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

Occasional Papers, April 21, 1995

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Bibliographic details

• Authors: Guy M Meredith, Ulrich Baumgartner
• Published: April 21, 1995
• Series: Occasional Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557754622.084

Scope and focus

• Brings together various analytical studies the IMF staff has undertaken on the Japanese economy.
• Concentrates on two principal areas:
  • Japan's saving behavior.
  • The remarkable swing in asset prices that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Key contributors

• Edited by Ulrich Baumgartner and Guy Meredith.
• Staff team: Juha Kahkonen, Kenneth Miranda, Garry J. Schinasi, and Alexander W. Hoffmaister.
• Publication date: April 21, 1995.

Major themes and analytical emphasis

• Saving behavior:
  • Examination of determinants and patterns of Japan's saving behavior and implications for longer-term economic performance.
• Asset price swing:
  • Analysis of the dramatic rise and fall in asset prices (including land prices) in the late 1980s and early 1990s and implications for cyclical developments.
• Related policy-relevant topics signaled by subject keywords:
  • Asset prices, Balance of payments, Consumer prices, Foreign direct investment, Inflation, Land prices, Prices.

Subject and keywords (as provided)

• Subject: Asset prices, Balance of payments, Consumer prices, Foreign direct investment, Inflation, Land prices, Prices
• Keywords: Asia and Pacific, asset, asset price, Asset prices, Consumer prices, Foreign direct investment, Global, Inflation, Japan's saving behavior, land price, Land prices, OP, price, price inflation, saving, saving rate

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Source: Saving Behavior and the Asset Price "Bubble" in Japan: Analytical Studies (Occasional Paper No. 1995/003), International Monetary Fund, April 21, 1995.