It is well documented that retail prices in Japan are higher than in other countries for similar products. The two main …) relatively high distribution costs associated with getting goods to the point of final sale in Japan. The first of these … explanations implies that foreign exporters should charge higher prices on shipments to Japan than elsewhere, provided at least …

This paper investigates whether the Bank of Japan has practiced a monetarist rule since 1975. The Bank of Japan (BOJ …

patterns have evolved between 2007 and 2017. Firm exit patterns have been heavily influenced by Japan's demographic trends, as …

billion) intervention, coordinated with the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve working in unison, give the highest success …

This paper argues that Japan's export growth is likely to slow sharply over the next few years, perhaps to zero. For … the past dozen years Japan's export volume has gown much more rapidly than her domestic production. This divergence was … factors are running in reverse. If Japan's export growth does slow sharply, the mechanism will be a very strong yen …

We investigate the fiscal impacts of earthquakes in Japan. In contrast with earlier papers from elsewhere which examine …

firms, in both Japan and the U.S., and relate them to differences in the rates of growth in their capital-labor ratios and … estimated effect of the growth in the capital-labor ratio on firm productivity is approximately twice as large in Japan than in …