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Boone, Peter; Johnson, Simon - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

Peter Boone and Simon Johnson believe that there are more and worse financial crises to come.

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Exchange rate volatility and domestic consumption: Evidence from Japan

Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen; Xi, Dan - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 2, pp. 326-335

conjecture by using quarterly data from Japan and a bounds testing approach that distinguishes the short run from the long run. …

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Technological innovation capabilities in the thin film transistor-liquid crystal display industries of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

Hu, Mei-Chih - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 3, pp. 541-555

capabilities, and their influence on market performance, among leading TFT-LCD producers in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The empirical …

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Japanese wind energy development policy: Grand plan or group think?

Valentine, Scott Victor - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 11, pp. 6842-6854

This paper analyzes Japan's national power generation strategy with a view to explaining Japan's phlegmatic approach to … wind energy development. The analysis concludes that Japan's current power generation strategy is not optimized to achieve … and environmental security (3Es). To achieve long-run energy sustainability, Japan needs to strive to phase out nuclear …

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Population strategies and high-risk-individual strategies for road safety in Japan

Nakahara, Shinji; Ichikawa, Masao; Kimura, Akio - In: Health Policy 100 (2011) 2, pp. 247-255

We examined road safety policies and trends in road traffic injuries (RTIs) in Japan between 1970 and 2008 from the …

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The working status of Japanese female physicians by area of practice: Cohort analysis of taking leave, returning to work, and changing specialties from 1984 to 2004

Kodama, Tomoko; Koike, Soichi; Matsumoto, Shinya; Ide, Hiroo - In: Health Policy 105 (2012) 2, pp. 214-220

The percentage of females in the physician workforce is increasing in Japan, as in other countries; however, the …

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Analysis of the success rates of new drug development in Japan and the lag behind the US

Hirai, Yuka; Yamanaka, Yosuke; Kusama, Makiko; … - In: Health Policy 104 (2012) 3, pp. 241-246

The launch delay of new drugs has been a major public concern in Japan. Although it is recognized that the delay … programs of new molecular entities in Japan and the development lag behind the US and provides clues for policy planning. …

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The impact of American depositary receipts on the Japanese index: Do industry effect and size effect matter?

Chen, Mei-ping; Lee, Chien-Chiang; Hsu, Yi-Chung - In: Economic Modelling 28 (2011) 1, pp. 526-539

This paper explores whether American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) affect the underlying local index (LD) for Japanese market, and such a phenomenon is considered as an adverse influence. Nonlinear Granger causality and Bayesian factor analysis are employed to investigate the nonlinear relationship...

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Health insurance reform and economic growth: Simulation analysis in Japan

Ihori, Toshihiro; Kato, Ryuta Ray; Kawade, Masumi; … - In: Japan and the World Economy 23 (2011) 4, pp. 227-239

general equilibrium framework to numerically examine the reforms for an aging Japan in the dynamic context of overlapping … behavior following the increase in co-payment rates, however, reduces economic growth. Third, Japan's trend of increasing the …

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Impacts of intangible assets on the initial public offering of biotechnology startups

Fukugawa, Nobuya - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 1, pp. 83-85

This study examined how intangible assets of Japanese biotechnology startups affected their intention to go public at one point and their actual initial public offering. Simple patent counts did not affect startups’ intention to go public in 2005. Among several indicators of patent quality,...

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