In Japan, the manufacturing has become geographically dispersed in the 1990s, when the import share has risen after the historic exchange rate appreciation. As is consistent with the interpretation that import penetration undermines regional input-output linkages, our regressions detect the...

O<sc>kubo</sc> T. and T<sc>omiura</sc> E. Skew productivity distributions and agglomeration: evidence from plant-level data, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper empirically examines how the shapes of plant productivity distributions vary across regions based on Japan's manufacturing census. It focuses on the skewness to...