Organization, Performance and Equity: Perspectives on the Japanese Economy (Hardcover, 1996)

Preface. Part I: Organizations. 1. Entry Regulations, Tax Distortions and the Bipolarized Market: The Japanese Retail Sector; K.G. Nishimura, T. Tachibana. 2. Demand Uncertainty and Distribution Systems: Information Acquisition and Transmission: Y. Sakai, K. Sasaki. 3. Oligopolistic Competition and Economic Welfare: The Effects of Ownership Structures; K. Suzumura. 4. Stackelberg Equilibrium with Private Information; S. Tsutsui. Part II: Income Distribution. 5. Intergenerational Altruism and Income Transfers: Indeterminacy of Equilibria and Its Resolution; H. Hori. 6. Optimal Intergenerational Transfers in an Endogenous Growth Model with Bequests; T. Ihori. 7. Equity in the Income Tax Rate Structure: Measurement on the Income Elasticity of Marginal Utility and its Application; M. Murakami, et al. Part III: Technological Progress. 8. Externalities and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing; T. Honda. 9. Technological Spillovers and Capital Mobility in a Two-Country Model of Economic Growth; K. Mino. 10. Three Applications of Lie Groups; R. Sato, R. Ramachandran. Part IV: Macro Performances. 11. The Japanese Yen as an International Currency: Performance and Prospects; M. Kawai. 12. Consumption Function in the Short, Medium, and Long Runs: The Japanese and U.S. Cases; M. Ohyama, A. Maki. 13. Monetary Shock Does not Matter in Japan: A Kalman Filter Approach to Real Business Cycle Theory; Y. Ohkusa. 14. International Welfare Effects of Saving Controls and Trade Restrictions; Y. Ono, S. Ikeda.