**Instructions to use the replication kit for "Pushed Past the Limit? How Japanese Banks Reacted to Negative Rates," Gee Hee Hong and John Kandrac

1) Save the replication_kit folder
2) Edit the global rootPath on line 13 of the .../replication_kit/programs/master.do file to match the root directory where the replication_kit folder is saved
3) Import and convert the ascii data files to Stata .dta format within the .../replication_kit/data folder
4) Compile .../replication_kit/programs/master.do
5) Logfiles will be generated and saved in .../replication_kit/logfiles
