This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Japanese stock markets using data on the 225 companies included in the Nikkei Average Index. Japan has succeeded in maintaining the number of positive cases and deaths at a relatively low level. However, the Japanese stock market...

Two issues are investigated herein, using Japanese data: (1) the relationship between corporate governance and voluntary adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and (2) market reactions to announcements of such an adoption of IFRS. Prior studies suggest that the economic...

This paper investigates how stock prices respond to the release of the environmental management ranking by using a standard event study methodology. Examining top 30 manufacturing companies in the environmental management ranking published by Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei newspaper) from 1998 to...

This paper investigates stock price reactions to JapanÂfs popular TV program ÂgProject X,Âh which was broadcast on NHK between 2000 and 2005.Â@By using a standard event study methodology, we found that stock prices of these companies increased on average after the broadcast. In particular,...

This paper analyzes oligopolistic rivalry among source countries to evaluate the degree of exchange-rate pass-through. The analysis of Japanese imports of DRAMs also contributes to the study of the pass-through of relatively homogenous goods produced in emerging countries, which has been...

This paper investigates how trade of "dirty" goods with the USA can affect the environmental pollution in Latin American (LA). By controlling for trade openness, the share of manufacturing in GDP, and the trade of pollution-intensive products with USA, CO2 emissions are estimated for 14 LA...

This paper investigates how trade of "dirty" goods with the USA can affect the environmental pollution in Latin American (LA). By controlling for trade openness, the share of manufacturing in GDP, and the trade of pollution-intensive products with USA, CO2 emissions are estimated for 14 LA...