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Volume 10, issue 3, 2014

Debates on Individual Income Tax and Potential Japanese Tax Reforms pp. 371-396

Masaaki Suzuki

Japan fs Income Tax Base: Comparison with Other Countries and Estimation of Tax Reform pp. 397-414

Atsushi Nakamoto

Status of the Income Tax Burden in Japan - Focusing on High-Income Earners - pp. 415-456

Naoki Oka

Tax and Social Insurance Burden on Households: Estimate Using National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure pp. 457-480

Taro Ohno, Masahiko Nakazawa, Kazuya Matsuda, Kazuaki Kikuta and Tomoko Masuda

The Impact of Demographic Changes on Social Security Payments and the Personal Income Tax Base - Long-term Micro-simulation Approach - pp. 481-518

Kazuya Matsuda, Yumiko Ozeki, Kazuaki Kikuta and Junji Ueda

Impact of Population Aging on the Personal Income Tax Base in Japan: Simulation Analysis of Taxation on Pension Benefits Using Micro Data pp. 519-542

Hiroyuki Yashio and Keishi Hachisuka

Effects of a Shift from Income Deductions to Tax Credits - A Study on the Impact of Income Tax Reform in the Netherlands - pp. 543-576

Yuka Shiba

A Quantitative Analysis for Required Adjustments for Japan fs Fiscal Policy pp. 577-604

Junji Ueda, Yasutaka Yoneta and Isao Ota

Volume 10, issue 2, 2014

Financial Sustainability of Swedish Welfare Commitments pp. 253-276

Edward Palmer

The Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging The Contrasting Cases of The United States and Japan pp. 277-300

Henry Aaron

Challenges confronting Abenomics and Japanese public finance ?Fiscal consolidation must start by squarely facing reality? pp. 301-318

Kazumasa Oguro

Managing Fiscal Sustainability and Aging in Emerging Asia pp. 319-348

Bart W. Edes and Peter Morgan

Consumption Structure Evolutions in an Aging Society and Implications for the Social Security System pp. 349-370

Rui Mao and Jianwei Xu

Volume 10, issue 1, 2014

Japan's Trade Policy with Asia pp. 1-31

Shujiro Urata

Japan's Monetary and Financial Cooperation in East Asia \ From the Viewpoint of the Spillover Effects of Currency Misalignment pp. 33-52

Eiji Ogawa and Michiru Sakane Kosaka

Japan's Strategy for Economic Cooperation with Asian Countries pp. 53-76

Yasuyuki Sawada

Japan's Innovation Strategy toward Asia pp. 77-108

Yumiko Okamoto

Asia Strategy on International Migration pp. 109-151

Yasushi Iguchi

Japan's Energy Policy in the Asian Region pp. 153-187

Reiji Takeishi

Japan's Asian Policy Strategy: Evolution of and Prospects for Multilateralism in Security, Trade and Financial Cooperation pp. 227-252

Takashi Terada

Volume 9, issue 4, 2013

Economic Effects of Public Pensions pp. 575-596

Aso Yoshibumi

Simulating Public Pension Reforms in an Aging Japan: Welfare Analysis with LSRA Transfers pp. 597-632

Okamoto Akira

Child Benefits and Macroeconomic Simulation Analyses: An Overlapping-Generations Model with Endogenous Fertility pp. 633-660

Kazumasa Oguro and Takahata Junichiro

Sustainability of Budget Deficits pp. 661-686

Aso Yoshibumi

The Pension System and Household Consumption and Saving Behavior pp. 687-716

Junya Hamaaki

Challenges for Japan fs Fiscal Consolidation pp. 717-734

Sugimoto Kazuyuki and Ueda Junji

Fiscal Sustainability under an Aging Population in Japan: A Financial Market Perspective pp. 735-750

Oshio Takashi and Kazumasa Oguro

Long-term Issues for Fiscal Sustainability in Emerging Asia pp. 751-770

Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan

Volume 9, issue 3, 2013

A Behavioral Economics Exploration into the "Volatility Anomaly" `` pp. 457-490

Seiichiro Iwasawa and Uchiyama Tomonori

The Risk Parity Portfolio and the Low-Risk Asset Anomaly pp. 491-514

Omori Kozo

Risk and Return in Japanese Equity Market pp. 515-530

Honda Toshiki

The Securities-Correlation Risks and the Volatility Effects in the Japanese Stock Market pp. 531-552

Sakamaki Satoshi

Long-term Verification of Low Volatility Stock Investment pp. 553-574

Yamada Toru

Volume 9, issue 2, 2013

Quantitative Policy Analysis of Innovation Activities: Application to Dynamic Structural Estimation pp. 257-286

Daiya Isogawa and Hiroshi Ohashi

Product Switching and Firm Performance in Japan - Empirical Analysis Based on the Census of Manufacturers pp. 287-314

Atsushi Kawakami and Tsutomu Miyagawa

The Funding through Capital Market and Firm Behavior - Decision-making on IPOs, SEOs and Bond Issues and the Post-funding Investments and R&D Activities pp. 315-364

Kaoru Hosono, Miho Takizawa, Kenji Uchimoto and Keishi Hachisuka

External Finance Constraints and the Timing of Investment Spikes pp. 365-404

Kaoru Hosono, Masaki Hotei and Chie Umezaki

Measurement of Intangible Investment by Industry and Economic Growth in Japan pp. 405-432

