for forty regions of Japan. Our results identify important effects of a region's own size, as well as cost linkages …-Arrow-Romer externalities do not appear to be robust in our data. Landlocked status does not matter for productivity of regions in Japan. The … differences. A simple counterfactual shows that if economic activity were spread evenly over the forty regions of Japan, aggregate …

By 1981, Japan achieved both internal and external equilibrium; exports and imports roughly balanced at sixteen percent …

provides evidence on changes in participatory employment practices in Japan during the economic slowdown in the 1990s. Overall …

retirement behavior of households in Japan using micro data from the Preference Parameters Study of Osaka University. Our …

countries, plus the US and Japan. Main findings include a high degree of regulation in wage setting in most countries. Although …