Institutions, competition, and capital market integration in Japan

Using a newly-constructed panel data set which includes annual estimates of lending rates for 47 Japanese prefectures, we analyze why interest rates converged over the period 1884-1925. We find evidence that technological innovations and institutional changes played an important role in creating a n...

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Main Author: Mitchener, Kris James
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors: Ohnuki, Mari
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2008
Series:Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; working paper no. 14090
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Call Number: H11.N27534 no.14090