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Japan Has a Fairly High Saving Rate and the Level

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Japan has a fairly high saving rate and the level of saving in Japan is above domestic investment.Use the saving and investment equation to explain what Japan is doing with this excess of saving above domestic investment.


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Cost of Equity

The return that investors expect for investing in a company's equity, reflecting the risk compared to risk-free assets.

WACC

Weighted Average Cost of Capital, a calculation used to estimate the average rate of return a company is expected to pay its security holders to finance its assets.

MM Model

Refers to the Modigliani-Miller theorem, which proposes that under certain market conditions and assumptions, the value of a firm is unaffected by its capital structure.

Bankruptcy Risk

The likelihood that a company will be unable to meet its financial obligations and may have to declare bankruptcy.

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