This is the first book in English that uses multiple data sources to comprehensively examine issues related to small and medium enterprise (SME) finance in Japan. The first feature of the book is that it empirically examines issues that are important not only for Japan but also for other...

Part I Smart Grid Economics -- Chapter 1 Economics of Smart Grid: Smart Grid, Time-dependent Pricing (Dynamic Pricing), Demand Response -- Part II Field Experimental Economics -- Chapter 2 Economics of Field Experiment: History of Field Experiment, especially in Energy and Environmental...

This book, focusing on the Japanese economy mainly from the 1990s to the 2010s, examines the Japanese industrial and fiscal-monetary policies and evaluates its achievements and limits from a historical perspective. Although the period that was also referred to as the "lost decade (or two, three...

This open access book explores the impact of deep regional economic integration on spillovers of knowledge and technology across countries. Deep integration through signing deep regional trade agreements (DRTAs), which cover various policy areas in addition to tariff reductions, may or may not...

Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2 The Trend of Deep Regional Integration -- Chapter 3 Which Aspect of Firm Performance is Important for the Choice of Globalization Mode?.-Chapter 4 Does Tobin’s q Matter for a Firm’s Choice of Globalization Mode?...

The increasing demand for water treatment and reverse osmosis -- Technical overview of the RO membrane -- The beginnings of research in the public sector -- Development for commercialization by private companies -- The rise of Japanese companies.

Introduction -- Why Are Standard Micro-foundations Wrong? -- Statistical Physics and Macroeconomics -- Stochastic Macro-Equilibrium: A Micro-foundation of Keynesian Economics -- The Business Cycle: The Role of Aggregate Demand -- Demand Saturation and Economic Growth ―― Where Keynes and...

Introduction -- The Adoption of Japan's Experience in Asia: A Case Study of the Police System of Indonesia -- Discourse, Empirics, and Perceptions on Investment and Aid: Reconsidering Chinese and Japanese Relations with the Philippines.

Long-Run Observations (the 1890s to the 2010s) and an Alternative Theory of the Price Level -- Demand for BOJ Notes from Black Markets under Price Controls (1937 to 1949) -- On Wartime Money Finance in the Japanese Occupied Territories (1942 to 1945).