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Chairship system and decision making by consensus in international agreements : the case of ASEAN

Suzuki, Sanae - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

How are different positions reconciled under decision making by consensus in international agreements? This article aims to answer this question. Consensus rule provides each participant a veto, which risks resulting in non-agreement. Taking ASEAN as a case study of international organizations...

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Political limits on the world oil trade : firm-level evidence from US firms

Kashcheeva, Mila - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

International politics affect trade patterns, especially for firms in extractive industries. We construct the firm-level dataset for the U.S. oil-importing companies over 1986-2010 to test whether the state of international relations with the trading partners of the U.S. affect importing...

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The effects of international politics on oil-exporting developing countries

Kashcheeva, Mila; Tsui, Kevin K. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

International politics affects oil trade. But does it affect the oil-exporting developing countries more? We construct a firm-level dataset for all U.S. oil-importing companies over 1986-2008 to examine how these firms respond to changes in "political distance" between the U.S. and her trading...

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The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-55 and U.S.-R.O.C Relations

Matsumoto I., Haruka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

On September 3, 1954, Chinese artillery began shelling Quemoy (Jinmen), one of the Kuomintang-held offshore islands, setting off the first Taiwan Strait Crisis. This paper focuses on the crisis and analyzes the following three questions: (1) What was the policy the U.S. took towards the Republic...

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The Study of International Cultural Relations of Postwar Japan

Aoki-Okabe, Maki; Kawamura, Yoko; Makita, Toichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

The paper examines policies and activities of cultural exchange carried out by Japanese national, local and private agents since the end of WWII. Methodologically, we distinctively use the notion culture as a tool and as an object of study, and to synthesize the two in full intention, based on...

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The Nature of the State in Afghanistan and Its Relations with Neighboring Countries

Suzuki, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

Since the formation of Afghanistan, its nature as a Pashtun state has affected all its international relations. On the other hand, the fact that it was originally established as a buffer state between Britain and Russia still governs its national integration. In this article I examine...

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Voting behavior in Indonesia from 1999 to 2014 : religious cleavage or economic performance?

Higashikata, Takayuki; Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In this study, we examine the voting behavior in Indonesian parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2014. After summarizing the changes in Indonesian parties' share of the vote from a historical standpoint, we investigate the voting behavior with simple regression models to analyze the effect of...

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Consensus and democracy in Indonesia : Musyawarah-Mufakat revisited

Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

democratic stability in Indonesia. Musyawarah and mufakat (deliberation and consensus) are a traditional decision-making rule in … Indonesia which has often been observed in village meetings. This paper argues that this traditional decision-making rule is … still employed even in a modernized and democratized Indonesia, not only at rural assemblies but in the national parliament …

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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

Unlike most existing studies, this paper examines the location choices of MNEs in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the location choices of Japanese MNEs among East Asian developing countries by estimating a four-stage nested logit model at the province level. Noteworthy results...

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Market discipline by depositors : impact of deposit insurance on the Indonesian banking sector

Hamada, Miki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

fulfill its role in Indonesia? Does deposit insurance affect depositor behavior thereby imposing discipline on banks? These … questions are empirically examined using panel data on Indonesian commercial banks from 1998 to 2009. In Indonesia deposit …

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