Japan and the World Economy

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2011, volume 23, articles 4

Health insurance reform and economic growth: Simulation analysis in Japan pp. 227-239

Toshihiro Ihori, Ryuta Kato, Masumi Kawade and Shun-ichiro Bessho

Relationship regarding the demand for labor between domestic temporary and foreign workers: Korean case pp. 240-245

Chul-Woo Kwon and Bong Geul Chun

The Korean stock market volatility during the currency crisis and the credit crisis pp. 246-252

Jaeho Cho and Byoung Hark Yoo

Forecasting U.S. car sales and car registrations in Japan: Rationality, accuracy and herding pp. 253-258

Christian Pierdzioch, Jan-Christoph Rülke and Georg Stadtmann

Revisiting long-run purchasing power parity with asymmetric adjustment for G-7 countries pp. 259-264

Tsangyao Chang, Chia-Hao Lee, Pei-I Chou and Dai-Piao Tang

Exchange rate movements and foreign direct investment (FDI): Japanese investment in Asia, 1987–2008 pp. 265-272

Shinji Takagi and Zongying Shi

The trading behavior and price impact of foreign, institutional, individual investors and government: Evidence from Korean equity market pp. 273-287

Gwangheon Hong and Bong Soo Lee

2011, volume 23, articles 3

A new anatomy of the retirement process in Japan pp. 141-152

Satoshi Shimizutani

Working in old age and health outcomes in Japan pp. 153-162

Shinya Kajitani

Global outsourcing or foreign direct investment: Why apple chose outsourcing for the iPod pp. 163-169

Chu-Ping Lo

Cost heterogeneity and the destination of Japanese foreign direct investment: A theoretical and empirical analysis pp. 170-177

Seiichi Katayama, Sajal Lahiri and Eiichi Tomiura

Inflation target and debt management of local government bonds pp. 178-189

Hiroshi Fujiki and Hirofumi Uchida

Are current account deficits really sustainable in the G-7 countries? pp. 190-201

Shyh-Wei Chen

Do large industrialized economies pursue sustainable debt policies? A comparative study for Japan, Germany and the United States pp. 202-213

Bettina Fincke and Alfred Greiner

Cyclical behavior of unemployment and job vacancies in Japan pp. 214-225

Hiroaki Miyamoto

2011, volume 23, articles 2

Examining nonlinear dynamics of exchange rates and forecasting performance based on the exchange rate parity of four Asian economies pp. 79-85

Jeng-Bau Lin, Chin-Chia Liang and Ming-Liang Yeh

Balance sheet deterioration and credit allocations: Japanese evidence from the short-term economic survey of enterprises pp. 86-96

Kazuo Ogawa

Vertical foreign direct investment: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. multinational enterprises pp. 97-111

Kiyoyasu Tanaka

R&D intensity and domestic and cross-border M&A of Japanese firms before domestic M&A deregulation pp. 112-118

Kazutaka Takechi

Bankruptcy dynamics in Japan pp. 119-128

Nobuyuki Harada and Noriyuki Kageyama

Industrial concentration, price-cost margins, and innovation pp. 129-139

David Flath

2011, volume 23, articles 1

Research and analysis on bid rigging mechanisms pp. 1-5

Koki Arai, Ikuo Ishibashi and Rieko Ishii

The effects of the social norm on cigarette consumption: Evidence from Japan using panel data pp. 6-12

Eiji Yamamura

Profit taxation and capital accumulation in a dynamic oligopoly model pp. 13-18

Massimo Baldini and Luca Lambertini

Does Korea follow Japan in foreign aid? Relationships between aid and foreign investment pp. 19-27

Sung Jin Kang, Hongshik Lee and Bokyeong Park

Firm-specific volatility of stock returns, the credibility of management forecasts, and media coverage: Evidence from Japanese firms pp. 28-39

Hiroyuki Aman

The saving-investment correlation and origins of productivity shocks pp. 40-47

Agust A. Eiriksson

Measuring operational efficiency of mobile operators in Japan and Korea pp. 48-57

Chun-Hsiung Liao and Hsing-Yung Lin

Does market familiarity bless multinational in strategic competition? pp. 58-62

Chul-Woo Kwon and Harvey Lapan

The adoption of poison pills and managerial entrenchment: Evidence from Japan pp. 63-77

