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How do female spouses' political interests affect male spouses' views about a women's issue?
Yamamura, Eiji - In: Atlantic economic journal : AEJ 38 (2010) 3, pp. 359-370
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Trust and happiness : comparative study before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshirō; Yamane, Chisako; … - 2014
how much this relationship depends on environmental conditions. The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 is considered one … of the most catastrophic events in human history. This disaster caused not only physical damage for Japanese people, but … also perceived damage. Using individual-level panel data from Japan covering the period 2009 - 2012, this paper attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370803
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Death caused by natural disasters : the role of ethnic heterogeneity
Yamamura, Eiji - 2011
Kahn (2005) found that ethnic heterogeneity reduces the number of deaths caused by natural disasters, a finding that is contrary to theoretical predictions. This paper casts doubt on this finding and uses cross-country data from 1965 to 2008 to conduct a re-estimation. To alleviate omitted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524862
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Decomposition of ethnic heterogeneity on growth
Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - 2012
Ethnic heterogeneity influences economic growth through various channels such as efficiency improvement and capital accumulation. However, it is open to discussion exactly how ethnic heterogeneity affects these channels. Hence, this paper attempts to examine the effects of heterogeneity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526625
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Decomposition of ethnic heterogeneity on growth
Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - In: Comparative economic studies 55 (2013) 1, pp. 59-75
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Modeling crime in Japan
Halicioglu, Ferda; Andrés, Antonio R.; Yamamura, Eiji - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 5, pp. 1640-1645
This study aims at identifying the factors of aggregate and disaggregate crime categories in Japan over the period 1964 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010597510
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The effect of young children on their parents’ anime-viewing habits: evidence from Japanese microdata
Yamamura, Eiji - In: Journal of Cultural Economics 38 (2014) 4, pp. 331-349
Anime is now considered an accepted form of animation and is considered to represent Japanese contemporary culture … worldwide. There are many fans of anime and manga, creating a community known as otaku world. However, Japanese anime and manga … have gained popularity in Western countries as well as in Japan. This paper attempts to ascertain the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155220
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The effect of young children on their parents’ anime viewing habits: Evidence from Japanese micro data
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Anime is now considered an accepted form of animation and is considered to represent Japanese contemporary culture … worldwide. There are many fans of anime and manga, creating a community known as otaku world. However, Japanese anime and manga … have gained popularity in Western countries as well as in Japan. This paper attempts to ascertain the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258658
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Externality of young children on parents’ watching of anime: Evidence from Japanese micro data
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper attempts to ascertain the determinants of watching anime in Japan based on individual-level data from Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261169
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How does corruption influence perceptions of the risk of nuclear accidents?: cross-country analysis after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Japan’s 2011 natural disasters were accompanied by a devastating nuclear disaster in Fukushima. This paper used cross …-country data obtained immediately after the Japanese disaster to explore how, and the extent to which, corruption affects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147708