Occasional Papers

Saving Behavior and the Asset Price "Bubble" in Japan: Analytical Studies

Author/Editor:

Guy M Meredith ; Ulrich Baumgartner

Publication Date:

April 21, 1995

Summary:

This volume brings together various analytical studies the IMF staff has undertaken on the Japanese economy, focusing on two areas of particular interest for both longer-term economic performance and recent cyclical developments. The first is Japan's saving behavior, the second is the remarkable swing in asset prices that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Series:

Occasional Paper No. 1995/003

Subject:

Asset prices Balance of payments Consumer prices Foreign direct investment Inflation Land prices Prices

Notes:

Edited by Ulrich Baumgartner and Guy Meredith, with a staff team comprising Juha Kahkonen, Kenneth Miranda, Garry J. Schinasi, and Alexander W. Hoffmaister.