Monetary Policy, Credit, and Real Activity: Evidence from the Balance Sheet of Japanese Firms |
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Authors: | Ogawa Kazuo |
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Institution: | Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | We analyze the mechanism of monetary transmission in the Japanese economy by using the quarterly time series data disaggregated by firm size. In particular we examine the channels through which monetary policy influences the firm's fixed investment with special focus on the firm's land. We estimate the vector autoregressive model where we encompass two competing hypotheses on the monetary transmission: monetary and credit channels. Our evidence is in support of the credit channel. We find that land has played a vital role in the monetary transmission, especially for small firms. Moreover, we find that fall of land value in 1990s weakened the efficacy of monetary policy considerably. J. Japan. Int. Econ., December 2000, 14(4), pp. 385–407. Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Copyright 2000 Academic Press.Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: E22, E32, E44, E51. |
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Keywords: | Abbreviations: monetary transmission mechanismAbbreviations: monetary channelAbbreviations: credit channelAbbreviations: collateral land stockAbbreviations: vector autoregressive modelAbbreviations: impulse response |
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