average household size in Japan between 2005 and 2010 led to an economy-wide loss in household economies of scale amounting to … Japan. The application indicates that household economies of scale in energy use are substantial and that the 5% decline in …

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the new EU-Japan free trade agreement (FTA), the biggest bilateral deal … that both the EU and Japan have concluded so far. It employs a generalized variant of the Eaton-Kortum (2002) model … reductions in the costs of NTBs. This approach yields long-run welfare effects for Japan of about 18 bn. USD per year (0.31% of …

of the economy and society that becomes exposed to it, and the actions chosen by government and by individuals and … communities to combat it or ameliorate its economic impact. Surprisingly, there has not been much research on the economy of the … the two World Wars. This paper focuses on Japan, which as a minor participant, was not directly affected by World War I …

How do financial development and financial integration interact? We focus on Japan's Great Recession after 1990 to … reference to prefectures' different historical pathways to financial development. After Japan's opening to trade in the 19th …, the main export hub for silk, provided silk reelers with trade loans. Many regional banks in Japan were founded as local …

How do financial development and financial integration interact? We focus on Japan's Great Recession after 1990 to … reference to prefectures' different historical pathways to financial development. After Japan's opening to trade in the 19th …, the main export hub for silk, provided silk reelers with trade loans. Many regional banks in Japan were founded as local …

We exploit the natural experiment of Japan's opening to international trade to examine how comparative advantage can … shape a country's long-run path towards financial development. In the late 19th century, many of Japan's prefectures had a …

We investigate the fiscal impacts of earthquakes in Japan. In contrast with earlier papers from elsewhere which examine …