The argument that the deterioration of bank balance sheets has contributed to the cutback in new loans provided by Japanese banks has gained favor in many circles. (Mieno, Okina and Sakuraba) The securitization of some of the bad loans and/or the disposal of the real estate underlying those loans has been often proposed by Japanese and non-Japanese alike as a means to generate the necessary liquidity for banks to take advantage of new lending opportunities. (Mieno, Corrigan).
When Japanese banks formed the Cooperative Credit Purchasing Company (CCPC) in January 1993 to facilitate the write-off of bad loans from their books, it was hailed by some as a major step towards securitization. However, the CCPC principally represents a deal on taxes between the banks and the authorities. The deal has allowed Japanese banks to realize tax benefit from a troubled real estate loan more quickly and with greater flexibility. In return for considerable tax savings, banks must bring bad credits to an independent committee for review and appraisal, exposing them to some degree of accountability concerning asset valuation.
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I consider the role of automatic psychological and neural processes in different settings. First, how does advertising affect consumer perceptions of a product? I assert that one of the ma jor mechanisms used in marketing is the creation of implicit associations among concepts. A neural network framework is adapted to model how these associations evolve and interact. Use of this formal model allows us to consider some of the indirect effects of advertising, particularly “spillover” and “dilution” effects where the advertisements for one product can help or harm ther perceptions of another. Second, I use fMRI to consider neural activation patterns during strategic thinking. Two studies reveal the possible importance of various neural areas to belief formation, strategic deception, and suspicion. The ?rst study focuses on the neural correlates of belief formation, particularly the difference between equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium decisions. We ?nd both neural activations and behavioral evidence that sub jects have relatively shallow belief processes, often apparently assigning too much agency to themselves, when they are out of equilibrium. The second study focuses on a bargaining interaction where a “buyer” has incentive to deceive a “seller” in order to get a low price for a hypothetical product. We ?nd neural correlates to strategic deception in the dorsal striatum and to suspicion of deception in the ACC.
