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Cross-regional heterogeneity in health and economic outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of Japan COVID-19大流行期间卫生和经济结果的跨区域异质性:对日本的分析

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101275

Shotaro Beppu , Daisuke Fujii , Hiroyuki Kubota , Kohei Machi , Yuta Maeda , Taisuke Nakata , Haruki Shibuya

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Debt issuance incentives and creative accounting: Evidence from municipal mergers in Japan 债务发行激励和创造性会计：来自日本市政合并的证据

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101259

Tsuyoshi Goto , Genki Yamamoto

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Cross-country evidence on the allocation of COVID-19 government subsidies and consequences for productivity 关于COVID-19政府补贴分配及其对生产力影响的跨国证据

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101246

Tommaso Bighelli , Tibor Lalinsky , Juuso Vanhala

引用次数: 5

Assessing carbon emissions embodied in international trade based on shared responsibility 基于共同责任评估国际贸易中的碳排放

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101260

Palizha Airebule , Haitao Cheng , Jota Ishikawa

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Does inheritance taxation reform promote to build inexpensive rental housing? 遗产税改革是否促进了廉价租赁住房的建设？

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101255

Naoto Mikawa , Shohei Yasuda , Norifumi Yukutake

引用次数: 1

COVID-19 and the employment gender gap in Japan 2019冠状病毒病与日本就业性别差距

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101256

Taiyo Fukai , Masato Ikeda , Daiji Kawaguchi , Shintaro Yamaguchi

引用次数: 30

Fiscal capacity and commercial bank lending under COVID-19 新冠肺炎疫情下的财政能力和商业银行贷款

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101261

Joshua Aizenman , Yothin Jinjarak , Mark M. Spiegel

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引用次数: 1

The China shock and job reallocation in Japan 中国冲击与日本的就业再分配

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101257

Masahiro Endoh

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global GDP growth COVID-19大流行对全球GDP增长的影响

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101258

Joseph E. Gagnon , Steven B. Kamin , John Kearns

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引用次数: 8

Determinants and effects of the use of COVID-19 business support programs in Japan 日本使用新冠肺炎商业支持计划的决定因素和影响

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101239

Tomohito Honda , Kaoru Hosono , Daisuke Miyakawa , Arito Ono , Iichiro Uesugi

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