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International comparison of subjective health evaluation : USA, UK and Japan
Honda, Chika (contributor); Ōkusa, Yasushi (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper tries to calculate quality of life (QOL) from subjective health evaluations in Japan following Cutler and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001644270
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The Kyoto Protocol and global environmental strategies of the EU, the US and Japan : a perspective from Japan
Saijō, Tatsuyoshi (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
the Protocol, and then to analyze the strategic positions of the EU, the U.S., and Japan in negotiations for designing the … details of the Protocol. Finally, this paper intends to consider the due strategy of Japan, as well as to identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001644320
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A four country comparison of spite, cooperation and errors in voluntary contribution mechanisms
Brandts, Jordi (contributor); Saijō, Tatsuyoshi (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The same experimental design was used in the four countries. Our 'contribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001505217
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Analysis of age discrimination in the rental housing market in Japan : an approach using a fair housing audit
Nakagawa, Masayuki (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
A fair housing audit is an important tool for measuring racial and ethnic discrimination in housing market, so they are widely used for policy purposes in the U.S. Each audit consists of a visit to a real estate agent by a minority individual and a majority individual with equal qualification....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001751270
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Why is there discrimination against the elderly? : Experimental and empirical analyses for the rental housing market in Japan
Nakagawa, Masayuki (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Nakagawa(2001) and Nakagawa(2002) applies a fair housing audit technique to age discrimination in Japanese rental housing market, using data from the 2001 Osaka Audits. However, the experimental design of the study had some problems to be improved, e.g. lacked generality. This paper reports the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001751280
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Does agency cost model explain business fluctuations in Japan? : An empirical attempt to estimate agency cost by firm size
Ogawa, Kazuo (contributor); Uchiyama, Hirokuni (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
firms in Japan. -- Agency cost ; Investment ; Collateral ; Land ; Borrowing ; State space model ; Kalman filter ; Gibbs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001751324
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Debt, R&D investment and technological progress : a panel study of Japanese manufacturing firms in the 90s
Ogawa, Kazuo (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Based on a panel data set of Japanese manufacturing firms in research-intensive industries, we investigate quantitatively the extent to which debt outstandings in the 90s affected the firm’s R&D activities. We find that massive debt outstandings had significantly negative effect on R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002104622
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Are the Japanese unique? : An analysis of consumption and saving behavior in Japan
Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper, I conduct an analysis of consumption and saving behavior in Japan, looking both at trends over time and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002087926
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Do the elderly dissave in Japan?
Horioka, Charles (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper, I summarize Albert Ando’s seminal and ingenious work on the saving behavior of the elderly in Japan and … that the retired elderly in Japan dissave, in accordance with the life cycle hypothesis of saving, and that all of the … available data and evidence suggest that the life cycle hypothesis of saving is highly applicable in the case of Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002087954
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Who supports redistribution?
Ōtake, Fumio (contributor); Tomioka, Jun (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002087995