This paper tests a geography and growth model using regional data for Europe, the US, and Japan. We set up a standard …

the US, Japan and the major European countries in order to estimate the effect of energy prices on energy … significantly positively correlated with innovation in both Japan and the EU. A tentative interpretation might be that a rise in …. Furthermore, the tax ratio, which has consistently risen in Japan and especially the EU, could be seen as an indicator for …

In recent years, there has been a slow but steady change in ownership structures and corporate governance in Japan. As …In den letzten Jahren ist in Japan ein allmählicher stetiger Wandel in Besitzverhältnissen, Unternehmensführung und … diesem Prozeß. In Japan fungieren Treuhandbanken und Lebensversicherer als Treuhänder der Pensionsfonds. Sie schenken dem …

This paper examines the methods used by the Bank of Japan for the estimation of the output gap. Attention is paid to …

accountability of the ECB with some other central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and the Federal Reserve … Japan, Bank of England und Federal Reserve System). Im zweiten Teil stellen wir eine Theorie über die Rechenschaftspflicht …

This paper studies the role of the yen/dollar exchange rate in the Bank of Japan?s monetary policy reaction function …