the time and cost, of trade procedures involved in moving goods from factory floor in an exporting country all the way to … warehouses in an importing country. The regional study complement the more macro-level and cross-country trade facilitation … with intra-regional trade. The book is expected to be of interest to those in charge of analyzing or improving trade …

The role of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in East Asia’s recovery from the recent global financial and economic … many potential gains from entering into free trade agreements (FTAs) with its neighbors, who collectively form a large and …

intra-industry trade pattern in ChinaJapan trade through which China imports accessories from Japan, processes them and …'s market-oriented investment in China since 2000 has changed the structure of the trade between two countries. We conclude that … exports the product to Japan. Based on investment and trade data in the machinery sector, this paper discusses whether Japan …

In this study, we investigate the dynamics of the trilateral trade relationship among the U.S., Japan and an emerging … economy in the Pacific Basin. Our particular attention is paid to two emerging countries; China and Mexico. In what we call … the “triangular trade approach,” we explore how Japanese trade with and foreign direct investment to an emerging economy …

multinational corporations. We investigate the effect of Japanese trade on the exports of other countries to the United States in … the 1990s. In our sample we include eight Asian countries besides the US and Japan. With the trade data disaggregated at … evidence that Chinese and Japanese exports are substitutes in the US market while the exports of China to the US are partly …

Recent heterogeneous-firm models of international trade suggest that productivity determines whether firms engage in …

By analyzing a comprehensive dataset on transport transactions in Japan, we describe a directional imbalance in freight … rates by transport mode and examine its potential sources, such as economies of density and directionally imbalanced … transport flow. There are certain numbers of observed links which show asymmetric transport costs. Instrumental variable …

This paper investigates Japanese trade by mode of transport, i.e., air transport versus maritime shipping. Some facts … about Japanese machinery exports by mode of transport in the 1990s are examined first. Then it will be shown that products …

impact of this trade shock on racial disparities using commuting zone level variation in exposure. We find it decreased black …