Ende April 2010 verbesserte sich nach den Angaben der vom ifo Institut befragten Unternehmen zum vierten Mal in Folge die Kreditvergabe seitens der Banken. Bei der Umfrage für die gewerbliche Wirtschaft meldeten noch 36,1% der Firmen eine zurückhaltende Kreditvergabe. Dennoch ist die Situation...

Zweimal jährlich, im März und im August, befragt das ifo Institut die Teilnehmer des Konjunkturtests, wie bereitwillig die deutschen Banken Kredite an diese Unternehmen vergeben. Nach den Ergebnissen der August-Umfrage im verarbeitenden Gewerbe hat sich die Lage auf dem Kreditmarkt weiter...

At the moment, very substantial reforms in the field of security are being undertaken in Japan. “The New National Defence Program Guidelines for 2005 and After”, as well as the “Midterm Defence Program Fiscal Year 2005-2009” both talk about a thorough restructuring of the Self Defence...

This study examines the effects of central matching grants for the School Expense Assistance (SEA) in the midst of increasing child poverty in Japan. The 2005 reform replaced SEA grants with increases in general revenues through the system of Local Allocation Tax (LAT). By exploiting the facts...

This study considers the discretionary premium-setting behavior of municipalities in the Japanese system of long-term care insurance (LTCI). Although, the LTCI system is managed by the municipality, but the financial system is controlled by national health insurers, and the municipality seems to...

Political coalition formation games can describe the formation and dissolution of nations, as well as the creation of coalition governments, the establishment of political parties, and other similar phenomena. These games have been studied from a theoretical perspective, but the models have not...

Political coalition formation games can describe the formation and dissolution of nations, as well as the creation of coalition governments, the establishment of political parties, and other similar phenomena. These games have been studied from a theoretical perspective, but the models have not...

This paper constructs a single-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model for a trading economy. We are able to examine the effects on output, consumption, factor prices, and utility. We do this for both steady states and for transition paths. By including macroeconomic shocks,...

Asia is fast becoming the largest recipient of Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI). Within the Asian region, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the major investment destination of Japan. In the manufacturing sectors, however, the investment flows from Japan to...