• Title of article

    Non-performingloans,prospectivebailouts,andJapan’sslowdown

  • Author/Authors

    Levon Barseghyan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    18
  • From page
    873
  • To page
    890
  • Abstract
    The delayinthegovernmentbailoutofthefinancialsectorplayedakeyroleinJapan’s slowdownduringthe1990sandearly2000s.Thisargumentisarticulatedinageneral equilibriummodelinwhichthegovernmentprovidesdepositinsurancetothefinancial sector.Theexistenceofnon-performingloans,combinedwithadelayinthebailout, leadstoapersistentdeclineineconomicactivity.ConsistentwithJapan’sexperience, the declineinoutputiscausednotonlybyafallininvestment,butalsobyadeclinein labor andtotalfactorproductivity
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846435