| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Overview of the Japanese deficit question / R. Glenn Hubbard and Takatoshi Ito -- Comments on "Overview of the Japanese deficit question" -- Public debt and economic growth in an aging Japan / Toshihiro Ihori [and others] -- Comments on "Public debt and economic growth in an aging Japan" -- Medium-term strategies for long-term goals / Henry J. Aaron -- Comments on "Medium-term strategies for long-term goals" -- Fiscal decentralization in Japan : does it harden the budgets of local governments? / Eiji Tajika and Yuji Yui -- Comments on "Fiscal decentralization in Japan : does it harden the budgets of local governments?" -- Managing public costs in the Japanese health and nursing care sector / Yutaka Imai and Howard Oxley -- Challenges in creating a cohesive system for health care, pensions, and the needs of the elderly / Keimei Kaizuka -- Avoiding a fiscal/demographic/economic debacle in Japan / Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- Comments on "Managing public costs in the Japanese health and nursing care sector," "Challenges in creating a cohesive system for health care, pensions, and the needs of the elderly," and "Avoiding a fiscal/demographic/economic debacle in Japan" -- Concluding remarks / Anne O. Krueger |
| Summary |
This volumes examines how should Japan cope with its daunting fiscal challenges. As the Japanese economy finally emerges from a long period of weak growth and falling prices burdened by record-high public debt, fiscal adjustment has taken centre stage in the policy agenda and the public debate. Growing demands on the budget from a rapidly ageing society have added urgency to the need to reign in public indebtedness and revamp the pension and healthcare systems. This book combines insights from academic research with the points of view of policymakers to distill key issues that need to inform public debate |
| Notes |
Papers presented at a conference organized by the Policy Research Institute of Japan's Ministry of Finance and the International Monetary Fund in June 2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Budget deficits -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Debts, Public -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Fiscal policy -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Japan -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaizuka, Keimei, 1934-2016, editor
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Krueger, Anne O., editor
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International Monetary Fund.
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Palgrave Connect (Online service)
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| LC no. |
2006043251 |
| ISBN |
1137001569 (electronic bk.) |
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1280878134 |
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1463916051 (electronic bk.) |
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9781137001566 (electronic bk.) |
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9781280878138 |
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9781463916053 (electronic bk.) |
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