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Working Paper 246
INCLUSIVE SOCIAL POLICIES IN JAPAN: ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF LGBTQ+
Irma Fogelberg

Working Paper 245
A CONSIDERATION OF THE CURRENT SITUATION OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (AND WORKPLACE ACTIVITIES) IN JAPANESE COMPANIES
Hiroshi Nakamura

Working Paper 244
DOES THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK ADD ANYTHING NEW TO MULTILATERAL FINANCE IN ASIA?
Åsa Malmström Rognes

Working Paper 243
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THINKING AND PRACTICE – JAPAN, CHINA AND A PIVOT TO ASIA
Åsa Malmström Rognes

Working Paper 242
DOES ASSIGNING MORE WOMEN TO MANAGERIAL POSITIONS ENHANCE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY? EVIDENCE FROM SWEDEN
Yoshihiro Sato
Michihito Ando

Working Paper 241 
VALUES VS. INTEREST: STRATEGIC USE OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AID IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
André Asplund

Working Paper 240
SOVEREIGNTY AND THE SENKAKU / DIAOYU TERRITORIAL DISPUTE
Paul O'Shea

Working Paper 239
INNOVATIVE CITY IN WEST CHINA CHONGQING
Jon Sigurdson
Krystyna Palonka

Working Paper 238 
THE ROLE OF DONORS
IN VIETNAMESE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Le Thanh Forsberg
Ari Kokko

Working Paper 237
INTERNATIONALIZATION AND MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM:
SOME LESSONS FROM SWEDISH EXPERIENCES
Ari Kokko
Kerstin Mitlid
Arvid Wallgren

Working Paper 236
THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN VIETNAM
Katariina Hakkala
Ari Kokko

Working Paper 235
THE WELFARE STATE:
VIETNAMESE DEVELOPMENT AND SWEDISH EXPERIENCES
Ari Kokko
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall

Working Paper 234
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN LAO PDR:
GROWTH PATTERNS AND MARKET INTEGRATION 
Magnus Andersson
Anders Engvall
Ari Kokko

Working Paper 233
POVERTY AND LAND POLICY IN CAMBODIA
Anders Engvall
Ari Kokko

Working Paper 232
ETHNIC MINORITIES AND RURAL POVERTY IN LAO PDR
Anders Engvall

Working Paper 231
REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND TRADE DIVERSION IN EUROPE
Ari Kokko
Thomas Mathä
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall

Working Paper 230 
IS THERE REALLY A FOREIGN OWNERSHIP WAGE PREMIUM? EVIDENCE FROM MATCHED EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE 
Fredrik Heyman 
Fredrik Sjöholm
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall

Working Paper 229
THE OIL RESOURCES OF TIMOR-LESTE: CURSE OR BLESSING?
Mats Lundahl
Fredrik Sjöholm

Working Paper 228
STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES AND EQUITIZATION IN VIETNAM
Fredrik Sjöholm

Working Paper 227
THE ROLE OF SMALL FIRMS IN CHINA’S TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Nannan Lundin
Fredrik Sjöholm
Jinchang Qian

Working Paper 226
POPULATION GROWTH AND JOB CREATION IN TIMOR-LESTE
Mats Lundahl
Fredrik Sjöholm

Working Paper 225
THE HOME COUNTRY EFFECTS OF FDI IN DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
Ari Kokko

Working Paper 224
INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY IN MNC SUBSIDIARIES: EVIDENCE FROM FOUR EUROPEAN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Ari Kokko
Victoria Kravtsova

Working Paper 223
DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY IN LAO PDR
Magnus Andersson
Anders Engvall
Ari Kokko

Working Paper 222
ACQUISITIONS, MULTINATIONALS, AND WAGE DISPERSION
Fredrik Heyman
Fredrik Sjöholm
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall

Working Paper 221
INSIGHTS INTO MIGRATION AND SPENDING PATTERNS BASED ON A SMALL-SCALE STUDY OF GARMENT WORKERS IN PHNOM PENH
Elisabet Dahlberg
December 2005

Working Paper 219
DIGITAL INEQUALITY IN EAST ASIA : EVIDENCE FROM JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND SINGAPORE
Hiroshi Ono
October 2005

