Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101147 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 430
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
Japan's "two lost decades" perhaps represent an extreme example of a weak recovery from a financial crisis, and are now referred to as "Japanization." More recently, widespread stagnation in advanced economies in the wake of the global financial crisis led to fears that Japanization might spread to other countries. This study examines the dimensions of Japanization - including low trend growth, debt deleveraging, deflation, and massive increases in government debt - and analyzes their possible causes - including inadequate macroeconomic policy responses, delayed banking sector restructuring, inadequate corporate investment, loss of industrial competitiveness, a slowdown in total factor productivity (TFP) growth due to excessive regulation and economic rigidities, and an aging society.
Subjects: 
economic growth
total factor productivity
inflation
demographics
credit growth
banking crises
JEL: 
E20
E31
E51
F31
G01
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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