Japan, an isolated, backward country in the 1860s, industrialized rapidly to become a major industrial power by the … over a single generation. China now seems poised to follow a similar trajectory. All three cases highlight the importance …

that is lower than that of other countries ranges from 2-15%, with Japan having the tightest standard and the United States … and China the loosest. The fraction of grants that are inconsistent with the office's own standard ranges from 2-6 per …

prices of East Asian economies including China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. We find significant and positive …

This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the …

This paper reaches seven conclusions regarding the Yen Bloc that Japan is reputed to be forming in Pacific Asia. (1 … is no evidence of a special Japan effect. (3) Once one properly accounts for rapid growth in Asia, the statistics do not … Asian countries, though overall its influence is as yet no greater than that of New York. (6) Some of Japan's financial and …

competitive firms. The results in our paper suggest that when it comes to TFP growth, this view of Japan is seriously erroneous …. We find that lower tariffs and higher import volumes would have been particularly beneficial for Japan during the period … productivity growth. Our findings on Japan suggest that the salutary impact of imports stems more from their contribution to …

, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea …

We pursue a cross-country comparison of relative financial readiness of older households in Japan and the Republic of …