Inui, Tomohiko; Kneller, Richard; Matsuura, Toshiyuki; … - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
Myriad hypotheses have been advanced to explain the dismal performance of the post-1990 Japanese economy. In this paper we use plant and firm data to investigate the issue. The low rate of productivity growth in Japan is also often seen as a product of Japanese MNEs offshoring production and...