Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan

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Preface
Introduction
Magnus Blomström, Jennifer Corbett, Fumio Hayashi, and Anil Kashyap
1. Financial Sector Profitability and Double-Gearing
Mitsuhiro Fukao
2. Paying for the FILP
Takero Doi and Takeo Hoshi
3. The Deteriorating Fiscal Situation and an Aging Population
Robert Dekle
4. Mismeasurement of the CPI
Kenn Ariga and Kenji Matsui
5. Regulation, Distribution Efficiency, and Retail Density
David Flath
6. Inefficiency of Corporate Investment and Distortion of Savings Behavior in Japan
Albert Ando, Dimitrios Christelis, and Tsutomu Miyagawa
7. Is Japan's Innovative Capacity in Decline?
Lee Branstetter and Yoshiaki Nakamura
8. Constraints on the Level and Effective Use of Labor
Hiroshi Ono and Marcus E. Rebick
9. An International Perspective of Corporate Groups and Their Prospects
Yishay Yafeh
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index