a) Preface b) List of Abbreviations 1)How Unequal is Japan? 2) Why is Inequality Widening? 3) How Has Globalization Taken Place in Japan? 4) How Has Innovation Taken Place in Japan? 5) What is the Problem with Japan's Economic System? 6) How is Aging and Shrinking Population Affecting the...

We present a systematic quantitative approach how to analyze the reasons that judges in Nordic countries publicly adduce for their decisions in constitutional matters, as implemented in the Nordic CONREASON Project. Based on encodings of forty (per court) purposively selected landmark cases,...

Prelims -- The economics and business of construction -- Updating and cleaning out: the "make or buy" decision in construction revisited -- Bispevika project: research for constructing a collaborative value chain -- Social considerations in the procurement of road and railroad projects in Sweden...

In this paper we introduce the dynamic semiparametric factor model (DSFM) for electricity forward curves. The biggest advantage of our approach is that it not only leads to smooth, seasonal forward curves extracted from exchange traded futures and forward electricity contracts, but also to a...

In this paper we introduce the dynamic semiparametric factor model (DSFM) for electricity forward curves. The biggest advantage of our approach is that it not only leads to smooth, seasonal forward curves extracted from exchange traded futures and forward electricity contracts, but also to a...

The mobility of qualified labour, between and among the public and private sectors, is a vital mechanism for diffusing tacit knowledge within local, national and global innovation systems. Based on new empirical evidence, this publication compares the rates and patterns of mobility of...