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The Consumption Response to Seasonal Income : Evidence from Japanese Public Pension Benefits
Stephens, Melvin - 2010
Japanese public pension benefits, which were distributed quarterly through February 1990 and every other month since then, induce substantial but predictable income fluctuations. The relative magnitude of the payments combined with the delay between payments yields a stronger test of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138326
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The Effect of Patient Cost Sharing on Utilization, Health, and Risk Protection
Shigeoka, Hitoshi - 2013
This paper exploits a sharp reduction in patient cost sharing at age 70 in Japan, using a regression discontinuity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071761
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A Model to Evaluate Vehicle Emission Incentive Policies in Japan
Fullerton, Don - 2014
Using three years of data from the 47 prefectures of Japan, we estimate behavior of households who simultaneously make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050156
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Nationalism and Economic Exchange : Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations
Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014
We study the impact of nationalism and interstate frictions on international economic relations by analyzing market reaction to adverse shocks to Sino-Japanese relations in 2005 and 2010. Japanese companies with high China exposure suffer relative declines during each event window; a symmetric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054515
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'Risky Habits' and the Marginal Propensity to Consume Out of Permanent Income, or, How Much Would a Permanent Tax Cut Boost Japanese Consumption?
Carroll, Christopher D. - 2021
stimulating aggregate demand in Japan may be misguided …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225124
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Borrowing Constraints and Consumption Behavior in Japan
Wakabayashi, Midori; Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2021
In this paper, we use Japanese micro data to examine what characteristics borrowing-constrained households have and whether borrowing constraints have an important influence on household consumption behavior. We identify borrowing-constrained households using three different indicators, some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249189
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The Persistence of Moral Suasion and Economic Incentives : Field Experimental Evidence from Energy Demand
Ito, Koichiro - 2015
Firms and governments often use moral suasion and economic incentives to influence intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for various economic activities. To investigate the persistence of such interventions, we randomly assigned households to moral suasion and dynamic pricing that stimulate energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029026
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Unintended Consequences from Nested State & Federal Regulations : the Case of the Pavley Greenhouse-Gas-Per-Mile Limits
Goulder, Lawrence H. - 2009
Fourteen U.S. states recently pledged to adopt limits on greenhouse gases (GHGs) per mile of light-duty automobiles. Previous analyses predicted this action would significantly reduce emissions from new cars in these states, but ignored possible offsetting emissions increases from policy-induced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156421
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Fluctuations in Overseas Travel by Americans, 1820 to 2000
Dupont, Brandon - 2010
There were substantial fluctuations in the numbers of American overseas travelers, especially before World War II. These fluctuations in travel around the robust, long term upward trend are the focus of this paper. We first identify those fluctuations in the raw data and then try to explain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757617
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The American Invasion of Europe : The Long Term Rise in Overseas Travel, 1820-2000
Dupont, Brandon - 2010
Tourism today is an activity of substantial economic importance worldwide, and has been for some time. Tourism is also …'s establishing special accounts on travel and tourism. In this paper we investigate the long term rise in overseas travel by … as mass tourism. We document this rise by compiling a long term series on overseas travel, and describe the changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759330