economic Conference - The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

The Japanese Economic Review is a scholarly journal that publishes comprehensive economic analysis from researchers worldwide. Publishes theoretical and ...

Lecture notes, slides, and other writings Macroeconomics (first-year PhD textbook project) with Marina Azzimonti, Per Krusell, and Alisdair McKay. Matlab codes for Chapter 10 (zip) "Capital Accumulat...

This study comprehensively reviews the distinctive features of firm entry and exit in Japan. As a unique feature of the survey, we focus on how Japan’s unique institutional, cultural, and policy envir...

This paper surveys empirical studies on the effects of Bank of Japan (BOJ)’s unconventional monetary policy (UMP), with a particular focus on the Quantitative and Qualitative Easing implemented from 2...

This paper documents key macroeconomic facts of Japan’s labor market, focusing on both stock and flow data while reviewing existing literature. Using the latest data, it highlights major trends in the...

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We visited Okubo Izakaya, a small 13 seat bar (address https://maps.app.goo.gl/TR9LJouJpT1qA4ni6 ). Like many small, independent Japanese izakayas, they offe...