the People's Republic of China and Japan's "Partnership for Quality Infrastructure" (PQI). After introducing key issues … movers, with the establishment of the European Investment Bank for instance, but its mechanisms have so far not become …

This paper identifies a "border" effect in the absence of a border. The finding that trade between East- and West-Japan … contemporaneous structure of Japan’s business and social networks, rather than cultural differences, induced by long …

, including significant flows from Japan and the United States (US). We examine these investment flows in detail to gain … Japan's FDI flows have been much more concentrated in manufacturing, particularly in transport, electrical, and machinery …

American (LA) countries and the four largest economies in the world (namely the US, the Euro area, Japan and China) over the …