The Importance of Interdisciplinary Studies in Growth Studies and Japan's Long Stagnation

Abstract

After reviewing trends in economic growth studies since the mid-1980s, this paper argues the importanceof interdisciplinary studies in growth studies. In addition, I present several hypotheses from the perspective ofinterdisciplinary research on the “long-term stagnation of the Japanese economy,” which is an interesting themein growth studies, and discuss the validity of these hypotheses.