Japan’s Economic Revival

1. Overview
Daniel A. Citrin, Alessandro Zanello

Part I. Growth and Demographics

2. Japan’s Potential Output and Productivity Growth
Papa N’Diaye

3. Household Savings in Japan
Hali Edison

Part II. Fiscal Policy Challenges

4. Strategies for Fiscal Consolidation
Dennis Botman, Hali Edison, Papa N’Diaye

5. Tax Policy Challenges from Globalization and Aging: Issues and Options
Michael Keen

6. Pension Reform Issues
Dora Iakova

Part III. Monetary Policy After Deflation

7. A Post-Deflation Monetary Framework
Charles Kramer, Mark Stone

8. Practical Issues Surrounding the New Understanding of Price Stability
Christopher Faulkner-MacDonagh

Part IV. The Rise in Cross-Border Capital Flows

9. Home Bias in Japan
W. Christopher Walker

10. Recent Developments and Outlook for Japan’s Capital Flows
Shinobu Nakagawa, Christopher Faulkner-MacDonagh

Part V. Challenges for the Banking Sector

11. Why is Japanese Banking Sector Profitability so Low?
Alexander Wolfson

12. The Re-emergence of Japanese Banks in Asia
Shinobu Nakagawa

Part VI. Structural Reforms

13. Priorities for Structural Reforms
Yougesh Khatri

14. Agricultural Policies in Japan: Domestic and International Repercussions
Bradley McDonald

Part VII. International Spillovers

15. The Domestic and Global Impact of Japan’s Policies for Growth
Nicoletta Batini, Papa N’Diaye, Alessandro Rebucci

16. Capital Flows and the Yen-U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate
Papa N’Diaye

Keywords: Economics, International Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, Business Finance, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Public Finance, Social Sciences, general