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Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan 减少儿童福利能增加产妇就业吗?来自日本的证据

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101231

Shinsuke Asakawa , Masaru Sasaki

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Quantifying the impact of the Tokyo Olympics on COVID-19 cases using synthetic control methods 利用综合控制方法量化东京奥运会对COVID-19病例的影响

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101228

Taro Esaka , Takao Fujii

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Displacement effects of public libraries 公共图书馆的位移效应

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101219

Kyogo Kanazawa , Kohei Kawaguchi

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Bank–firm relationship and loan maturity: Evidence from Japanese SMEs 银企关系与贷款期限:来自日本中小企业的证据

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101229

Islam Kachkach , Hirofumi Uchida

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Impacts of firm's GVC participation on productivity: A case of Japanese firms 企业参与全球价值链对生产率的影响——以日本企业为例

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101232

Shujiro Urata , Youngmin Baek

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Erratum to ‘Political conflict and angry consumers: Evaluating the regional impacts of a consumer boycott on travel services trade’ [Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 65 (2022) Article Number 101216] “政治冲突和愤怒的消费者:评估消费者抵制对旅游服务贸易的区域影响”[日本与国际经济杂志65(2022)第101216期]

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101227

JaeBin Ahn , Theresa M. Greaney , Kozo Kiyota

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Political conflict and angry consumers: Evaluating the regional impacts of a consumer boycott on travel services trade 政治冲突与愤怒的消费者:评估消费者抵制对旅游服务贸易的区域影响

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101216

JaeBin Ahn , Theresa M. Greaney , Kozo Kiyota

引用次数: 2

Assessing the impact of China shocks on intra-ASEAN trade 评估中国冲击对东盟内部贸易的影响

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101206

Kazunobu Hayakawa

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Effect of the utilization of non-reciprocal trade preferences offered by the QUAD countries on beneficiary countries' economic complexity 四国提供的非互惠贸易优惠对受惠国经济复杂性的影响

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Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101214

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

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Effects of financial frictions on employment: Evidence from Japan during the Global Financial Crisis 金融摩擦对就业的影响:来自全球金融危机期间日本的证据

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101213

Akira Fukuda

引用次数: 1