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Political influence in commercial and financial oil trading : the evidence from US firms

Kashcheeva, Mila; Tsui, Kevin K. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

International politics affects oil trade. But do financial and commercial traders who participate in spot oil trading also respond to changes in international politics? We construct a firm-level dataset for all U.S. oil-importing companies over 1986-2008 to examine how these firms respond to...

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The emission reduction effect and economic impact of an energy tax vs. a carbon tax in China : a dynamic CGE model analysis

Zou, Lele; Xue, Jinjun; Fox, Alan; Meng, Bo; Shibata, … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Chinese government commits to reach its peak carbon emissions before 2030, which requires China to implement new policies. Using a CGE model, this study conducts simulation studies on the functions of an energy tax and a carbon tax and analyzes their effects on macro-economic indices. The...

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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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Impact of foreign capital entry in the Indonesian banking sector

Hamada, Miki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

After the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98, the Indonesian banking sector experienced significant changes. Ownership structure of banking sector is substantially-changed. Currently, ownership of major commercial banks is dominated by foreign capital through acquisition. This paper examines...

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The inverted Chinese / China problem in Indonesia : a preliminary analysis on the 2011 Surabaya incident

Aizawa, Nobuhiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

change in understanding the triangular relationship between Indonesia, China and the Ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. During the … Suharto period, ethnic Chinese in Indonesia and China as a foreign state were the problems for the Indonesian government …. After the political reforms in Indonesia together with the Rise of China in 2000s, in some situation, it is the Indonesian …

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Presidentialism and political parties in Indonesia : why are all parties not presidentialized?

Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Indonesia, as argued by Samuels and Shugart (2010). In Indonesia not all parties are becoming presidentialized. Parties are … the people since 2005 in Indonesia, the presidentialization of political parties has begun to take place. …

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Inflation targeting in Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines : the impact on business cycle synchronization between each country and the world

Inoue, Takeshi; Toyoshima, Yuki; Hamori, Shigeyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

This paper empirically analyzes whether and to what extent the adoption of inflation targeting (IT) in Korea, Indonesia …

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