diffusion including the role of distance. A continuous-time model is estimated on several European countries, Japan, and the …

the extent of the link between inflation rates between China and the United States and Japan. It finds only limited … and Japan. However, it finds some evidence that inflation in the United States has an impact on Chinese inflation … between prices in China and in the United States and Japan, both for food and at the household level for manufactured goods …

For a large part of the past decade, Japan has witnessed a steady deterioration in the health of its banking system …

This volume, by Bijan B. Aghevli, Tamim Bayoumi, and Guy Meredith, is based on a seminar on structural change in Japan …

behavior using dynamic corporate panel data in Japan for the period 1985-95. It finds that smaller non-bond issuing firms were …

Sizable risk capital from outside may be necessary to accelerate Japan''s corporate restructuring to replace the stock …

assistance (TA) activities. The report then describes in greater detail the Japan Administered Account for Selected Fund … Tokyo include collaborative efforts between the IMF and Japan that strengthen economic prospects in the Asia-Pacific region …

The structure of Japan''s corporate income tax system is broadly in line with those of other G7 countries. However … raises issues that could hopefully serve as useful inputs to the ongoing discussion and tax debate in Japan …

This paper discusses Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report for Japan Administered Account for Selected IMF Activities (JSA …

Macroeconomic policy support and structural reforms have helped to bring about the economic recovery in Japan …