returns, random growth, and locational fundamentals. To do so, we examine the distribution of regional population in Japan …

of the pre-WWII period, Japan's real GNP per worker was not much more than a third of that of the U.S., with falling … barrier, Japan's prewar GNP per worker would have been close to a half of the U.S. The labor barrier existed because, we argue …

This paper examines patterns of knowledge diffusion from US and Japan to Korea and Taiwan using patent citations as an … knowledge diffusion over time, we have found that knowledge diffusion from US and Japan to Korea and Taiwan exhibits quite …

distribution of R&D and TFP growth in China during the period 2007--2012. The estimated model fits the Chinese data well. We … compare the estimates with those obtained using data for Taiwan and find the results to be robust. We perform counterfactuals …

subcontracting. `Illegal' trade between China and Taiwan has been induced by Taiwan's `no direct trade' policy. Illegal trade such as …China's trade has three features: high incidence of re-exports through Hong Kong, high degree of trade related to ….S. data and accounting for re-exports, the U.S.-China trade balance has to be lowered by 35 percent. Foreign investments in …

This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that …

Between 1992 and 2002, the Japanese Import Price Index registered a decline of almost 9 percent and Japan entered a … attributable to growth in the quality of Chinese exports and the increase in new products being exported by China …