Working Paper 218
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN JAPAN: THEORIES, EVIDENCE, AND REFLECTIONS
Sumner La Croix
Akihiko Kawaura
September, 2005

Working Paper 217
SHANGHAI FROM DEVELOPMENT TO KNOWLEDGE CITY
Jon Sigurdson
August 2005

Working Paper 216
WHO DO YOU TRUST? ETHNICITY AND TRUST IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIA
Peter Håkansson
Fredrik Sjöholm
August 2005

Working Paper 215
MONGOLIA - HEAVEN FOR FOREIGN CONSULTANTS
Lkham Luvsanjamts, Mongolian University of Science and Technology
Marie Söderberg
June 2005

Working Paper 214
SEED MONEY AND A WINDOW FOR CONTACTS
He Liping, Beijing Normal University
Marie Söderberg
June 2005

Working Paper 213
BIRTH OF A NATION: POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT IN TIMOR-LESTE
Mats Lundahl
Fredrik Sjöholm
June 2005

Working Paper 212
NINGBO: A REGIONAL CITY LEAPFROG INTO HI-TECH DEVELOPMENT
Jon Sigurdson
August 2005

Working Paper 211
CHANGES IN JAPAN'S FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
Marie Söderberg
June 2005

Working Paper 210
IS FOREIGN AID, OR EXPECTATION OF SUCH AID, AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO INFLUENCE NORTH KOREA?
Marie Söderberg
June 2005 
 
Working Paper 209
THE CAMBODIAN ECONOMY: READY FOR TAKE-OFF?
Örjan Sjöberg and Fredrik Sjöholm
April 2005

Working Paper 208
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN JAPAN: ANALYZING THE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES IN GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE. 
Kanji Tanimoto & Kenji Suzuki
March 2005

Working Paper 207

IS THERE REALLY AN INVERTED U-SHAPED RELATION BETWEEN COMPETITION AND R & D?
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall & Andreas Poldahl, February 2005

Working Paper 206
"IS THERE REALLY A FOREIGN OWNERSHIP WAGE PREMIUM? EVIDENCE FROM MATCHED EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE DATA" Fredrik Heyman & Fredrik Sjöholm & Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall, December 2004

Working Paper 205
"JAPANESE LIFETIME EMPLOYMENT: A CENTURY'S PERSPECTIVE"
Chiaki Moriguchi & Hiroshi Ono, October 2004

Working Paper 204
JAPANESE INSTITUTIONS IN KOREA: IMITATION, EVOLUTION, AND RESPONSE TO CRISIS"
Chung Lee, September 2004
 
"INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN MEIJI JAPAN: IMAGE AND REALITY"
Janet Hunter, September 2004
 
"A LOST DECADE FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? WHAT'S CHANGED, WHAT HASN'T, AND WHY"
Curtis Milhaupt, September 2004
 
"DIVORCE IN JAPAN: WHY IT HAPPENS, WHY IT DOESN'T"
Hiroshi Ono, September 2004
 
"THE JAPANESE LABOUR MOVEMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORM"
Lonny E. Carlile, September 2004
 
"JAPAN'S ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STAGNATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND LOST DECADE"
Thomas F. Cargill, September 2004
 
"CHANGING PATTERN OF AMAKUDARI APPOINTMENT - THE CASE OF REGIONAL BANKS"
Kenji Suzuki, September 2004
 
"TO MERGE AND ACQUIRE WHEN THE TIMES ARE GOOD? THE INFLUENCE OF MACRO FACTORS ON THE JAPANESE M & A PATTERN"
 
"REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS (RIS) IN CHINA"
Jon Sigurdson, July 2004
 
"CHINA BECOMING A TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERPOWER – A NARROW WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY"
Jon Sigurdson, June 2004
 
"THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF VIETNAMESE SMES"
Ari Kokko & Fredrik Sjöholm, June 2004
 
"HOST COUNTRY IMPACTS OF INWARD FDI: WHY SUCH DIFFERENT ANSWERS?"
Robert E. Lipsey & Fredrik Sjöholm, May 2004
 
"VLSI REVISITED-REVIVAL IN JAPAN"
Jon Sigurdson, April 2004
 
"THE SONY-ERICSSON ENDEAVOR, PART 1"
Jon Sigurdson, April 2004
 
"THE SERIES NOVELS AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY- A COMPARISON BETWEEN JAPANESE & SWEDISH NEWSPAPERS"
Marie Söderberg, March 2004
 
"INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SCANDINAVIAN FIRMS IN CHINA"
Johan Carlsson, Axel Nordegren & Fredrik Sjöholm, Februari 2004
 
"THE CHANGING PATTERN OF AMAKUDARI APPOINTMENTS - THE CASE OF REGIONAL BANKS"
Kenji Suzuki, January 2004
 
"GEOGRAPHY, COST OF LIVING, AND DETERMINANTS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH. A STUDY OF THE SWEDISH REGIONS 1911-1993"
Patrik Gustavsson & Joakim Persson, December 2003
 
"FOREIGN NETWORK & EXPORTS: RESULTS FROM INDONESIAN PANEL DATA"
Fredrik Sjöholm & Sadeyuki Takii, November 2003
 
"FOREIGN OWNERS & PLANT SURVIVAL"
Andrew B. Bernard & Fredrik Sjöholm, October 2003
 
HIGH TECH CONSUMPTION IN CHINA: A DRIVER FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Kristina Sandklef, October 2003
 
"FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND EARNINGS IN THE JAPANESE LABOR MARKET."
Hiroshi Ono, October 2003
 
"RE-EXAMINING THE HOUSEWIFE MYTH HUSBANDS' EARNINGS AND WIVES' EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN."
Hiroshi Ono, October 2003
 
"CORPORATE R&D IN CHINA: THE ROLE OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES"
Xinxin Kong, October 2003
 
"DETERMINANTS OF FIRM R&D:
EVIDENCE FROM SWEDISH FIRM LEVEL DATA"
Patrik Gustavsson and Andreas Poldahl, October 2003
 
"WHY DO CORPORATIONS DIVEST RECENTLY ACQUIRED ASSETS?"
Katariina Hakkala, September 2003
 
"CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS AND TRANSFER OF FIRM-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL."
Katariina Hakkala, September 2003
 
"CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING & LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH."
Katariina Hakkala, September 2003
 
Working Paper 174
"THE DYNAMICS OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE"
Patrick Gustavsson, September 2003
 
Working Paper 173
"THE JAPANESE ECONOMY: 2003 UPDATE"
Bruce Henry Lambert, September 2003
 
"CHANGING FLYING GEESE: MEASURING STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN EAST ASIA WITH ASIAN INTERNATIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE"
Kenji Suzuki, September 2003
 
"TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC ZONE. HOW CAN JAPAN, CHINA & KOREA CO-OPERATE TO ATTAIN THIS AIM?"
Makoto Taniguchi, June 2003
 
"JAPAN'S POLICY FOR NORTH KOREA IN THE NEXUS OF GREAT POWER POLITICS IN EAST ASIA"
Makoto Taniguchi, June 2003
 
Working Paper 169
"DO EDUCATION EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS REFLECT PRODUCTIVITY?: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIAN MANUFACTURING 1996"
Sadayuki Takii, January 2003
 
Working Paper 168
"THE ECONOMICS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INCENTIVES"
Magnus Blomström & Ari Kokko, January 2003
 
Working Paper 167
"HUMAN CAPITAL & INWARD FDI"
Magnus Blomström & Ari Kokko, January 2003
 
Working Paper 166
"FOREIGN FIRMS AND INDONESIAN MANUFACTURING WAGES: AN ANALYSIS WITH PANEL DATA"
Robert E. Lipsey & Fredrik Sjöholm, December 2002
 
Working Paper 165
"LEARNING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY FOR VIETNAMS INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING: CHALLENGES OF THE GLOBALIZATION"
Tran Ngoc Ca, December 2002
 
Working Paper 164
"MAPPING OUT THE JAPANESE MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS PATTERS - THE INFLUENCE OF MACRO FACTORS ON M & AS"
H. Richard Nakamura, October 2002
 
Working Paper 163
"ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REFORM: LESSONS FROM THE UNITED STATES & ASIA"
R. Glenn Hubbard, October 2002
 
Working Paper 162
"TECHNOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE IN ASEAN - FAILINGS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND DOMESTIC RESEARCH"
Jon Sigurdson and Krystyna Palonka, October 2002
 
