Public Policy Review

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Volume 20, issue 2, 2024

Relationship Between the Renminbi Internationalization Strategy and the Digital Yuan, and the Future Outlook pp. 1-46

Eiichi Sekine

Will the U.S. dollar remain strong? pp. 1-29

Masaya Sakuragawa

The Past, Present, and Future of the Euro as an International Currency：Moving Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic and Russia’s Military Aggression in Ukraine pp. 1-29

Sayuri Ito

Evolution of the International Monetary System from the Perspective of Trilemma Challenges pp. 1-50

Hiroyuki Ito and Masahiro Kawai

Volume 20, issue 1, 2024

Significance of “Special and Differential Treatment” in the Free Trade System: From the Perspective of the Theory of Plurality of Norms pp. 1-27

Satoshi Kodera

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

Takayuki Nagato

Security Exception Clauses in Post-Globalization — A Study of the GATT/WTO Regime in Historical Perspective pp. 1-33

Yoshinori Abe

What has Digital Trade Brought to Trade Agreements?—Focusing on Non-trade Concerns pp. 1-45

Aya Iino

A Framework for Macroeconomic Analysis focusing on Net Lending/Borrowing across the Government, Private, and Overseas Sectors pp. 1-32

Shun Maruyama, Toyo Hosoe and Kazuaki Miyachi

Volatility of EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) under WTO Agreements —The Significance of Leveling the Playing Field and Dispute Avoidance in Global Warming Measures pp. 1-34

Takemasa Sekine

Development and Challenges of Infectious Disease Control Measures in Trade Policy: Using COVID-19-related Medical Resources as a Case Study pp. 1-25

Akiko Kato

Exchange Rate Regimes and Economic Stability of Emerging Economies:The Role of Inflation Targeting pp. 1-21

Shin-ichi Fukuda

Developments in the Compliance Mechanisms of Free Trade Agreements ―Implications from the Labor and the Environment Chapters in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ― pp. 1-35

Mio Otashiro and Kohei Akiyama

IMF in the International Monetary System －Globalization and Fragmentation－ pp. 1-31

Akira Ariyoshi

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

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

Masayoshi Hayashi

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

Volume 19, issue 3, 2023

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

Ryo Jinnai

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

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

Akiko Nomura

Volume 19, issue 2, 2023

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

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

Natural disasters and local government finance pp. 1-41

Mitsunari Ishida, Taro Ohno and Wataru Kobayashi

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

Hidemasa Yoneoka and Nobuo Akai

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

Koji Yamashita, Nobuo Akai, Kenichiro Fukuda and Takahiro Seki

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

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

Masako Ii, Michiko Moriyama and Sachiko Watanabe

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

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

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

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

Volume 18, issue 1, 2022

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

Takashi Fujitani

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

Volume 17, issue 3, 2021

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

Hiroaki Miyamoto and Naoyuki Yoshino

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

Naoyuki Yoshino and Hiroaki Miyamoto

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

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

Shin-ichi Fukuda and Naoto Soma

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

Yasuyuki Komaki

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

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

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

Tsuyoshi Mihira

Volume 17, issue 1, 2021

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

Katsufumi Kurihara

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

Tetsuya Watanabe

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

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

Keiji Aoyama

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

Mitsuhiro Honda

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

Naoki Oka