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Keimei Kaizuka, Anne O. Krueger - Tackling Japan’s Fiscal Challenges, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Tackling Japan’s Fiscal Challenges

Strategies to Cope with High Public Debt and Population Aging

Av Keimei Kaizuka, Anne O. Krueger

Del i serien Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia

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This book examines how Japan should cope with fiscal challenges, as demands on the budget from an ageing society have necessitated the reigning in of public debt and the revamp of the pension and healthcare systems. It combines insights from academic research with the views of policymakers to distil key issues that need to inform public debate.
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KEIMEI KAIZUKA is Honorary President of the Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan. He is also Professor Emeritus at Chuo University and at the University of Tokyo, and has held advisory positions in several financial institutions. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Tokyo. ANNE O. KRUEGER has been the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, USA, since September 1, 2001. Before this, she was the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor in Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. She was

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"[T]he book does an excellent job of providing thoughtful analysis of some of the thorniest aspects of Japan's fiscal situation, such as the extent to which the existing debt burden may limit future policy options, the difficulties of achieving a central government surplus given the structure of intergovermental transfers, and the many unknowns plaguing efforts to predict the budgetary consequences of Japan's aging population." - Jennifer H. Dwyer, Hunter College

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