Policy Uncertainty and the Cost of Delaying Reform: A case of aging Japan
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- Sagiri Kitao, 2018. "Policy Uncertainty and Cost of Delaying Reform: The Case of Aging Japan," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 27, pages 81-100, January.
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JEL classification:
- E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2016-02-23 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-DGE-2016-02-23 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
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