Chapter 1 The Economics of Interfirm Networks: Main Issues -- Part 1: Structure and Evolution of Interfirm Networks -- Chapter 2 Buyer-Supplier Networks and Aggregate Volatility -- Chapter 3 Community Structure of a Large-scale Production Network in Japan -- Chapter 4 Interfirm Networks in...

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 1 Index Theory for Property Price Indexes -- Chapter 1 International Policy Discussion in Property Price Indices -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Background of Hedonic Measure and Repeat Sales Measure -- Part 2 Empirical Studies for RPPI using Tokyo Data -- Chapter 3 A Comparison of Alternative...