Zombie firms and economic stagnation in Japan [PDF]
It is often claimed that one contributing factor to Japan's weak economic performance over the past decade is that Japanese banks have continued to provide financial support for highly inefficient, debt-ridden companies, commonly referred to as ‘zombie’ firms.
Alan G. Ahearne, Naoki Shinada
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Economic stagnation and development aid [PDF]
The main objectors to a link being established between special drawing rights (SDRs) and the financing of development have in the past been the industrial countries. They have been pointing out that SDRs were created for other purposes — more effective control over international liquidity — and that a link with development finance would have an ...
Küng, Emil
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The Italian economic stagnation in a Kaldorian theoretical perspective
This paper analyses the Italian economic stagnation in a Kaldorian framework. On the theoretical ground we propose an interpretation of the Italian economic stagnation based on the continuous reduction of aggregate demand and labour productivity. We also consider the role of the banking sector as a factor driving aggregate demand and, in turn, labour ...
Guglielmo Forges Davanzati+2 more
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Economic stagnation in Weimar Germany: a structuralist perspective [PDF]
Mexico and argentina in the 1990s as well as weimar germany in the 1920s implemented similar exchange-rate-based stabilization programs which were successful in stopping inflation, but failed to generate the domestic savings and investment rates necessary for a sustainable growth path. It is argued that in both cases substantial foreign capital inflows
Thorsten H. Block
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Deindustrialization and economic stagnation in El Salvador [PDF]
This study will analyse the deindustrialization process in El Salvador. Deindustrialization has been a factor in the Latin American countries since the 1980s and contributes to economic stagnation and quality job loss. The first section reviews selected studies in the literature on this subject and is followed by an exploration of the possible causes ...
L. Cáceres
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Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation [PDF]
Several recent theories emphasize the negative effects of an aging population on economic growth, either because of the lower labor force participation and productivity of older workers or because aging will create an excess of savings over desired ...
Daron Acemoglu, P. Restrepo
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From Malthusian stagnation to modern economic growth: a swarm-intelligence perspective [PDF]
The correlation between decentralized decision-making and swarm intelligence has emerged as a significant subject within self-organization phenomena.
Yong Tao
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Economic stagnation and inequality: new theoretical and empirical perspective
This paper argues that economic discrimination (ED) can promote shared and inclusive growth when instituted by the trinity of economic development, market, corporation, and government. In contrast, Economic Egalitarianism (EE) will work against it.
Sung-Hee Jwa, Taekyu Lee
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The effect of economic crisis and austerity measures on deaths of despair in Brazil: An interrupted time series analysis. [PDF]
Some recent analyses have described that, in the context of the instability of social protection institutions and economic crisis, there is an increase in mortality rates selectively from drug overdoses, suicides and alcohol-related liver diseases.
Raphael Mendonça Guimarães+5 more
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Japan's Financial Crisis and Economic Stagnation [PDF]
We survey the macroeconomic stagnation and financial problems in Japan. The financial sector assessment includes separate analyses of the commercial banks, the life insurance companies and the government's fiscal investment and loan program (FILP). We estimate that the Japanese taxpayer will have to pay at least another ¥100 trillion (20% of GDP) to ...
Takeo Hoshi, Anil K. Kashyap
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