We show that industrial ownership structures, such as keiretsu groupings in Japan, may significantly impact firms …

paper investigates whether bank ties in Japan were costly for mature and healthy firms in the 1980's and 1990's, and whether …

This paper reviews the literature on corporate groups in Japan and elsewhere, and offers a comparison of Japan … groups in Japan since the mid-1970s. The main conclusions that emerge are that: 1. Empirical evidence on the economic roles … of corporate groups in Japan is limited. 2. Japanese groups are, in some respects, quite similar to groups in other …

differential effects on the performance of the IT industries in the United States and Japan. Using a broad unbalanced panel of US …

ask the following question: how much did the apparent closure of the Japanese market to imports affect Japan's export … otherwise have been uncompetitive both at home and abroad. We find, however, that Japan's home market protection nonetheless … produced more costs than benefits for Japan …

Department) brought about a 1986 trade agreement in which the United States forced Japan to end the 'dumping' of semiconductors … 'affirmative action' for the industry in its efforts to sell more in Japan, but has been criticized as constituting 'export …

conglomerates are most likely to operate and to understand conglomerate valuations. We find that conglomerates are more likely to … opportunities "between" them. Conglomerate firms have lower stock market valuations than matched single-segment firms when their … products are easier to replicate with single-segment firms. Conglomerate firms have stock market premiums when they have higher …