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Volume 20, issue 1, 2024

Designing a Tax System that Encourages Innovation in Start-ups pp. 1-33

Takayuki Nagato

Volume 19, issue 4, 2023

Bunching Estimation and Its Theoretical and Empirical Progress pp. 1-25

Takafumi Suzuki

Emergency Economic Response and Evaluation in the COVID-19 Crisis pp. 1-25

Daigo Nakata

A Survey on Policy Experiences in the Japanese Public Healthcare Systems: Effects of Patient Cost Sharing on Healthcare Utilization and Health pp. 1-33

Michio Yuda

Development of Microsimulation and Burden Structure of Personal Income Taxation pp. 1-38

Taro Ohno

Changes in Effective Tax Rates due to Fundamental Corporate Tax Reforms: Analysis of Financing Neutrality Using a Forward-Looking Model pp. 1-30

Toshiyuki Uemura

Behavioral Economics of Taxation and Benefits pp. 1-28

Tomoharu Mori

The Employment and Earnings of Public Assistance Recipients and the Effects of the 2013 Reform in Japan pp. 1-29

Masayoshi Hayashi

Volume 19, issue 3, 2023

Sustainability of the Pension Systems and the Role of Private Pensions pp. 1-36

Akiko Nomura

On Sustainability of Selective Macroeconomic Problems pp. 1-24

Kazumi Asako

What is fiscal sustainability?―Transversality condition, Domar condition, the fiscal theory of the price level― pp. 1-29

Masataka Eguchi and Toshiya Hatano

Endogenous Time Preference, and Sustainable Growth and Sustainable Development: An Outlook pp. 1-33

Kei Hosoya

Macroeconomic Analysis of Asset Bubbles and Its Policy Implications: A Review pp. 1-13

Ryo Jinnai

Volume 19, issue 2, 2023

The Impact of Aging Water Facilities and Charge System on Water Charges pp. 1-27

Koji Yamashita, Nobuo Akai, Kenichiro Fukuda and Takahiro Seki

Natural disasters and local government finance pp. 1-41

Mitsunari Ishida, Taro Ohno and Wataru Kobayashi

Policy Evaluation of Wide-Area Cooperation between Municipalities: Empirical Analysis with “Self-support settlement region framework” as the Case Study pp. 1-57

Tomohisa Miyashita and Eiji Sumi

Impact of COVID-19 on Local Public Finance―Did Every Individual Local Government's Balance of General Account Worsen in the COVID-19 Pandemic? pp. 1-24

Tatsuya Ishikawa and Nobuo Akai

The Relationship between Utilization of Financial Statements by Local Governments and Their Fiscal Behavior pp. 1-24

Haruo Kondoh and Akinobu Ogawa

The Effect of Governor Tenure on Local Expenditures: Focusing on Differences in Governor Attributes pp. 1-30

Hidemasa Yoneoka and Nobuo Akai

Impact of Corruption Revelations on Expenditures: Empirical Analysis Based on Prefectural Data in Japan pp. 1-26

Shigemichi Kanasaka, Takashi Kuramoto and Nobuo Akai

Volume 19, issue 1, 2023

Quality Indicaters for Treatment Outcomes of Regional Medical Institutions pp. 1-25

Yukiko Ito and Ryuki Kassai

Comparison of Treatment Outcomes of Acute Care Hospitals in Okitama Secondary Medical Care Zone of Yamagata Prefecture pp. 1-40

Yukiko Ito, Takaaki Ikeda, Satoshi Kanke, Ryuki Kassai and Masayasu Murakami

Patient Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Impacts on Medical Institution Revenue pp. 1-39

Masako Ii, Michiko Moriyama and Sachiko Watanabe

Reducing the Tendency for Over- and Under-Provision of Health Services at the Point of Care: The Roles of Evidence-Based Medical Education and the Patient-Centered Clinical Method pp. 1-26

Ryuki Kassai and Masako Ii

Over- and Under-Provision of Diabetes Screening: Making More Efficient Use of Healthcare Resources pp. 1-36

Kazumitsu Nawata, Masako Ii and Ryuki Kassai

Volume 18, issue 2, 2022

Considerations on Infrastructure Aging and Renewal Investment Financing pp. 1-32

Yuji Nemoto

Economic and Financial Effects of Credit Guarantee as Means of Policy-Based Finance pp. 1-26

Yasuo Goto

Status of Functions of Public Quasi-Equity Funds in Japan: Possibilities and Risks of Public-Private Funds pp. 1-42

