Papers - Kimura, Fukunari

自由貿易協定と農業問題

KIMURA FUKUNARI

三田学会雑誌 95 ( 1 ) 111-137 2002.05

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Subcontracting and the performance of small and medium firms in Japan

Kimura Fukunari

Small Business Economics 18 ( 1-3 ) 163 - 175 2002

ISSN  0921-898X

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<p>This paper provides an empirical analysis of the choices made by Japanese firms with respect to subcontracting status, that is, whether to take in work as subcontractor, to outsource work to subcontractors, to do both or to do neither. It shows that the probability of working as a subcontractor, a choice made by many small firms in Japan, is negatively related to size, foreign sales and technological capability. Furthermore, profits do not appear to be higher for subcontracting firms; indeed, they are highest for the group that does not get involved in any type of subcontracting, whether as a supplier or as an outsourcer.</p>

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The Dangers of Local Protectionism

KIMURA FUKUNARI

Journal of Japanese Trade and Industry 20 ( 6 ) 8-11 2001.11

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平成不況期における日本企業の存続・退出と企業組織：ハザード・モデルを用いた企業の生存分析

木村福成

三田学会雑誌 93 ( 4 )  2001.01

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自由化を加速させる「新たな地域主義」の息吹

木村福成

経済セミナー  ( 549 )  2000.10

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通商政策の国際規律：WTO新ラウンドをめぐる古い問題と新しい課題

木村福成

国際問題  ( 486 )  2000.09

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東アジア諸国における製造業事業所の規模分布と経済発展

木村福成

アジア経済 41 ( 3 )  2000.05

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The International Competitiveness of the American Manufacturing Industry: The Perspective from International Trade Theory

Journal of International Economic Studies 14 2000.03

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企業・事業所のミクロ実証分析：ロンジチュージナル・データを用いた諸研究の展望

清田　耕造,木村　福成

通産研究レビュー 14 2000.03

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The Competitive Impact of International Trade

Nagaoka Sadao, Kimura Fukunari

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 13 ( 4 ) 397 - 423 1999.12

ISSN  0889-1583

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<p>This paper analyzes the competitive impact of the recent import liberalization of the Japanese oil product market. In response to the import liberalization in March 1996, not only did the market price of gasoline decline sharply but also its domestic production kept rising and did not decline relative to imports. Moreover, its price fell substantially before the actual liberalization of the import. This paper demonstrates both theoretically and empirically that the theory of implicit cartel can explain such features of the impact of import liberalization very well. The paper also identifies the significantly positive welfare impact of such liberalization due to the expansion of supply in a market with a large tax wedge between price and cost and, possibly more importantly, due to the transformation of competitive conduct from unproductive investment for cartel-rent shifting into price cuts. J. Japan. Int. Econ., December 1999, 13(4), pp. 397-423. Hitotsubashi University; and Keio University. Copyright 1999 Academic Press. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: L40, F12, K21. © 1999 Academic Press.</p>

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WTO Policy Principles: Special Consideration for Developing Countries

Japan Review of International Affairs 13 ( 4 )  1999.12

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Sectoral price movements under the yen appreciation

Sazanami Yoko, Kimura Fukunari, Kawai Hiroki

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 11 ( 4 ) 611 - 641 1997.12

ISSN  0889-1583

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<p>This paper analyzes the movements of tradable goods prices in Japan. The import price indices and the export price indices are matched with the domestic wholesale price indices at the most detailed level available for Japan, and the pricing behavior in the yen appreciation period (1985-1995) is examined. In the import-side analysis, we investigate how far the price movements under currency appreciation deviate from the law of one price. We find that internal-external price differentials have surprisingly expanded for most of the products since 1985. For a number of commodities, the import prices do not decline as far as the exchange rate appreciates, and the domestic wholesale prices do not decrease as far as the import prices decline. Although the expanded price gaps cannot necessarily be interpreted as a result of deliberate trade barriers, they suggest that some sort of handicap is imposed on imported goods and the large fraction of rent generated by the yen appreciation is intercepted in the middle. In the export-side analysis, the relationship between the globalization of firms' activities and export pass-through is investigated. Our cross-sectional regression analysis indicates that the export path-through rates tend to be low when the value added ratios of foreign production of Japanese firms are high. Low export pass-through under currency appreciation is often interpreted as a result of firms' attempts to keep their foreign market share, but the globalization of firms' activities may be another important factor in lowering the pass-through.J. Japan Int. Econ.,December 1997,11(4), pp. 611-641. Department of Economics, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan. © 1997 Academic Press.</p>

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Sectoral Price Movements under the Yen Appreciation

KIMURA FUKUNARI

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies    611-641 1997.12

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企業国籍アプローチに基づくCGEモデルの構築：予備的考察

KIMURA FUKUNARI

『三田学会雑誌』 90 ( 2 ) 191-208 1997.07

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日系多国籍企業と経済統合：企業国籍アプローチの一応用

KIMURA FUKUNARI

『三田学会雑誌』 90 ( 2 ) 191-208 1997.07

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日本企業の活動の国際化とアジアの経済統合

KIMURA FUKUNARI

『国際問題』  ( 447 ) 28-45 1997.06

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為替増価の経済効果の研究

KIMURA FUKUNARI

『経済研究』、経済企画庁経済研究所編集  ( 148 )  1997.03

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日本企業の国際化と総合商社

KIMURA FUKUNARI

『国際経済』、（第５５回国際経済学会全国大会報告号「世界経済の一体化と日本企業の国際化」） 48 ( 1 ) 34-57 1997

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リレー連載６　WTOで何が変わったか：競争政策と国際経済政策

KIMURA FUKUNARI

経済セミナー    70-75 1996.12

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内外価格差と貿易障壁：価格データを用いた実証分析

KIMURA FUKUNARI

『三田学会雑誌』 89 ( 2 ) 85-100 1996.07

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