Working Paper 161
"CRISIS, SOCIAL SECTOR & INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN SOME SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES"
Pundarik Mukhopadhaya, October 2002
 
Working Paper 160
"INSTITUTIONAL TRANSITION AND TRANSITION COST: A METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATION"
Jang-Sup Shin, October 2002
 
Working Paper 159
"THE JAPANESE CITIZENS INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN "CIVIL SOCIETY"; IMPLICATIONS FOR FOREIGN AID"
Marie Söderberg, October 2002
 
Working Paper 158
"JAPAN'S ODA POLICY IN NORTHEAST ASIA"
Marie Söderberg, October 2002
 
Working Paper 157
"CHANGES IN JAPANESE FOREIGN AID POLICY"
Marie Söderberg, October 2002
 
Working Paper 156
"GROWTH & INNOVATION POLICIES FOR A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY. EXPERIENCES FROM FINLAND, SWEDEN & SINGAPORE"
Magnus Blomström, Ari Kokko, and Fredrik Sjöholm, October 2002
 
Working Paper 155
"MAKING SENSE OF JAPANESE POWER. THE CASE OF SINO-JAPANESE INTERACTION OVER THE PINNACLE ISLANDS"
Linus Hagström, September 2002
 
Working Paper 154
"INTEREST RATE POLICY AND ITS IMPLICATION ON THE BANKING RESTRUCTURING PROGRAMS IN INDONESIA DURING THE 1997-FINANCIAL CRISIS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION"
Reza Y. Siregar, September 2002
 
Working Paper 153
"THE DEVASTATING CRISIS, SINGAPORE'S EXTRA-ASEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR ASEAN"
Jose L. Tongzon, September 2002
 
Working Paper 152
"EDUCATIONAL REFORMS & CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA"
Fredrik Sjöholm, September 2002
 
Working Paper 151
"PROSPECTS FOR ASIAN MONETARY COOPERATION AFTER THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS. PIPEDREAM OR POSSIBLY REALITY?"
Graphs
Peter Wilson, August 2002
 
Working Paper 150
"THE JAPANESE ECONOMY: 2002 UPDATE"
Bruce Lambert, August 2002
 
Working Paper 149
"THE BIG CLEANSE: THE JAPANESE RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1990s SEEN FROM A NORDIC PERSPECTIVE"
Richard Nakamura, June 2002
 
Working Paper 148
"ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING CAPACITY OF POLICY-MAKING SYSTEM FOR FINANCIAL SYSTEM RECOVERY: THE CASE OF SWEDEN WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS TO JAPAN"
Japanese Version
Kenji Suzuki, June 2002
 
Working Paper 147
"THE SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET, SWEDISH INVESTMENT LIBERALISATION, AND HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MULTINATIONALS"
Thomas Mathä, May 2002
 
Working Paper 146
"JAPANESE LABOR MARKET REFORM. WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT?"
Hiroshi Ono, April 2002
 
Working Paper 145
"NORTHEAST ASIAN DYNAMISM: TEN TOP IMPEDIMENTS & COUNTERMEASURES"
Bruce Henry Lambert, May 2002
 
Working Paper 144
Appendix
"THE VIRTUAL ESTABLISHMENT CHAIN ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN INTERNET COMPANIES IN JAPAN"
John Lagerling & Niklas Modig, February 2002
 
Working Paper 143
"WRESTLING WITH JAPANESE TRIBALISM: EMERGING COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIA & JAPAN"
Bruce Henry Lambert, March  2002
 
Working Paper 142
"EXPORT-LED GROWTH IN EAST ASIA: LESSONS FOR EUROPE'S TRANSITION ECONOMICS"
Ari Kokko, February 2002
 
Working Paper 141
"THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF EUROPEAN REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN JAPANESE MNC'S"
Tatsuo Mori, February 2002
 
Working Paper 140
"PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE CURRENT STATE OF MERGERS & AQUISITIONS IN JAPAN."
H. Richard Nakamura, January 2002
 
Working Paper 139
"FROM NATURAL RESOURCES TO HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION: THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS IN SWEDEN AND FINLAND"
Magnus Blomström and Ari Kokko, January 2002
 
Working Paper 138
"TRADE LIBERALIZATION & THE GEOGRAPHY OF PRODUCTION: AGGLOMERATION, CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSAL IN INDONESIA'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY"
Örjan Sjöberg and Fredrick Sjöholm, December 2001
 
