Inspired by the observed contrasting patterns of geographical distribution of the electric machinery industry in East Asia and Europe, this paper conducts an empirical clarification of the difference in spatial relationships in the industry sizes among countries within a region by use of spatial...

It is widely accepted that the required return on investment is regarded as the weighted average cost of capital. The method for deciding whether an investment should be executed relies on the weighted average cost of capital; for example, NPV or IRR is presented in many textbooks as fundamental...

In this study, we statistically test the validity of the mechanics of complex vertical foreign direct investment (VFDI) in Japanese machinery FDI to East Asia by estimating a multiple-spatial lag model. From the theoretical viewpoint, in complex VFDI, the production activity of affiliates in a...

We show the nonexistence of the well-known risk-free rate puzzle in the Japanese financial markets. This result crucially depends on the accurate estimates of the two basic parameters: the subjective discount factor and the degree of risk aversion, appearing in the standard consumption-based...

The spatial panel model is applied to a new data set: monthly data of the number of ETC (Electronic Toll Collecting) transponders newly installed in 47 Japanese prefectures. The model incorporates marketing variables and highway-related variables. Regarding the spatial panel model, this work...

Although education voucher programs for students attending private high schools have existed in Japan for decades, to date there have been no studies that examine their effectiveness. In this study, we estimate the programs' preventative effect on dropout by using school-track level (academic or...

This study attempts to measure the welfare gain caused by new retailer entries. In Japan, following the deregulation of entry restriction on large-scale retail stores, specialty supermarket stores, and convenience stores expanded their market share. We estimate the consumer benefit by...

We show that the dominant punishment strategy and coalitionally dominant strategy applied to TU coalitional strategic games give directly the saddle point expression for the coalitional aggregate payoff function, which is the condition for the equivalence of the strategic cores α and β. Also,...

The Japanese economy faces a number of difficult economic problems to solve; declining working-age population, long-term deflation, monetary policy with zero-interest rate floor, and a large budget deficit. In this paper, we propose a few macro-economic measures to raise taxes without hurting the...

In this paper, we estimate relationship between spousal correlation of addictive behavior. Among others, we focus on smoking and drinking using Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS). Our findings are summarized as follows. First, controlling various households' and individuals' characteristics, we...