with a larger agglomeration of Japanese affiliates or in an area closer to Japan, the more productive Taiwanese firms …

This paper studies the process of plant exit and productivity growth in Japan during the ‘lost decade’. A productivity …

we use plant and firm data to investigate the issue. The low rate of productivity growth in Japan is also often seen as a … is lower in industries in which globalisation is higher. The low rate of entry and exit in Japan therefore means that …