## 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

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### 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.*

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