Recently, several countries, which include not only developing, but also developed ones, face the severe sovereign crisis. In this circumstance, we introduce the new method for testing the sustainability of government debt. Previous studies which investigate the sustainability of government debt...

This paper investigates the condition which raising individual consumption tax raises output and private consumption in general equilibrium model. In many of the neoclassical papers, the government expenditure decreases consumption because the government expenditure causes the negative wealth...

Firms have attempted to achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction by providing superior service, supposedly for customer benefit. However, does higher customer benefit always lead to higher customer satisfaction? The model developed by social psychologists suggests that a customer is likely...

In this paper, we estimate the relationship between cigarette tax (price) and smoking behavior in Japan. We breaks smoking behavior into participation part and conditional demand part. With Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS), we can identify the effect of cigarette price depending on...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11 were a reminder of Japan's huge earthquake risk and need for preparedness. The northeastern part of the country witnessed devastating human suffering and physical damage. The destructive impact of the earthquake has enhanced...

This paper empirically tests relationships among interregional labour migration, wage, and real market potential (RMP) based on a multi-region economic geography model, which describes bilateral migration flows. We estimate a nonlinear gravity model using manufacturing workers' migration flows...

This paper analyzes the impact of firm networks on Japan's national border effect. We estimate gravity equations using data on Japan's international and interregional trade in four machinery industries (electrical, general, precision and transportation machinery). The machinery sector is the...

This paper provides evidence on whether mandating wider subject variety on high school entrance exams affects long-term educational achievement using Japanese historical experiences. In Japan, where high school education is non-compulsory, prefectural boards of education have retained the...

The Japanese lifetime employment system is believed to be demised and collapsed; however, there are many companies which attach importance to long-term and regular employment. Also these companies have achieved high growth and profitability. In this paper, these facts will be shown and the...

Many previous studies based on a simple model of heterogeneous firms have identified characteristics of multinational firms engaging in export or foreign direct investment (FDI). While they focused mainly on firms that serve developed countries, this study analyzes both firms serving developing...