banking regimes in Japan (a hybrid auction-method regime and a book-building regime) and find that main bank relationships …We study the role of banking relationships in IPO underwriting using a sample of 484 Japanese IPOs. Among other issues …-known firms. When a firm in Japan goes public, it can engage an investment bank that is related through a common main bank, or can …

This paper examines the effects of structural changes in financial system on corporate governance in Japan. The primary …

Japan during the global financial crisis. The major findings of the article are two-fold. First, in terms of credit …

The current economic crisis of Japan may be attributed largely to the dysfunction of the corporate goverance system …