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We have assessed the determinants of the choice of integration, relational contracting (keiretsu sourcing) and market sourcing by seven Japanese automobile manufacturers (OEMs) with respect to 54 components in light of contract economics. Our major findings are the following. First, the...
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share patients with the paid physician, even when the two doctors are not affiliated with the same group practice. We find …
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We consider multi-agent multi-firm contracting when agents benchmark their wages to a weighted average of their peers, where weights may vary within and across firms. Despite common shocks, compensation benchmarking can undo performance benchmarking, so that wages load positively rather than...
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This paper tries to make sense of the recent trade dispute between the U.S. and Japan in autos and auto parts. The … Japan, and that these differences have contributed to the growing bilateral trade deficit in auto parts. The paper also …
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Are location-specific factors--such as the education and attitude of the local workforce, supplier networks … manufacturers, and the fact that some of the most popular Japanese car models are assembled both in Japan and the U.S. We find … evidence that the Japan-assembled cars on average sell for more than those built in the U.S., but the estimated difference is …
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advantage as of 1980 to have been only 1-2%, much less than previously estimated. This results from the fact that Japan began …
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Are foreign production and exports substitutes or complements? The continuing globalization of production makes the question of the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment ever more important. Standard theory of the multinational corporation (MNC) assumes substitution, while...
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protectionist policies can in some cases increase aggregate welfare in North America at the expense of Japan …
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The purpose of this paper is to identify conditions under which hedonic price indexes provide an exact measure of consumer welfare, so that the welfare effects of quality change can be inferred. Our results are quite positive in providing a rational for existing practices, though the conditions...
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.S. automotive deficit with Japan, transplant production will not cause its elimination …
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