Tsutomu Miyagawa and Shoichi Hisa

A Revised Estimation of Japan's Income Tax Base pp. 433-455

Shigeki Morinobu and Atsushi Nakamoto

Volume 9, issue 1, 2013

Fiscal Fluctuation Risks and Intergovernmental Functional Allocation pp. 1-32

Toshihiro Ihori

Regional Equalization and Stabilization in the Japanese System of National Health Insurance pp. 33-50

Masayoshi Hayashi

Change in the Flow of Funds and the Fiscal Rules Needed for Fiscal Stabilization pp. 51-70

Naoyuki Yoshino and Tetsuro Mizoguchi

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Investor Behavior in Japan's Equity Markets pp. 71-86

Akiko Kamesaka

The Decision-Making Mechanism of Regional Financial Institutions and the Utilization of Soft Information pp. 87-116

Tadanobu Nemoto, Yoshiaki Ogura and Wako Watanabe

Financial Crises and Risk Premiums in International Interbank Markets pp. 117-138

Shin-ichi Fukuda and Mariko Tanaka

European Sovereign Risk: The Knock-on Effects of Default Risk across the Public and Financial Sectors pp. 139-170

Sanae Ohno

The Contagion of the Greek Fiscal Crisis and Structural Changes in the Euro Sovereign Bond Markets pp. 171-202

Tomoo Inoue, Atsushi Masuda and Hitoshi Oshige

How Strongly Do "Financing Constraints" Affect Firm Behavior? Japanese Corporate Investment since the Mid-1980s pp. 203-255

Yoshiro Miwa

Volume 8, issue 5, 2012

Why Did the Debt Maturity of the Japanese Firms Get Longer H: A Preliminary Investigation pp. 563-580

Tokuo Iwaisako

Impact of M&A on the Employment in Japanese Companies pp. 581-608

Hiroyuki Taguchi, Taichi Yanagawa and Masashi Harita

A Study in the Changes in the Japanese Companies' Performance and the Efficiency of Capital and Labor pp. 609-662

Hajime Misono

The Effects of the Exchange Rate on Japanese Firms' Investment: An Analysis with Firm-Level Data pp. 663-682

Masaki Hotei

Main Issues for a Good Value Added Tax System pp. 683-704

Yumi Nishiyama

Social Capital and Regional Economy: Empirical Analysis Using Individual Data from Questionnaire Survey pp. 705-736

Saisuke Sakai

Merger of Major Banks from the EVA Standpoint pp. 737-774

Kazushi Kan and Taro Ohno

Volume 8, issue 4, 2012

Viewpoints on the Integrated Reform of Social Security and Tax Systems: Increased Consumption Tax and Intergenerational Equity pp. 393-414

Shigeki Morinobu and Atsushi Nakamoto

Are Japanese Firms Becoming More Independent from Their Banks?: Evidence from the Firm-Level Data of the "Corporate Enterprise Quarterly Statistics," 1994-2009 pp. 415-452

Yoshiro Miwa

The Function of Local Allocation Taxes in the Securing of Revenue Sources: Verification of the Neutrality and Appropriateness of Local Allocation Taxes pp. 453-478

Mitsunari Ishida and Wataru Kobayashi

The Distribution of Functions between Local and Central Government in River and Road Administration and Finance: With Regard to Spillover Measures pp. 479-502

Wataru Kobayashi and Mitsunari Ishida

An Economic Analysis on the Consultation System of Local Bond pp. 503-536

Wataru Kobayashi and Taro Ohno

Analysis of 2008 Central and East European Currency Crisis Using Early Warning Model pp. 537-562

Mie Takahashi

Volume 8, issue 3, 2012

Central Banking for Financial Stability in Asia pp. 215-246

Masahiro Kawai and Peter Morgan

Central banking for financial stability Some lessons from the recent instability in the US and euro area pp. 247-280

Larry Wall

Risk-on/risk-off, capital flows, leverage and safe assets pp. 281-298

Robert McCauley

Managing Capital Flows in an Economic Community: The Case of ASEAN Capital Account Liberalization pp. 299-320

Yung Chul Park and Shinji Takagi

Asian Regional Financial Safety Nets? Don't Hold Your Breath pp. 321-340

Iwan Azis

Economic Stability and Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes pp. 341-366

Sahoko Kaji

Sovereign Risk: A Macro-Financial Perspective pp. 367-392

Udaibir S. Das, Maria A. Oliva and Takahiro Tsuda

Volume 8, issue 2, 2012

The roles of public and private insurance for the health-care reform of Japan pp. 123-144

Eiji Tajika and Jun Kikuchi

Unique mixtures of public and private funding in Japan - The ban on billing for mixed medical care service - pp. 145-170

Hiroyuki Kawaguchi

Managed competition in the Dutch Health Care System: Preconditions and experiences so far pp. 145-170

Richard C. van Kleef

Canada's Approach to the Public/Private Divide and the Perils of Reform via Court Challenge pp. 191-214

Colleen M. Flood

Volume 8, issue 1, 2012

Empirical Analysis of Corporate Tax and Foreign Direct Investment pp. 1-20

Tomonori Sato

Public Finance and its Legal Framework: Toward a Legal Framework to Ensure Fiscal Consolidation and Fiscal Policy Management pp. 21-44

Kazuyuki Sugimoto

Public Sector Accounting - An Interdisciplinary Field Involving Accounting, Economics, and Jurisprudence pp. 45-66

Ryosuke Tao

The Evolution of the Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Japan:A Re-evaluation Based on Time-Varying Parameter VARs pp. 67-92

Etsuro Shioji

Why Did Large-scale Deflation Occur? What Did It Bring About?: From Hong Kong's Experiences in the First Half of the 2000s pp. 93-122

Shin-ichi Fukuda and Junji Yamada