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period for Japan. Next, both single-equation and panel regressions of productivity (TFP) on import variety and R&D are … conducted. Results find that increased import variety, both own-variety and upstream inputs, positively affect productivity. …
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earners in Japan, on earnings inequality of married women. We find that the decline in earnings inequality among married women …
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increasing child poverty in Japan. The 2005 reform replaced SEA grants with increases in general revenues through the system of …
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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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Based on the content of organic agriculture, sustainable management of agriculture in Japan is analyzed from four … aspects. Firstly, organization and management institutions and relevant laws and regulations of organic agriculture in Japan …, offering certification, and professional work after certification. Thirdly, management of organic agriculture in Japan is …
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Geographic distance is a standard proxy for transport costs under the simple assumption that freight fees increase monotonically over space. Using the Japanese Census of Logistics, this paper examines the extent to which transport distance and time affect freight costs across shipping modes,...
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countries-China, Japan, and Korea-before and after the Lehman Shock, and discusses how the three countries should cooperate in …
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This study employs confidential affiliate-level panel data to improve measures of foreign affiliate activities of Japanese firms in manufacturing sectors. Combining existing data on U.S. MNCs with the Japanese data, we illustrate the pattern and determinant of their foreign affiliate sales by...
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function of conditional hateroschedasticity of profitability (productivity), and it can be estimated by the GARCH model of …
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This paper focuses on the increase in slack costs due to municipality amalgamation, which is pushed forward in several countries to achieve economies of scale. Employing the stochastic frontier cost function to estimate the inefficiency of local public expenditure due to slack, this study...
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