for 40 regions of Japan. Our results identify important effects of a region’s own size, as well as cost linkages between … spread evenly over the 40 regions of Japan, aggregate output would fall by 5 percent. – markets ; regions ; productivity …

aggregate loan movements in Japan for the period 1990 to 2010 into bank, firm, industry, and common shocks. The high degree of …

for forty regions of Japan. Our results identify important effects of a region's own size, as well as cost linkages …-Arrow-Romer externalities do not appear to be robust in our data. Landlocked status does not matter for productivity of regions in Japan. The … differences. A simple counterfactual shows that if economic activity were spread evenly over the forty regions of Japan, aggregate …

aggregate loan movements in Japan for the period 1990 to 2010 into bank, firm, industry, and common shocks. The high degree of …