Japan's lost decade : policies for economic revival / editors, Tim Callen and Jonathan D. Ostry.

Current issues facing the financial sector / Tim Callen and Martin Muhleisen -- Banks and credit in Japan / Giovanni Dell'Ariccia -- The resolution and collection corporation and the market for distressed debt in Japan / Kenneth Kang -- Structural reforms, information technology, and medium-term growth prospects / Tim Callen and Takashi Nagaoka -- Population aging : its fiscal and macroeconomic implications / Hamid Faruqee -- Fiscal policies during the demographic transition / Martin Muhleisen -- Fiscal policy : an evaluation of its effectiveness / Sanjay Kalra -- The zero-interest-rate floor and its implications for monetary policy in Japan / Ben Hunt and Douglas Laxton -- Monetary policy in a deflationary environment / Taimur Baig -- The yen-dollar rate : have interventions mattered? / Ramana Ramaswamy and Hossein Samiei -- The impact of Japanese economic policies on the Asia region / Tim Callen and Warwick J. McKibbin.