Monte Carlo evidence has made it clear that asymptotic tests based on generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation have disappointing size. The problem is exacerbated when the moment conditions are serially correlated. Several block bootstrap techniques have been proposed to correct the...

This chapter examines the profile and behaviors of family businesses (getihu) in a rural periodical market in Yunnan Province. Focus is on the risk avoidance strategy adopted by family business. C. Geertz's study on the bazaar economy in Java is used as a reference framework. From the analysis...

This paper examines the effects of international income transfers in the presence of technological uncertainty and shows the following results. First, a transfer paradox can occur only if the rates of return from assets are not equalized between the donor and the recipient. Second, the more...

This paper develops a theory of strategic outsourcing that arises due to trade liberalization. With trade liberalization, a domestic firm may choose to purchase the intermediate good from a more efficient foreign producer, who also competes with the domestic firm in the final-good market. This...

This paper sets a single monopoly model and examines the effects of various trade policies on domestic, foreign and world economies under both segmented and integrated markets. In the segmented-markets case, the spillover effects which stem from non-constant marginal costs are explicitly dealt...

In this thesis, we will analyze the effect of IPOs on R&D investment and argue a change in the role of VC in the pre- and post-IPO periods for Japanese firms. It can be stated that the shareholding by VC mitigates the financial constraints of firms and is positively correlated with their R&D...

The theory of fair allocation is often favourably contrasted with the social choice theory in the search for escape routes from Arrow's impossibility theorem. Its success is commonly attributed to the fact that it is modest in its goal vis-`a-vis social choice theory, since it does not aspire...

This paper examines the effects of a movement from segmented markets to integrated markets on the volume of trade, consumer prices, and profits in a monopoly model. The monopolist discriminates prices among segmented markets but takes account of arbitrage under integrated markets. The analysis...

the main framework is based on the two good--two country--three region Ricardian Model, including migration. We manifest that, even if the technology is improved in the foreign country at a moderate level so as not to exceed the technology in one advanced region in the home country and so as to...