LEADER 04479oam 22012614 450 001 9910136700603321 005 20230808200023.0 010 $a1-4755-4173-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000907171 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4723303 035 $a(IMF)WPIEA2016194 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000907171 100 $a20020129d2016 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFading Ricardian Equivalence in Ageing Japan /$fIkuo Saito 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (19 pages) 225 1 $aIMF Working Papers 311 $a1-4755-4178-3 311 $a1-4755-4164-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 3 $aJapan seems to be turning less Ricardian, a trend set to continue. First, the discount wedge seems to have risen, suggesting that consumers have become more myopic. Second, some evidence points to the possibility that an increasing number of households are liquidity constrained. If these developments continue, the impact of fiscal policy on the economy will gradually rise. While this will facilitate using fiscal policy to manage the economic cycle, it also calls for starting fiscal consolidation soon and in a gradual and steady manner, given the unsustainable public debt and the likely increasing challenges in funding the government's rising debt domestically. 410 0$aIMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;$vNo. 2016/194 606 $aRicardian Model of International Trade 606 $aFiscal policy$zJapan 606 $aFinance: General$2imf 606 $aPublic Finance$2imf 606 $aTaxation$2imf 606 $aDemography$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics: Consumption$2imf 606 $aSaving$2imf 606 $aWealth$2imf 606 $aFiscal Policy$2imf 606 $aFiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household$2imf 606 $aDebt$2imf 606 $aDebt Management$2imf 606 $aSovereign Debt$2imf 606 $aPortfolio Choice$2imf 606 $aInvestment Decisions$2imf 606 $aBusiness Taxes and Subsidies$2imf 606 $aEconomics of the Elderly$2imf 606 $aEconomics of the Handicapped$2imf 606 $aNon-labor Market Discrimination$2imf 606 $aPublic finance & taxation$2imf 606 $aFinance$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics$2imf 606 $aPopulation & demography$2imf 606 $aLiquidity$2imf 606 $aConsumption taxes$2imf 606 $aFiscal policy$2imf 606 $aPublic debt$2imf 606 $aAging$2imf 606 $aTaxes$2imf 606 $aAsset and liability management$2imf 606 $aPopulation and demographics$2imf 606 $aEconomics$2imf 606 $aSpendings tax$2imf 606 $aDebts, Public$2imf 606 $aPopulation aging$2imf 607 $aJapan$xCommerce 607 $aJapan$2imf 615 0$aRicardian Model of International Trade. 615 0$aFiscal policy 615 7$aFinance: General 615 7$aPublic Finance 615 7$aTaxation 615 7$aDemography 615 7$aMacroeconomics: Consumption 615 7$aSaving 615 7$aWealth 615 7$aFiscal Policy 615 7$aFiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household 615 7$aDebt 615 7$aDebt Management 615 7$aSovereign Debt 615 7$aPortfolio Choice 615 7$aInvestment Decisions 615 7$aBusiness Taxes and Subsidies 615 7$aEconomics of the Elderly 615 7$aEconomics of the Handicapped 615 7$aNon-labor Market Discrimination 615 7$aPublic finance & taxation 615 7$aFinance 615 7$aMacroeconomics 615 7$aPopulation & demography 615 7$aLiquidity 615 7$aConsumption taxes 615 7$aFiscal policy 615 7$aPublic debt 615 7$aAging 615 7$aTaxes 615 7$aAsset and liability management 615 7$aPopulation and demographics 615 7$aEconomics 615 7$aSpendings tax 615 7$aDebts, Public 615 7$aPopulation aging 676 $a382.0952 700 $aSaito$b Ikuo$01377058 801 0$bDcWaIMF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136700603321 996 $aFading Ricardian equivalence in ageing Japan$93413575 997 $aUNINA