Yasuhiro Arikawa and Yosuke Mitsusada

2010, volume 22, articles 4

Introduction pp. 217-218

Kui-Wai Li

Macroeconomic interdependence in East Asia pp. 219-227

Jun Nagayasu

Time-varying beta and the Asian financial crisis: Evidence from the Asian industrial sectors pp. 228-234

Taufiq Choudhry, Lin Lu and Ke Peng

The nexus of finance and GDP growth in Japan: Do real interest rates matter? pp. 235-242

Shu-Hwa Chang and Liang-Chou Huang

Capital gains tax and individual trading: The case of Japan pp. 243-253

Minoru Hayashida and Hiroyuki Ono

The strategies adopted by Taiwan in response to the global financial crisis, and Taiwan's role in Asia-Pacific economic integration pp. 254-263

Jiann-Chyuan Wang

Leverage, performance and capital adequacy ratio in Taiwan's banking industry pp. 264-272

Shirley Ho and Su-Chu Hsu

2010, volume 22, articles 3

Banking crisis and productivity of borrowing firms: Evidence from Japan pp. 141-150

Fumio Akiyoshi and Keiichiro Kobayashi

The (dis)saving behavior of the aged in Japan pp. 151-158

Charles Horioka

Why do first-born children live together with parents? pp. 159-172

Wataru Kureishi and Midori Wakabayashi

Exchange rates, price levels, and inflation targeting: Evidence from Asian countries pp. 173-182

Weera Prasertnukul, Donghun Kim and Makoto Kakinaka

The logic of franchise contracts: Empirical results of Japan pp. 183-192

Masayoshi Maruyama and Yu Yamashita

The effect of learning varies according to locality: Micro data analysis of the lawyer market in Japan pp. 193-197

Eiji Yamamura

R&D, unemployment, and labor market policies pp. 198-205

Hiroaki Miyamoto

Regional production networks, service offshoring, and productivity in East Asia pp. 206-216

Moonsung Kang, Hyuk Hwang Kim, Hongshik Lee and Joonhyung Lee

2010, volume 22, articles 2

Regional patterns of employment changes of less-educated men in Japan: 1990-2007 pp. 69-79

Yukiko Abe and Keiko Tamada

The effects of fiscal policy in the 1990s in Japan: A VAR analysis with event studies pp. 80-87

Tomomi Miyazaki

Expansion abroad and jobs at home: Evidence from Japanese multinational enterprises pp. 88-97

Nobuaki Yamashita and Kyoji Fukao

US external debt sustainability revisited: Bayesian analysis of extended Markov switching unit root test pp. 98-106

Fumihide Takeuchi

Private capital flows, stock market and economic growth in developed and developing countries: A comparative analysis pp. 107-117

Chee-Keong Choong, Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah, Zulkornain Yusop and Muzafar Shah Habibullah

Informational differences among institutional investors in an increasingly institutionalized market pp. 118-129

Chaoshin Chiao, Shin-Hui Chen and Jia-Ming Hu

A cointegration analysis of dynamic externalities pp. 130-140

Xiao-Ping Zheng

2010, volume 22, articles 1

Effects of cost sharing on the demand for physician services in Japan: Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 1-12

Mari Kan and Wataru Suzuki

Unobserved heterogeneity in price-setting behavior: A duration analysis approach pp. 13-20

Takayasu Matsuoka

Stability of production networks in East Asia: Duration and survival of trade pp. 21-30

Ayako Obashi

The optimal size of Japan's public pensions: An analysis considering the risks of longevity and volatility of return on assets pp. 31-39

Naomi Miyazato

An examination of minimum tick sizes on the Tokyo Stock Exchange pp. 40-48

Asli Ascioglu, Carole Comerton-Forde and Thomas McInish

Stock prices and the efficient market hypothesis: Evidence from a panel stationary test with structural breaks pp. 49-58

Chien-Chiang Lee, Jun-De Lee and Chi-Chuan Lee

Will Japan, Taiwan or the US be isolated by China? A macroeconomic game approach pp. 59-68

Kuo-chun Yeh and Tai-kuang Ho