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The Bank of Japan Network and Financial Market Integration: From the Establishment of the Bank of Japan to the Early 20th Century

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  • Mari Ohnuki

    (Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan (E-mail: mari.oonuki@boj.or.jp))

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One of the purposes cited for establishing the Bank of Japan (BOJ) was to "facilitate finance" by promoting the nationwide integration of the regional financial markets, which until that point had been divided and functioned independently. Nonetheless, much remains unknown about Japanese financial transactions and the operations of the BOJ during the Meiji Period, and the role the BOJ played in the process of domestic financial market integration is still not sufficiently clear. The purpose of this paper is to examine, using interest rate data and documentary evidence of financial transactions, the role played by the BOJ in the process of financial market integration in Meiji Period Japan. The analysis finds that, from the perspective of reducing inter-regional interest rate differences, there was indeed significant progress toward financial market integration in the latter half of the 1890s. It also finds that the BOJ may have played a role in promoting financial market integration because the expansion of its networks (a correspondent network with privatesector banks and a branch office network) served to facilitate the movement of funds between regions through the funds transfer services it provided.

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  • Mari Ohnuki, 2007. "The Bank of Japan Network and Financial Market Integration: From the Establishment of the Bank of Japan to the Early 20th Century," Monetary and Economic Studies, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, vol. 25(1), pages 95-128, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ime:imemes:v:25:y:2007:i:1:p:95-128
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    1. Junichi Yamasaki, 2017. "Railroads, Technology Adoption, and Modern Economic Development: Evidence from Japan," ISER Discussion Paper 1000, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
    2. Kris J. Mitchener & Mari Ohnuki, 2008. "Institutions, Competition, and Capital Market Integration in Japan," NBER Working Papers 14090, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Du, Shuaishuai & He, Shijun & Huang, Guitian & Kong, Dongmin, 2024. "Financial development and money market integration in Qing China, 1800–1911," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    4. Masato Shizume, 2017. "A History of the Bank of Japan, 1882-2016," Working Papers 1719, Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
    5. Ishizu, Mina, 2021. "Metropolitan financial agents and the emergence of inter-regional financial linkages in England and Japan, 1760-1860," Economic History Working Papers 110963, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    6. Masato Shizume & Masayoshi Tsurumi, 2016. "Modernizing the financial system in Japan during the 19th century: National Banks in Japan in the Context of Free Banking," Working Papers 1607, Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
    7. Tetsuji Okazaki & Koji Sakai, 2020. "Capital Market Integration with Multiple Convergence Clubs: The Case of Prewar Japan," CARF F-Series CARF-F-475, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
    8. Ishizu, Mina, 2021. "Metropolitan financial agents and the emergence of inter-regional financial linkages in England and Japan, 1760-1860," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 110963, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    9. Kris James Mitchener & Mari Ohnuki, 2008. "Institutions, Competition, and Capital Market Integration in Japan," IMES Discussion Paper Series 08-E-12, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan.
    10. Tetsuji Okazaki & Koji Sakai, 2020. "Capital Market Integration with Multiple Convergence Clubs: The Case of Prewar Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1148, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    11. Singleton,John, 2010. "Central Banking in the Twentieth Century," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521899093, September.
    12. Tetsuji OKAZAKI & Koji SAKAI, 2020. "Capital Market Integration with Multiple Convergence Clubs: The Case of Prewar Japan," CIGS Working Paper Series 20-004E, The Canon Institute for Global Studies.

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    Keywords

    Financial market integration; Payments network; Bank of Japan; Correspondent network funds transfers; Movement of funds;
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    JEL classification:

    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
    • N25 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Asia including Middle East

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