<Para ID="Par1">In this paper, we first apply the methods of exploratory spatial data analysis and investigate the geographical concentration of interrelated growing industries, or “growth clusters,” by using data from the Nagoya metropolitan area in Japan over the period 1986–2006. Second, by applying...</para>

In this paper, the authors briefly introduce progresses in implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Japan. ITS impact economy and society in many ways. Many researchers have tried to quantify the impact of ITS on the economy using econometric or operations research based...

This paper specifically models rigidities in the labor market in China and analyzes the effect of labor market liberalization on economic growth using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. Our results indicate that labor market reforms are essential to the realization of significant...

Applying the lag-augmented vector autoregression approach developed by Toda and Yamamoto (1995), we analyse the causal relationships among GDP, private capital, transport user cost, and port capital in Japan, and investigates the dynamic and accumulated effects of port capital formation on other...

This paper presents empirical evidence on scale economies and overcapitalization in Japanese electric utilities. The authors employ the short-run equilibrium model in which the variable cost function treats capital stock as a quasi-fixed factor. They specify the variable cost function as a...

This paper examines the scale and scope economies of higher education institutions in Japan assuming the presence of productive inefficiency. The standard approach to testing the scope economies is to apply the cost function. However, the cost function approach often entails the difficulty of...