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), describe and evaluate the past and present structure of personal taxes in Japan, and based on our findings, make a number of … policy recommendations about how to reform personal taxes in Japan. We find that the structure of Japan's current consumption … improves both the efficiency and equity of Japan's personal taxes and, at the same time, achieves fiscal reconstruction. …
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qualified beneficiaries for policy compensation in terms of psychological suffering. Building on the case of Great East Japan …
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This paper examines a change in the level of competition in the Japanese life insurance industry over the last 17 years. We estimate the first order condition for profit-maximizing insurance oligopolies to obtain the degree of non-competition and collusion. Estimation results suggest that: 1)...
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This paper provides evidence from Internet-based, large-scale survey data of hypothetical choice experiment on the relative utility hypothesis. The methodology exploited here complements previous empirical results from happiness studies, incentivized choice experiment studies, and neuroscience...
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. Analysing the experience of Japan, this paper reveals that governments can ensure the financial sustainability of care workers …
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wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were … the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000, household assets were also high in Japan, as a result of which … household net worth and financial health in Japan were among the highest in the G7 countries. Turning to long-term trends in …
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In this paper, I analyze the causes of the prolonged slowdown of the Japanese economy in the 1990s and find that the stagnation of investment, especially private fixed investment, was the primary culprit. I then investigate the causes of the stagnation of household consumption during the 1990s...
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In Japan, the newspapers with the greatest daily circulation offer both morning and evening editions in most of their …
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This paper investigates the individual outcomes of irrational thinking, including paranormality and non-scientific thinking. These modes of thinking are identified by factor analysis from a 2008 survey. Income and happiness are used as measures of performance. Empirical results reveal that...
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In the negotiations on agriculture in the World Trade Organization, it was asserted that an importing state trading enterprise affects the domestic market but not the international market. This claim is investigated through specifying a model of intermediaries in international trade. There are...
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