We investigate various characteristics, including firm-level panel data, of the Japanese beer market over time (over 30 years) to determine the level and nature of competition. Next, we conduct two sets of regressions using market share and firm-level accounting data in a variation of Boone’s...

This paper investigates the impact of the 1986 US-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement (STA) and antidumping actions by the US on Japanese firms. We conduct an event study employing WLS and OLS estimations on the daily returns of eight large electronics firms over roughly a two year period. We...