, while Japan is a large parts importer, the composition of its imports is shifted away from parts where vertical keiretsu are …

This paper tries to make sense of the recent trade dispute between the U.S. and Japan in autos and auto parts. The … Japan, and that these differences have contributed to the growing bilateral trade deficit in auto parts. The paper also …

In May, 1981, a voluntary export restraint (VER) was placed on exports of automobiles from Japan to the United States …

protectionist policies can in some cases increase aggregate welfare in North America at the expense of Japan …

This paper uses bilateral automobile export unit values from the United States, Germany and Japan to measure the …

is the first to be granted access to highly disaggregated transaction-level trade data for Japan. Focusing on Japanese …