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Impact of the feed-in-tariff exemption on energy consumption in Japanese industrial plants 上网电价豁免对日本工业厂房能源消耗的影响

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2024.101241

Aline Mortha , Naonari Yajima , Toshi H. Arimura

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Are sustainable firms more innovative? The case of China 可持续发展的企业更具创新性吗？中国案例

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2024.101238

Kohei Mitsunami , Miwa Nakai

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How competitiveness evolved in the Japanese bank loan market between 1977 and 2020 1977 年至 2020 年间日本银行贷款市场的竞争力如何演变

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101232

Tomoya Maruyama

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Effects of alternative pricing structures on electricity consumption and payments in the commercial and industrial sector 不同定价结构对商业和工业部门电力消费和支付的影响

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101223

Asahi Oshiro , Nori Tarui

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Estimating the value of energy storage: The role of pumped hydropower in the electricity supply network 估算储能价值：抽水蓄能在供电网络中的作用

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101210

Chihiro Yagi , Kenji Takeuchi

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Reliability and forced outages: Survival analysis with recurrent events 可靠性和强制停电:复发事件的生存分析

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101213

Majah-Leah V. Ravago , Karl Robert Jandoc , Miah Maye Pormon

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To use or not to use, that is the question: Income and substitution effects in the feed-in tariff system for solar-generated electricity 使用还是不使用，这就是问题所在：太阳能发电上网电价系统中的收入和替代效应

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101211

Xinyue Yang , Shigeru Matsumoto

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Impacts of inter-firm relations on the adoption of remote work: Evidence from a survey in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic 企业间关系对采用远程工作的影响:来自2019冠状病毒病大流行期间日本调查的证据

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101221

Eiichi Tomiura , Hiroshi Kumanomido

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Simulated effects of carbon pricing on industrial sector energy use 碳定价对工业部门能源使用的模拟效应

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Japan and the World Economy Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2023.101222

Hyungna Oh , Jae Yoon Lee , Eunmi Jeong , Jee Young Kim

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Impacts of inter-firm relations on the adoption of remote work: Evidence from a survey in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic 企业间关系对采用远程工作的影响：COVID-19 大流行期间日本的一项调查证据