This study empirically examines the determinants of individuals’ attitudes about inward foreign direct investment (FDI) using responses from questionnaire surveys that were originally designed. Individuals’ preferences for inward FDI differ between greenfield investments and mergers and...

Analysis of Chinese aid programs in Africa shows repeated patterns from the Japanese aid programs in China that occurred decades prior. Chinese aid in Africa has two main similarities with the strategic goals of the Japanese aid program: mutual economic benefit and political influence

This paper estimates the link between Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) and the host country's patent rights protection (PRP) in 1985-2004. Regressions performed on variously aggregated data identify a positive and significant link, which concentrates in countries with a high innovative...

The changes to the structure of Japanese exports and imports in the second half of the 1980s departed significantly from past trends. Econometric analysis confirms that some of the structural changes—notably the importance of consumer goods trade—cannot be fully explained using conventional...