This study examines whether CEO overconfidence affects banks' mortgage lending decisions in the post-financial crisis period. Despite the improvements in bank regulations and intensified monitoring following the financial crisis of 2007-2009, we find that banks managed by overconfident CEOs are...

This paper asks whether the BoJ''s recent experience with unconventional monetary easing has been effective in supporting economic activity and inflation. Using a structural VAR model, the paper finds some evidence that BoJ''s monetary policy measures during 1998-2010 have had an impact on...