Among the vast number of regional growth forecasting models, the past 15 years witnessed the emergence of the MAcroeconomic, Sectoral, Social, Territorial (MASST) model. The MASST model aims at merging macroeconomic elements with territorial features for forecasting regional growth trajectories....

“Abenomics” refers to the economic policies advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who became prime minister of Japan for a second time when his party, the Liberal Democratic Party, won an overwhelming majority at the general election in December 2012. Abenomics has “three arrows”: (i)...

Japan has suffered from sluggish economic growth and recession since the 1990s, a phenomenon dubbed "Japan's Lost Decade." The People's Republic of China, many countries in the eurozone, and the United States may face similar problems in future and they have been concerned by Japan's long-term...