wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were … Japan over time, I find that Japan has shown a sharp increase over time in household borrowing, at least until 2000, and a …

borrowing. The rules in force include limitations on the amount of borrowing and/or debt service, restrictions on the purpose of … debt and on borrowing from foreign institutions and/or from the central bank. The description of these rules and sanctions … constitute the thrust of several academic studies on local borrowing and debt. What are the ingredients that make it work …

lab experiment, participants can purchase goods by borrowing against their future income. We exogenously manipulate income … and borrowing behavior in a representative survey (GSOEP-IS). …

In this paper, we analyze the borrowing behavior of Japanese households in comparison to the other Group of Seven (G7 … they could previously. We therefore need to monitor the borrowing behavior of this cohort over time as the Bank of Japan …