Yosuke Mitsusada and Hidetaka Kawakita

Local government cash flow situation as viewed from the fiscal indicators of the Assessment of Fiscal Conditions pp. 1-29

Taro Ohno, Mitsunari Ishida and Wataru Kobayashi

Volume 18, issue 1, 2022

Sovereign Debt Restructurings: A Survey on Concepts, Trends, Empirics, and Theory pp. 1-16

Tamon Asonuma, Hyungseok Joo and Akira Sasahara

Incomplete Market and Optimal Debt in an Economy with an Overlapping Generation Structure pp. 1-18

Akio Ino and Keiichiro Kobayashi

Estimating the Yield Curve Using the Nelson-Siegel Model: Evidence from Daily Yield Data pp. 1-14

Atsushi Sekine

Legal Framework for Government Debt Management Policy in Japan pp. 1-17

Takashi Fujitani

Volume 17, issue 3, 2021

Reconsideration of the “Domar condition” to check sustainability of budget deficit pp. 1-12

Naoyuki Yoshino and Hiroaki Miyamoto

Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Aging Economies pp. 1-18

Hiroaki Miyamoto and Naoyuki Yoshino

An Effect of Population Aging on the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy: Analysis using a panel VAR model pp. 1-20

Hiroshi Morita and Hidekazu Niwa

Volume 17, issue 2, 2021

Economic Analysis of Public-Private Partnerships in Japan: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses Focusing on Adverse Selection and Synergy Effect pp. 1-27

Yukari Fukuda and Jun-Ichi Nakamura

Causes of Fiscal Multiplier Decline in Japan pp. 1-41

Tsuyoshi Mihira

Why Do Interest Rates Remain Low Despite the Accumulation of Government Debt in Japan? pp. 1-33

Kenji Tanaka

Does the Japanese Financial Market Believe in Fiscal Sustainability?: Analysis of the Market for the JGB Futures Options pp. 1-33

Etsuro Shioji

Economic Effects of Change in the Value-Added Tax Rate in Europe: Implications for the Japanese Economy pp. 1-30

Yasuyuki Komaki

Evaluation of Japan’s Macro-Fiscal Policy and its Challenges pp. 1-28

Shin-ichi Fukuda and Naoto Soma

Volume 17, issue 1, 2021

Developing Countries’ Perspectives on the Digitalization of the Economy―Focusing on the U.N. Initiatives― pp. 1-22

Mitsuhiro Honda

New Trends and Prospects for the Distribution of International Taxation Rights with looking at the tradition since the era of the League of Nations pp. 1-36

Akiyuki Asatsuma

Fight against Tax Havens and International Tax Law —New Taxing Right and a Global Minimum Tax— pp. 1-41

Naoki Oka

Rationales and Challenges for a Digital Service Tax:Focusing on Location-Specific Rent pp. 1-17

Tetsuya Watanabe

Challenges of the digital economy on international taxation rules from the perspective of global business society pp. 1-27

Keiji Aoyama

Taxation on the Digital Economy ―Issues on Implementation and Enforcement― pp. 1-24

Katsufumi Kurihara

Volume 16, issue 7, 2020

Design of an Institutional Framework for Asset Formation by the Japanese People and the “Fiduciary Duty” of Financial Business Operators pp. 1-26

Nobuko Matsumoto

Legislation on the protection of elderly investors in the United States -Recent efforts by the U.S. federal legal system pp. 1-20

Yoko Manzawa

Allocative Efficiency of Capital across Japanese Firms pp. 1-22

Kenichi Ueda and Khaliun Dovchinsuren

Japanese Asset Formation and Financial Literacy pp. 1-19

Shizuka Sekita

Empirical Analysis on Understanding of Financial Products pp. 1-25

Hiroshi Fujiki

Volume 16, issue 6, 2020

Relationship between School Attendance Support and Academic Performance:An Analysis of Panel Data from Adachi Ward pp. 1-22

Haruko Noguchi, Shun-ichiro Bessho, Koichi Ushijima, Akira Kawamura and Ryuichi Tanaka

Building an Administrative Database of Children pp. 1-20

Shun-ichiro Bessho, Haruko Noguchi, Ryuichi Tanaka, Koichi Ushijima and Akira Kawamura

School Quality and Residential Property Values: A Review of Recent Developments and Applications pp. 1-23

Michio Naoi

Accountability in Education and Recognition of Bullying: An Analysis of Municipality-Level Data in Tokyo pp. 1-26

