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In this paper I re-examined the trade enhancing effects of ethnic Chinese networks, found by Rauch and Trindade (2002), on a newer and extended data set. The effects are estimated by the gravity equation with the product of the population ratio (or absolute number) of the ethnic Chinese in both...
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other developed countries, activists and scholars in Japan rarely connected, as was also the case with the fields of womenâ …€™s issues in Japan and WID/GAD related to ‘other’ women. By re-examining these notions and looking more deeply into …
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This paper reviews the relationship between public sector investment and private sector investment through government expenditures financed by government bonds in the Japanese economy. This study hypothesizes that deficit financing by bond issues does not crowd out private sector investment, and...
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In selected East Asian economies, the behavior of detrended macroeconomic variables was found to be similar to that observed in the postwar U.S. economy. Consumption and investment are highly procyclical while the balance of trade and the price level are counter-cyclical in most of them. Labor...
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This paper examines the long-run relationship between energy demand, GNP and energy price in Japan using data covering …. The results suggest that Japan needs a considerable effort to reduce the growth in energy consumption and hence CO2 …
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The effectiveness of Japanese management practices (JMPs) is often referred to as a major reason for Japan's economic …
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Data on broadband performance shows that Japan and Korea are significantly ahead of the USA and Europe. Korea is by far … the global front-runner in terms of broadband penetration. However, Japan is the global leader in terms of speed, price …
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on the recent evolution of Japan's development assistance policy. Japan is singled out as it has been the most important … donor for countries in East Asia and is likely to remain so for many years to come. The third section looks at Japan's ODA …
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This study compares the job-broking market of Japan and Finland. The study is based on statistical and literature … and a mid-career market. The Japanese recruitment market is more lively compared with the Finnish market. In Japan … reasons. Recruiting new graduates is based on longer-term assessment is Japan. There are many similarities in job …
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