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Domestic competition and foreign direct investment in unionized oligopoly
Ishida, Junichiro; Matsushima, Noriaki - 2009
holds true, we construct a model of unionized duopoly and examine welfare implications of outward FDI by paying special … attention to the role of domestic competition. We find that the welfare effect of FDI is largely non-monotonic, and there are … indeed such things as 'excessive FDI.' We also show that, when FDI reduces welfare, this negative effect arises more at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332316
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Optimal emission tax with endogenous location choice of duopolistic firms
Ikefuji, Masako; Itaya, Jun-ichi; Okamura, Makoto - 2009
of location of duopoly firms affects the welfare of the home country. We characterize the relationship between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332397
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Multi-market competition, R&D, and welfare in oligopoly
Kawasaki, Akio; Lin, Ming Hsin; Matsushima, Noriaki - 2010
entrants increases. Depending on the fixed entry costs and R&D technologies, both insufficient and excess entry can appear. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332451
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Marginal returns to schooling and education policy change in Japan
Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2017
This paper examines the returns to university education in Japan, using tuition, availability of universities, and labor market conditions as instrumental variables. To measure availability of universities, this paper uses total accredited capacity of all universities in the prefecture of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013666
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Marginal Returns to Schooling and Education Policy Change in Japan
Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi - 2017
This paper examines the returns to university education in Japan, using tuition, availability of universities, and labor market conditions as instrumental variables. To measure availability of universities, this paper uses total accredited capacity of all universities in the prefecture of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014122122
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When education policy and housing policy interact: Can they correct for the externalities?
Gong, Yifan; Leung, Charles Ka Yui - 2020
. Our counterfactual policy analyses suggest that public housing and housing voucher programs have similar welfare … other households' welfare. Some policies' short-run welfare implications can deviate significantly from their long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012543997
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Do elite colleges matter? The impact on entrepreneurship decisions and career dynamics
Guo, Naijia; Leung, Charles Ka Yui - 2021
subsidizing their ordinary counterparts to encourage entrepreneurship, enhance intergenerational mobility, and enhance welfare. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544018
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School ICT resources, teachers, and online education: Evidence from school closures in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic
Akabayashi, Hideo; Taguchi, Shimpei; Zvedelikova, Mirka - 2023
As schools worldwide were forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, they struggled to switch to online education. Using Japan's nationwide administrative data, we examine the impact of schools' ICT equipment and teachers' IT skills on the provision of online classes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540389
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Price-Matching Cannot Sustain Collusion if One or More Consumers Incur Enforcement Costs.
Ashiya, M. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1999
incur enforcement costs to utilize price-matching clauses, the unique equilibrium outcome is the competitive one. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602855
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Weak Entrants are Welcome.
Ashiya, M. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1998
This paper investigates the decision problem of an incumbent firm confronted by both a weak and a strong entrant in a differentiated market. Suppose that the incumbent can deter entry of the weak firm, but cannot deter entry of the strong firm by itself. Then the incumbent may allow entry of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602863