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"Marriage Promotion Policies and Regional Differences in Marriage," The Japanese Economy, Vol.38, No.1, Spring 2011, pp.3-39. PDF (743KB) (with Takeshi Miyazaki)New
"How to Make the Japanese Public Pension System Reliable and Workable," (with Noriyuki Takayama) Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.97-120 PDF (48KB)
"The Pension System in Japan and Retirement Needs of the Japanese Elderly" (with Ngee-Choon, Chia and Albert K.C. Tsui), Ageing in Southeast and East Asia--Family, Social Protection and Policy Challenges, edited by Lee Hock Guan, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2008. PDF (195MB)
"Comment on "Aging, Savings, and Public Pensions in Japan"", Asian Economic Policy Review, vol.2 Issue 2, December 2007, pp.322-323.PDF (48KB)
"Marriage Behavior from the Perspective of Intergenerational Relationships", The Japanese Economy, vol.34. no.4 (Winter. 2007-8) pp.76-122.PDF (263KB)
"Information Contents of Inflation Indexed Bond Prices: Evaluation of U.S. Treasury Inflation Protection Securities", Bank of Japan Monetary and Economic Studies, vol.22. no.3 (Oct. 2004) pp.115-144.PDF (393KB)
"The Big Mac Standard: A Statistical Illustration," (with Hiroshi Fujiki) Economics Bulletin, 6(13), pp.1-18, September 2, 2004. PDF (199KB))
"The Egyptian Tax System and Investment Tax Incentives" (with Mahmond Abdellatif) Asia-Pacific Tax Bulletin, 10(3), pp.151-161, March 2004, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (draft version PDF (110KB))
"Reflections on the New Financial System in Japan: Participation Costs, Wealth Distribution, and Security Market-Based Intermediation" (with Megumi Suto and Juro Ternishi), in Joseph P.H. Fan, Masaharu Hanazaki and Juro Teranishi (eds) Designing Finanical Systems in East Asia and Japan, London: Routledge Curzon, 2004, Chapter 14, pp.334-84. (draft version PDF (1.25MB))
"Household Saving and Wealth Distribution in Japan" (with Noriyuki Takayama and Fumiko Arita) in Börsch-Supan, Axel(ed)(2003)Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy, San Diego : Academic Press, Chapter 5, pp.149-203. PDF (777KB)
"Technical Assistance in Fiscal Policy and Tax Administration in Developing Countries: The State of Nature in Bangladesh"(with Tapan K. Sarker) Asia-Pacific Tax Bulletin,8(9),pp.278-288.September 2002,International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (draft version PDF (102KB) )
"Household Savings in Japan Revisited"(with Noriyuki Takayama and Fumiko Arita) Research in Economics, 2001, 55(2),pp.135-153PDF (139KB)
"Lessons from Generational Accounting in Japan", American Economic Review, 1999, May (with Noriyuki Takayama) pp. 171-175. working paper version PDF (38KB)
"Risk Accumulation, Contagion and the Rules for Bank Failure" in Proceedings of a Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Measurement and Systemic Risk, Bank of Japan, 1999, pp.105-143. (with Shuji Kobayakawa).PDF (290KB)
"Generational Accounting in Japan" in A.Auerbach, L.Kotolikoff and W.Leibfritz (eds) Generational Accounting around the World, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press and NBER, 1999, pp.447-469. (with Noriyuki Takayama and Hiroshi Yoshida). working paper version PDF (149KB)
"Indexd Bonds and Monetary Policy: The Real Interest Rate and The Expected Rate of Inflation", Bank of Japan Monetary and Economic Studies, vol.15. no.1 (1997) 1-25.PDF (172KB)
"Feldstein-Horioka Paradox Revisited" Bank of Japan Monetary and Economic Studies, vol.13. no.1 (1995), pp.1-16. (with Hiroshi Fujiki).PDF (722KB)>
"Consumer Behaviour in Japan under Financial Liberalization and Demographic Change", in M.Okabe (ed), The Structure of The Japanese Economy, London: Macmillan, 1995, pp.135-167 (with Wataru Takahashi).
"Household Saving Behavior in Japan" in J.Poterba (ed), International Comparisons of Household Saving, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and NBER, 1994, pp.125-167 (with Noriyuki Takayama).
"Public Policies and Household Saving in Japan" in J.Poterba (ed), Public Policies and Household Saving, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and NBER, 1994, pp.133-160 (with Takatoshi Ito).