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IMES Discussion Paper Series 2026

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)
2026-E-4/Economics Masayuki Okada Decomposing Loan Rate Dispersion in the Interbank Market
/interbank loans; loan rate dispersion; AKM model; over-the-counter market; bank heterogeneity
Mar. 23, 2026 [PDF 4,884KB]
2026-E-3/Finance Satoko Kojima, Toshiyuki Sakiyama Determinants of Liquidity in the Japanese Government Bond Market: An Interpretable Machine Learning Approach
/Market liquidity; Government bond markets; Bond features; Machine learning approach
Mar. 10, 2026 [PDF 773KB]
2026-E-2/Economics Wataru Hagio, Daisuke Ikeda, Koji Takahashi, Keisuke Yoshida Mind the Gap When Exiting Low-for-Long
/Low-for-long interest rates; learning; neutral nominal rates; forward guidance; imperfect credibility
Feb. 24, 2026 [PDF 1,256KB]
2026-E-1/Economics Mitsuru Katagiri Job Tenure Jigsaw: Why Is Employment Protection Bad for Labor Market Fluidity?
/Labor market fluidity; Human capital; Employment protection; Job tenure
Feb. 12, 2026 [PDF 659KB]