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Preparing for Large Natural Catastrophes: The current state and challenges of earthquake insurance in Japan

Yamori, Nobuyoshi; Okada, Taishi; Kobayashi, Takeshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

has shown earthquake-prone Japan to be at particular risk from not only inland earthquakes, but also from repeat incidents … developing special support programs. The previously low penetration rate of earthquake insurance in Japan, however, meant that it … insurance in Japan remains at approximately 20%. In this study we discuss the current state and issues of earthquake insurance …

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Roles of Outside Directors in Cooperative Financial Institutions

Yamori, Nobuyoshi; Harimaya, Kozo; Tomimura, Kei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

As the governance of financial institutions is becoming an important issue, there are many papers empirically investigating the governance issues of banks, which are stock companies. However, cooperative structured financial institutions (co-ops), which have a unique governance structure...

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Efficiency in the Japanese trust banking industry: A stochastic distance function approach

Yamori, Nobuyoshi; Harimaya, Kozo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

trust banking industry has been one of the most restricted financial sectors in Japan, it has recently been deregulated …

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The demise of bank-centered economy and increasing roles of credit rating in Japan

Yamori, Nobuyoshi; Asai, Yoshihiro - 2006

After the burst of the bubble economy, Japanese economy has been changed drastically. Traditionally, Japanese economy was characterized as a bank-centered economy, but the banking system did not function well in the 1990's. Responding to banking problems, the Japanese government initiated the...

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