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QE1 vs. Abenomics: A Channel-Based Comparison of Japan’s Quantitative Easing Attempts

Date: 2025-01-01

Creator: Sujan Garapati

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Since 2001, Japan has experienced two extended quantitative easing (QE) periods that aimed to address its low growth and deflationary environment. This paper investigates the transmission channels of the country’s QE policies during both periods: QE1 and Abenomics. Investigating three primary QE channels, signaling, inflation, and safety, the analysis identifies a signaling channel with different characteristics during both periods, no inflation channel, and a safety channel with different strengths during both periods. During QE1, event dates signaled low yields on short- and medium-term bonds but not on long-term bonds, suggesting a weak signaling channel. In contrast, under Abenomics, the signaling channel was strong for long-term bonds, reflecting a credible commitment to sustained low interest rates. Event dates in both periods were associated with deflation, so the evidence does not support the presence of an inflation channel. Across both periods, a significant safety channel was present. Investors paid a premium for safe assets that decreased yields as the BOJ purchased bonds, especially during Abenomics. The findings suggest that Abenomics was more successful at decreasing interest rates than QE1. Overall, this paper reveals that QE can effectively lower yields through signaling and safety effects but fails to raise inflation expectations in Japan.


Miniature of Developing an Exogenous Expression System 
for the Purification and Isolation of srGAP1
Developing an Exogenous Expression System for the Purification and Isolation of srGAP1
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      Date: 2025-01-01

      Creator: Philip Spyrou

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        Miniature of Investigating the role of calcium-activated potassium channels in the stabilization of mammalian spinal locomotor activity
        Investigating the role of calcium-activated potassium channels in the stabilization of mammalian spinal locomotor activity
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            Date: 2025-01-01

            Creator: Aeri Ko

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              Miniature of Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana
              Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana
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                  Date: 2019-05-01

                  Creator: Natasha Ann Belsky

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                    “How the World Could Be in Spite of the Way That It Is”: Broadway as a Reflection of Contemporary American Sociopolitical Life

                    Date: 2020-01-01

                    Creator: Isabel Thomas

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                    Drawing on the plays and musicals of the 2018-2019 Broadway season, this thesis examines how theatre responds to the sociocultural, economic, and political conditions of society. Sociologists have largely overlooked theatre’s cultural influence, but Broadway productions act as social reflection by reproducing the conversations and inequalities of their context. Access to Broadway is limited, in various manners, by socioeconomic class, race, gender, ability, and age. As conversations about equity expand and audiences increasingly demand diversified representation, Broadway begins to shed the restraints of its conventions. In many regards, the recent changes fail in meaningfully transforming the Broadway institution. Those who control the stories on Broadway stages—producers, directors, writers—are disproportionately white and men, and the stories themselves predominantly uphold white privilege and heteronormativity. Economic pressures keep Broadway producers focused on high profit and cultural capital, at the expense of artistic and political risk. Broadway has particular affective power, employing the uniquely provocative effect of live theatre for unparalleled numbers of people. This influence is accompanied by responsibility to contribute to society’s progress rather than its stagnation, a responsibility which Broadway falls behind in fulfilling.


                    Miniature of Advanced Mammals
                    Advanced Mammals
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                        Date: 2020-01-01

                        Creator: Emma Bezilla

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                          Miniature of The role of the ROG1 protein in pectin perception
                          The role of the ROG1 protein in pectin perception
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                              Date: 2014-05-01

                              Creator: Divya Hoon

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                                Miniature of Determination of the Relationship Between Peptoid Catalyst Oligomeric Length and Catalytic Enantioselectivity of Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes
                                Determination of the Relationship Between Peptoid Catalyst Oligomeric Length and Catalytic Enantioselectivity of Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes
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                                  Date: 2020-01-01

                                  Creator: Katharine Toll

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                                    Miniature of Role of SR-like RNA-binding protein 1 (Slr1) in hyphal tip localization of She3-transported mRNA in <i>Candida albicans</i>
                                    Role of SR-like RNA-binding protein 1 (Slr1) in hyphal tip localization of She3-transported mRNA in Candida albicans
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                                      • Embargo End Date: 2025-05-13

                                      Date: 2020-01-01

                                      Creator: Emma Beane

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