Monetary and Economic Studies
2002
- Vol.20, No. S-1 / December 2002
- Vol.20, No.3 / October 2002
- Vol.20, No.2 / April 2002
- Vol.20, No.1 / January 2002
Monetary and Economic Studies is published each year, by the Bank of Japan's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (IMES). In line with IMES policy, the publication seeks to provide information on monetary and economic issues to the general public. Articles include research achievements by the staff and visiting scholars, and selected works from the proceedings of conferences sponsored by IMES.
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Vol.20, No. S-1 / December 2002
Author(s) | Title/Keywords | Full Text (PDF) |
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Kunio Okina, Hiroshi Fujiki, Akira Otani | "Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century," Introduction | 54 KB |
Kunio Okina, Allan H. Meltzer, Maurice Obstfeld, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Pierre van der Haegen, Yutaka Yamaguchi | "Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century," Concluding Panel Discussion: The Role of Central Banks in Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century | 167 KB |
Kazuo Ueda | "Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century," Final Remarks | 33 KB |
Masaru Hayami | "Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century," Opening Speech | 30 KB |
Allan H. Meltzer | "Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century," Keynote Speech, New International Financial Arrangements
/Exchange rates; International monetary system; Debt restructuring; Sovereign bankruptcy |
69 KB |
Maurice Obstfeld | "Exchange Rate Regimes in the 21st Century," Keynote Speech, Exchange Rates and Adjustment: Perspectives from the New Open-Economy Macroeconomics
/Exchange rate policy; International adjustment; Expenditure-switching effects; Elasticity pessimism; International competitiveness |
147 KB |
Hiroshi Fujiki, Akira Otani | Do Currency Regimes Matter in the 21st Century? An Overview
/Bipolar view; Euro; Dollarization; Regional currency area |
223 KB |
Vittorio Corbo | Exchange Rate Regimes in the Americas: Is Dollarization the Solution?
/Exchange rate systems; Inflation targeting; Dollarization |
163 KB |
Juergen von Hagen, Matthias Brueckner | Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the European Monetary Union
/European Monetary Union; Monetary policy; Fiscal policy; Stability Pact |
218 KB |
Masahiro Kawai | Exchange Rate Arrangements in East Asia: Lessons from the 1997-98 Currency Crisis
/East Asian currency crisis; Exchange rate arrangements; Two-corner solution approach; Fear of floating; Currency basket system |
260 KB |
Sebastian Edwards, I. Igal Magendzo | Independent Currency Unions, Growth, and Inflation
/Currency unions; Dollarization; Inflation; GDP growth; GDP volatility; Treatment effects |
135 KB |
Vol.20, No.3 / October 2002
Author(s) | Title/Keywords | Full Text (PDF) |
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Akira Otani | Pricing-to-Market (PTM) and the International Monetary Policy Transmission: The 'New Open-Economy Macroeconomics' Approach
/New open-economy macroeconomics; PPP (purchasing power parity); PTM (pricing-to-market); Monetary policy; Beggar-thy-neighbor effect |
176 KB |
Kunio Okina, Shigenori Shiratsuka | Asset Price Bubbles, Price Stability, and Monetary Policy: Japan's Experience
/Monetary policy; Asset price bubble; Price stability; Financial stability |
305 KB |
Masato Shizume | Economic Developments and Monetary Policy Responses in Interwar Japan: Evaluation Based on the Taylor Rule
/Monetary policy; Monetary regime; Gold standard system; Interwar economy; Taylor rule |
240 KB |
Takashi Nanjo | Developments in Land Prices and Bank Lending in Interwar Japan: Effects of the Real Estate Finance Problem on the Banking Industry
/Interwar economy; Financial crisis; Showa depression; Asset prices; Stability of the financial system |
147 KB |
Mariko Hatase | Devaluation and Exports in Interwar Japan: The Effects of Sharp Depreciation of the Yen in the Early 1930s
/Exchange rate; Export; Gold embargo; Interwar economy |
240 KB |
Yasuhiro Yamai, Toshinao Yoshiba | Comparative Analyses of Expected Shortfall and Value-at-Risk (3): Their Validity under Market Stress
/Value-at-risk; Expected shortfall; Market stress; Tail risk; Multivariate extreme value theory; Tail dependence |
292 KB |
Vol.20, No.2 / April 2002
Author(s) | Title/Keywords | Full Text (PDF) |
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Hiroshi Fujiki, Cheng Hsiao, Yan Shen | Is There a Stable Money Demand Function under the Low Interest Rate Policy? A Panel Data Analysis
/Money demand; Interest rate; Panel data; Prefecture data |
119 KB |
Hiroshi Fujiki | Money Demand near Zero Interest Rate: Evidence from Regional Data
/Zero interest rate policy; Demand for money |
117 KB |
Naohiko Baba, Takamasa Hisada | Japan's Financial System: Its Perspective and the Authorities' Roles in Redesigning and Administering the System
/Japan's financial system; Main bank system; IT innovation; Financial deregulation; Bank supervision; Public finance; Corporate governance |
197 KB |
Yasuhiro Yamai, Toshinao Yoshiba | Comparative Analyses of Expected Shortfall and Value-at-Risk (2): Expected Utility Maximization and Tail Risk
/Expected shortfall; Value-at-risk; Tail risk; Stochastic dominance; Expected utility maximization |
87 KB |
Howard J. Wall | Has Japan Been Left Out in the Cold by Regional Integration?
/Regional integration; Japanese trade; Gravity model |
79 KB |
Vol.20, No.1 / January 2002
Author(s) | Title/Keywords | Full Text (PDF) |
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Hiroshi Fujiki, Shigenori Shiratsuka | Policy Duration Effect under the Zero Interest Rate Policy in 1999-2000: Evidence from Japan's Money Market Data
/Zero interest rate policy; Policy duration effect; Liquidity constraint; Forward interest rates |
297 KB |
Hitoshi Mio | Identifying Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Components of Inflation Rate: A Structural Vector Autoregression Analysis for Japan
/Aggregate demand and aggregate supply shocks; Decomposition of inflation rate; Identification of structural VAR |
171 KB |
Yasuhiro Yamai, Toshinao Yoshiba | On the Validity of Value-at-Risk: Comparative Analyses with Expected Shortfall
/Value-at-risk; Expected shortfall; Tail risk; Subadditivity |
155 KB |
Yasuhiro Yamai, Toshinao Yoshiba | Comparative Analyses of Expected Shortfall and Value-at-Risk: Their Estimation Error, Decomposition, and Optimization
/Expected shortfall; Value-at-risk; Optimization |
186 KB |
Ronald J. Mann | Credit Cards and Debit Cards in the United States and Japan
/Credit cards; Debit cards |
217 KB |