The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidation in Japan

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ihori, Toshihiro (Editor), Terai, Kimiko (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, 8
• Subjects: Personal finance.; Pension plans.; Public finance.; Public administration.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Public Administration.; Wealth Management/Pension Planning.

This book investigates the reasons for persistent public deficits and delayed fiscal reform in Japan, placing a special emphasis on political economy aspects. Japan is confronted with the need to pursue fiscal discipline for fiscal consolidation and implement structural reforms for reorganizing fisc...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Comprehensive Views of the Political Economy of Japan
• 1 Fiscal Consolidation in the Political Economy of Japan (Toshihiro Ihori; Comment, Keigo Kameda)
• 2 The Political Economy of Social Security Funding: Why Social VAT Reform? (Hideki Konishi; Comment, Naomi Miyazato)
• Part II. Fiscal Problems in Japan
• 3. Female Labor Supply, Social Security, and Fiscal Consolidation (Ryuta Ray Kato and Masumi Kawade; Comment, Masatoshi Jinno)
• 4 Fiscal Consolidation and Local Public Finances in Japan: Incentive Problems Associated with Intergovernmental Transfers and Their Political Roles (Nobuo Akai; Comment, Takeshi Miyazaki)
• 5 Public Policy and Economic Growth in the Integrating Japanese Economy (Hiroki Kondo; Comment,Takashi Fukushima)
• Part III. Institutional Reforms Necessary for Fiscal Consolidation
• 6 Tax Policy under the “Generational Election System”(Takero Doi, Comment, Haruo Kondoh)
• 7 Budgets under Delegation (Kimiko Terai and Amihai Glazer; Comment, Keisuke Hattori).