We discuss that Japan should make a comprehensive reform of the existing institutions of health insurance in view of …

estimating the consumer's willingness to pay (WTP) for Taiwan products vs. other imported products if clearly labeled with their … Taiwan in 2009. Charcoal-smoked plums from Taiwan and China and oolong teas from Taiwan, China, and Vietnam are auctioned … the participants' WTP positively or negatively depending on products. Specifically, tasting raised bids for Taiwan and …

estimating the consumer’s willingness to pay (WTP) for Taiwan products vs. other imported products if clearly labeled with their … Taiwan in 2009. Charcoal-smoked plums from Taiwan and China and oolong teas from Taiwan, China, and Vietnam are auctioned … the participants’ WTP positively or negatively depending on products. Specifically, tasting raised bids for Taiwan and …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975 … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged … dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975 … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged … dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a …

's sporting event in Japan. The event is held immediately prior to the university application period in Japan. Using Japanese …

the Eurozone economies, the US, and developing Asia showing relatively weak home bias and advanced Asia, especially Japan … capital has been flowing from the US and the Eurozone economies to both advanced Asia (especially Japan) and developing Asia … reasons. The main reason in the case of advanced Asia (especially Japan) appears to be higher riskadjusted returns, whereas …

In this paper, I find (1) that Japan showed massive and persistent current account surpluses from at least 1981 and … until at least 2011, (2) that Professor Ronald McKinnon was correct, at least in the case of Japan, and that these large and … persistent current account surpluses were due primarily to Japan's large and persistent IS imbalances (the excess of saving over …