This article analyses the views of European Works Councils expressed by senior managers of Japanese multinational companies. It reports the results of a survey conducted in 1998, in which a substantial majority of managers gave a fairly favourable overall evaluation of the institution. However,...

In this study, we undertake some hypothetical experiments and predict the environmental effects of some changes in consumer behavior, using the Japanese Input-Output Table and the Family Income and Expenditure Survey for 2000. We estimate the demand function in a linear expenditure system (LES)...