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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961753203321

Autore

Tokutsu Ichiro

Titolo

Japan out of the Lost Decade : Divine Wind or Firms’ Effort? / / Ichiro Tokutsu, Kazuo Ogawa, Mika Saito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

9781475582529

1475582528

9781475530049

1475530048

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

OgawaKazuo <1954->

SaitoMika

Disciplina

332.1/52

Soggetti

Exports - Japan

Capacity

Capital and Total Factor Productivity

Cost

Empirical Studies of Trade

Export performance

Exports and Imports

Exports

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

Industrial productivity

Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities: General

Infrastructure

Innovation

Intellectual Property Rights: General

International economics

International trade

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Production

National accounts

Production and Operations Management

Production

Productivity

Research and Development

Saving and investment

Technological Change

Total factor productivity



Trade: General

Transportation

Japan Economic conditions 1989-

China, People's Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Export Contribution of GDP Growth Rate; 2. Japanese Export by Destination; II. Model; A. Export Behavior; Tables; 1. Average Annual Growth Rate of Export by Destination; B. Equilibrium Export Price; C. Role of External Finance to Exporters; III. Data Description; 3. Log of TFP by Year: General Machinery; 4. Log of TFP by Year: Electrical Machinery; 5. Log of TFP by Year: Transportation Equipment; 6. Price-Cost Margin by Year: General Machinery; 7. Price-Cost Margin by Year: Electrical Machinery

8. Price-Cost Margin by Year: Transportation Equipment 9. Real Export by Year: General Machinery; 10. Real Export by Year: Electrical Machinery; IV. Estimation Results and Implications; A. Export Functions; 11. Real Export by Year: Transportation Equipment; 2. Estimation Results of Export Function (Panel IV Method); B. Price-Cost Margin Equation; 3. Estimation Results of Export Function (Simple Panel Method); C. Reverse Causality from Exports to Productivity; 4. Estimation Results of Price-Cost Margin Function; V. External Demand versus Productivity Gain; 5. Estimation Results of TFP Function

6. Contribution of Each Independent Variable to Export: 1999-2007 VI. Concluding Remarks; Appendixes Data Appendix; Appendix Tables; A1. Descriptive Statistics by Year: General Machinery; A2. Descriptive Statistics by Year: Electrical Machinery; A3. Descriptive Statistics by Year: Transportation Equipment; References

Sommario/riassunto

A surge of exports in the 2000s helped Japan exit the severe decade-long stagnation known as the lost decade. Using panel data of Japanese exporting firms, we examine the sources of the export surge during this period. One view argues that the so-called "divine wind" or exogenous external demand boosted Japanese exports. The other view emphasizes the role of supply factors such as productivity gains, materialized after long-fought restructuring efforts during the lost decade. Estimating the firm-level export function allows us to assess the relative importance of these demand and supply factors. Evidence shows that firms' efforts were more important than the divine wind.