strategic complementarity
Nov. 28, 2024 [PDF 1,619KB]
2024-E-14/Economics Takemasa Oda A Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Deflation in an Aging Economy
/Demographics; life cycle; deflation; Mundell-Tobin effect; redistribution; overlapping generations model
Nov. 20, 2024 [PDF1,183KB]
2024-E-13/Economics John B. Taylor The Mayekawa Lecture: The Way to Stability and Growth in the World Economy Oct. 15, 2024 [PDF 723KB]
2024-E-12/Economics Mitsuru Katagiri, Yusuke Oh, Yasutaka Ogawa, Nao Sudo, Takeki Sunakawa On the Interaction between Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Developments in Macroeconomics since the Global Financial Crisis
/Taylor rule; fiscal multipliers; interest rates and government debt; fiscal theory of the price level
Oct. 15, 2024 [PDF 940KB]
2024-E-11/Economics Wataru Hagio, Daisuke Ikeda, Satoshi Kobayashi, Nao Sudo Price Dynamics and Monetary Policy Challenges
-- Lessons Learned and Going Forward --
Summary of the 2024 BOJ-IMES Conference
Sept. 26, 2024 [PDF 879KB]
2024-E-10/Economics Leonardo Melosi, Hiroshi Morita, Anna Rogantini Picco, Francesco Zanetti The Signaling Effects of Fiscal Announcements
/Fiscal policy; Macroeconomic stabilization; Macroeconomic uncertainty; Stock prices; Japan; Asymmetric information
Sept. 26, 2024 [PDF 1,265KB]
2024-E-9/Economics Hiroshi Inokuma, Juan M. Sanchez From Population Growth to TFP Growth
/population growth; economic growth; firms dynamics; demographics; productivity; innovation; TFP
Aug. 28, 2024 [PDF 1,819KB]
2024-E-8/History Hiroyuki Fujiwara Inter-Sectoral Flow of Funds in Japan since 1871: Credit Aggregates, Net Financial Assets, and Financial Surplus or Deficit since the Early Meiji Period
/Flow of Funds Accounts (FFA); Historical connectivity of the data; Ratio to nominal GDP; Stock and Flow tables; Credit Aggregates; Net Financial Assets; Financial Surplus or Deficit
Aug. 8, 2024 [PDF 1,191KB]
2024-E-7/History Ryoji Koike Bank of Japan's Balance Sheet in 1882-1955: Reassembled Data and Their Developments
/from the Meiji era to postwar reconstruction; the Bank of Japan's balance sheet; historical records; semiannual data; monthly data
Aug. 8, 2024 [PDF 1,451KB]
2024-E-6/Finance Kazuhiro Hiraki, Yuji Shinozaki A Survey of Rough Volatility
/Historical volatility; Implied volatility; Market microstructure; Highfrequency trading; Derivative pricing; Risk management; Market forecast
July 22, 2024 [PDF 1,222KB]
2024-E-5/Economics Naohisa Hirakata, Mitsuru Katagiri Role of Foreign Direct Investment as a Long-term Capital Flow Channel
/Capital flows; Demographic changes; Foreign direct investment (FDI)
June 28, 2024 [PDF 520KB]
2024-E-4/Economics Yasutaka Ogawa, Jiro Yoshida Aging, Housing, and Macroeconomic Inefficiency
/Aging; Natural Rate of Interest; Overlapping Generations Model; Bequest Motives; Intergenerational Transfer of Housing; Japan
June 28, 2024 [PDF 1,128KB]
2024-E-3/Economics Takuji Fueki, Takeshi Shinohara, Mototsugu Shintani International Comparison of Climate Change News Index with an Application to Monetary Policy
/Climate Change; Text Analysis; Monetary Policy; Nonlinear Local Projection
Apr. 22, 2024 [PDF 3,111KB]
2024-E-2/Finance Yuji Shinozaki A Review of New Developments in Finance with Deep Learning: Deep Hedging and Deep Calibration
/Financial engineering; Mathematical finance; Derivatives; Hedging; Calibration; Numerical optimization
Apr. 22, 2024 [PDF 1,642KB]
2024-E-1/Economics Ichiro Muto, Fumitaka Nakamura, Makoto Nirei Digitalization, Entrepreneurship, and Wealth Inequality
/Digitalization; Entrepreneurship; Wealth inequality; Savings inequality
Mar. 27, 2024 [PDF 498KB]