Ryuichi Tanaka, Shun-ichiro Bessho and Atsuyoshi Morozumi

Volume 16, issue 5, 2020

Dynamics Between Multilateralism and Regionalism in Relation to Trade Liberalization and Culture pp. 1-15

Satoshi Kodera

Procedural and Normative Competition between the WTO’s Dispute Settlement and the Investor-State Arbitration: Focusing on the National Treatment Principle pp. 1-23

Tomoko Yamashita

Characteristics of the Process for Securing Compliance with Labour and Environmental Provisions Included in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) pp. 1-34

Kohei Akiyama

The Function of Dispute settlement Systems under Bilateral or Regional Agreements to Complement the WTO’s Dispute Settlement System and the Reform of the Dispute Settlement System -Focusing on Disputes Related to Environmental Matters, Including Renewable Energy- pp. 1-34

Junko Suetomi

The Evolution of Investment Liberalization under the recent Investment Treaties pp. 1-19

Takamichi Inose

Current State of Diversity and Complexity of Preferential Rules of Origin and Moves toward Convergence: —Role of Multilateral Frameworks in Simplification of Preferential Rules of Origin— pp. 1-39

Jitsuya Hasegawa

FTAs in WTO Dispute Settlement pp. 1-18

Kenta Hirami

Possibility of Developing and Expanding the Regulation of Subsidies through Free Trade Agreements (FTAs): ―Analysis Focusing on a Trend in FTAs Concluded by the EU― pp. 1-33

Takemasa Sekine

Can We Secure Consistency Between Rules of Origin and Measures to Prevent Circumvention of Anti-Dumping Measures Under the WTO Framework? -With Special Focus on the Recent Administrative and Judicial Trends in the U.S.- pp. 1-24

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Data Localization Measures and International Economic Law:How Do WTO and TPP/CPTPP Disciplines Apply to These Measures? pp. 1-29

Yoshinori Abe

Various Aspects of Treaty Frameworks Related to Free Trade in the Modern International Community Dynamism of Trade Liberalization Negotiations: —Interaction between Multilateral, Plurilateral, Bilateral and Regional Liberalizations— pp. 1-20

Junji Nakagawa

Volume 16, issue 4, 2020

FinTech Trends in the United States: Implications for Household Finance pp. 1-32

Ross Hikida and Jason Perry

AI/Fintech and Asset Management Businesses pp. 1-28

Yasuyuki Kato

The Macroeconomic Effects of Fintech pp. 1-19

Naoyuki Yoshino and Sahoko Kaji

An Overview of Online Alternative Finance pp. 1-19

Masahiro Fukuhara

The Latest in Fintech in Japan pp. 1-37

Masayori Shoji

Volume 16, issue 3, 2020

The Financial Situation in China: Issues and Challenges pp. 1-29

Naito Jiro

Typology of Chinese Market Economy and Trade Rules:A Case of Competitive Neutrality of State-Owned Enterprises pp. 1-14

Mariko Watanabe

Politics under Xi Jinping: Centralization and its Implications pp. 1-21

Kazuko Kozima

China’s Unfinished Ownership Reform: Privatization and a Fair and Competitive Environment Remain to be Achieved pp. 1-26

Chi Hung Kwan

Volume 16, issue 2, 2020

Factors driving International Capital Flows and the Change after the Global Financial Crisis pp. 163-196

Masahiro Inoguchi

Deciding Factors in the Return on Foreign Direct Investment: ―A Comparison between Japan and the United States― pp. 197-222

Sanae Ohno and Yui Suzuki

Japanese Companies’ Overseas Business Expansion and Impacts of Changes in Exchange Rate pp. 223-248

Eiji Ogawa, Naoki Shinada and Masakazu Sato

Volume 16, issue 1, 2020

Production Networks and Unbundling: Reformulating the Conceptual Framework in Theory, Empirics, and Policy Discussion pp. 1-16

Fukunari Kimura

Expansion and Deepening of Production Networks pp. 17-46

Ayako Obashi

Production Networks and Less Developed ASEAN Countries’ Export Growth pp. 47-72

Misa Okabe

Production Networks and “The Great Convergence” pp. 73-94

Tadashi Ito

Production Networks and Technology Transfer: ―Empirical Analysis Based on Survey Data for Companies in Southeast Asia― pp. 95-120

Yasushi Ueki

Production Networks and Utilization of Free Trade Agreements by Japanese Subsidiaries in ASEAN pp. 121-134

Kazunobu Hayakawa

Further Development of International Production Networks and Job Reallocation in Japan pp. 135-162

Mitsuyo Ando