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The corporate cost of capital in Japan and the U. S. : a comparison
Ando, Albert; Auerbach, Alan - 1985
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003470812
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Affiliates of U.S. and Japanese Multinationals in East Asian Production and Trade
Lipsey, Robert E. - 2000
Since 1977, and in some cases starting before that, most East Asian countries' export patterns in manufacturing have been transformed from industry distributions typical of developing countries to distributions more like those of advanced countries. The process of change in most cases started...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470927
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Winning Isn't Everything : Corruption in Sumo Wrestling
Duggan, Mark - 2000
Although the theoretical literature on corruption is well developed, empirical work in this area has lagged because it has proven difficult to isolate corrupt behavior in the data. In this paper, we look for evidence of corruption in an unlikely place: the highest echelons of Japanese sumo...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470952
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Alternative Monetary Policy Rules : A Comparison with Historical Settings for the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan
McCallum, Bennett T. - 2000
instrument and target variables. The time spans examined are 1962-1998 for the U.S. and U.K., and 1972-1998 for Japan. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471025
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FDI in the Restructuring of the Japanese Economy
Blomstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper examines how inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) have influenced the restructuring of the Japanese economy and can be expected to continue to do so in the future. We find that outward investment has helped Japanese firms to sustain foreign market shares and contributed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471068
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Can Subsidies for MARs be Procompetitive?
Krishna, Kala - 2000
In contrast to recent literature, we show that market access requirements (MARs) can be implemented in a procompetitive manner even in the absence of threats in related markets. By focusing on subsidies that are paid only when the requirement is met, we show that a MAR can increase aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471147
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Outward FDI and Parent Exports and Employment : Japan, the United States, and Sweden
Lipsey, Robert E. - 2000
Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production … in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471148
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Keiretsu and Relationship-Specific Investment : A Barrier to Trade?
Spencer, Barbara J. - 2000
This paper develops a model of informal procurement within Japanese keiretsu so as to consider effects on intermediate-good imports, such as auto parts. Parts-suppliers make relationship-specific investments that benefit the auto-maker and prices are determined by bargaining after investment has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471203
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Are Americans More Altruistic than the Japanese? A U.S.-Japan Comparison of Saving and Bequest Motives
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2000
Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States,' a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts … and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Government of Japan, in order to shed … the dominant model of household behavior in both countries but that it is far more applicable in Japan than it is in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471313
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G3 Exchange Rate Relationships : A Recap of the Record and a Review of Proposals for Change
Clarida, Richard H. - 1999
This paper is a recap of G3 exchange rate relationships since the collapse of Bretton Woods and an analysis of recent proposals for changing the way the G3 countries currently conduct exchange rate policy. We seek to understand these proposals in the context of the status quo monetary policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471348