Microdata analysis about the effects of health status and bequest motive on the elderly household assets in JapanInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - - 2021
Koji Yasuda
This study develops a life-cycle model of bequest motive and analyses the determinants of asset accumulation of elderly people in Japan with microdata. This study analyses the health situation of each elderly person using microdata. In this context, health status means a proxy variable of expected life expectancy of an elderly person. It empirically shows that health status and bequest motives pro...... hiện toàn bộ
Relative role of external debt, FDI, and domestic investment in economic growth: evidence from Sri LankaInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - Tập 15 - Trang 329-347 - 2021
Biswajit Maitra
External financial capital is inevitable for economic growth and the development of developing countries. In the case of Sri Lanka, some recent studies prove that the growing accumulation of external debt is detrimental to growth. Besides, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) is not enough and limited to a few sectors of the economy. The accumulation of domestic capital is sluggish. Under...... hiện toàn bộ
Ownership structure of nuclear power plants for fair competition and efficiency: private low-cost access versus public ownershipInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - Tập 17 - Trang 307-330 - 2022
Yusuke Ikuta, Takashi Yanagawa
When the retail electricity market is liberalized, the incumbent firm has cost advantage over new entrants. This situation harms fair competition. To level the playing field, the entrant should also have access to low-cost generation. In this paper, we study how to utilize cost advantageous plant which is unevenly distributed in the context of electricity industry. We compare two scenarios. In the...... hiện toàn bộ
Does a relationship between fertility and labor participation of women really exist? Perspectives from time series analysisInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - Tập 14 - Trang 3-23 - 2020
Hisakazu Kato
The purpose of this study is to revalidate the relationship between total fertility rate (TFR) and labor female participation rate using time series data in Japan. The discussion about the positive correlation between female labor participation and TFR continues, and there is a possibility that this positive relationship is spurious. Considering endogeneity of the two variables, it could be pointe...... hiện toàn bộ
Analysis of the Merger Effect Using the Event Study Approach: Evidence from the Steel Industry in JapanInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - Tập 9 - Trang 96-112 - 2014
Yusuke Ikuta
Mergers can bring with them not only efficiency gains but also anticompetitive effects. Moreover, when firms announce mergers with limited lead time and information, it is crucial that regulatory bodies be able to judge them appropriately. This paper examines a merger between NKK and Kawasaki Steel that had a deep economic impact. I employ the conventional event study approach using abnormal stock...... hiện toàn bộ
An Economic Analysis of the Waste and Recycling Policy of Japan and TaiwanInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - - 2008
Akaishi, Hideyuki
Over the past two decades, waste generation has increased at a rate similar to economic advances and caused serious environmental problems in many industrialized countries. These problems include the shortage of landfill sites, harmful substances from waste incineration facilities, and environmental risks such as air, water, and soil contamination from landfill sites and illegal dumping. In order ...... hiện toàn bộ
Access to Bank Credit by Agricultural Producers in Kazakhstan: A Micro-Econometric AnalysisInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - Tập 5 - Trang 33-48 - 2010
Sholpan Gaisina
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a Central Asian country that was formerly a republic of the Soviet Union. Kazakhstan is significantly different from other Central Asian countries. It is relatively large but with a low population: about 5.7 people per square km. Agricultural financing is a major aspect of economic reform in Kazakhstan. The issue is - What kind of financial resources are necessary to ...... hiện toàn bộ
On the Dynamic of Stock Market Integration: A Minimum Spanning Tree AnalysisInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies - Tập 6 - Trang 43-68 - 2011
Kusdhianto Setiawan
Stock market integration is investigated using the minimum spanning tree (MST) technique, a technique that finds minimum total distance of edges that connect vertices (markets). The distance measure is a transformed variable of cross-correlation coefficients among the market returns or indexes. Prior studies have shown that financial openness led to financial market integration and encouraged fore...... hiện toàn bộ