Working Paper 137
"MARKETIZATION OF ELDERLY CARE IN SWEDEN"
Kenji Suzuki, December 2001
 
Working Paper 136
"EFFECT OF AMAKUDARI ON BANK PERFORMANCE IN THE POST-BUBBLE PERIOD"
Kenji Suzuki, November 2001
 
Working Paper 135
"WAP OFF - ORIGIN, FAILURE & FUTURE"
Jon Sigurdson, October 2001
 
Working Paper 134
"INDONESIA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS: CONTAGION & FUNDAMENTALS"
Reiny Iriana and Fredrik Sjöholm, October 2001
 
Working Paper 133
"SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY REVIEW IN VIET NAM"
Olivia Kang, October 2001
 
Working Paper 132
"FOOTLOOSE" MULTINATIONALS?
Holger Görg and Eric Strobl, August 2001
 
Working Paper 131
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES, TECHNOLOGICAL SPILLOVERS, AND PLANT SURVIVAL: EVIDENCE FOR IRISH MANUFACTURING
Holger Görg and Eric Strobl, August 2001
 
Working Paper 130
BLESSING OR CURSE? DOMESTIC PLANTS' SURVIVAL AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS AFTER FOREIGN ACQUISITION
Sourafel Girma and Holger Görg, August 2001
 
Working Paper 129
THE ECONOMY OF JAPAN TODAY: AN OVERVIEW
Bruce Henry Lambert, August 2001
 
Working Paper 128
FROM FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION TO CRISIS IN MALAYSIA
Chin Kok and Jomo K.S., June 2001
 
Working Paper 127
THE STATE AND INSTITUTIONS IN ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chung H. Lee, June 2001
 
Working Paper 126
NON-TARIF BARRIERS, MARKET ACCESS, AND TRADE
Thomas Mathä, June 2001
 
Working Paper 125
JAPANESE WOMEN STUDYING ABROAD. THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES
Hiroshi Ono and Nicola Piper, May 2001
 
Working Paper 124
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA
Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik Sjöholm, May 2001
 
Working Paper 123
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND WAGES IN INDONESIAN MANUFACTURING
Robert E. Lipsey and Fredrik Sjöholm, May 2001
 
Working Paper 122
INSOLVENCY IN THE CORPORATE SECTOR AND FINANCIAL CRISIS IN KOREA
Joon-Kyung Kim and Chung H. Lee, April 2001
 
Working Paper 121
GETTING TO FREE TRADE: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES AND THEIR THEORETICAL RATIONALE
Jagdish Bhagwati, March 2001
 
Working Paper 120
"FAIR TRADE", INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL AGENDAS: USING TRADE THEORY TO MEET THE NEW CHALLENGES
Jagdish Bhagwati, March 2001
 
Working Paper 119
CONFRONTING "CONVENTIONAL" THREATS TO FREE TRADE: THE POSTWAR REVOLUTION IN THE THEORY OF COMMERCIAL POLICY
Jagdish Bhagwati, March 2001
 
Working Paper 118
THE CATASTROPHE RISK INSURANCE MARKET IN JAPAN
Anton Brink & Paulina Teste, June 2000
 
Working Paper 117
MIGRATION PATTERNS AMONG JAPANESE STUDENTS
Hiroshi Ono, February 2001
 
Working Paper 116
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT AND THE SPOT MARKET MODEL SUGGESTIONS FROM A PRELIMINARY STUDY
Hiroshi Ono, January 2000
 
Working Paper 115
ON THE ADJUSTED RATE OF RETURN TO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF OECD COUNTRIES
Hiroshi Ono, February 2001
 
Working Paper 114
STEP BY STEP: ECONOMIC REFORM AND RENOVATION IN VIETNAM BEFORE THE 9TH PARTY CONGRESS
Katariina Hakkala, Olivia Ho-Kyoung Kang, and Ari Kokko, January 2001
 
Working Paper 113
COMPETITION POLICY IN THE JAPANESE BANKING SECTOR: SUPPORT BIG BANG?
Kenji Suzuki, February 2001
 
Working Paper 112
CHANGING SWEDISH WELFARE STATE - TOWARD A MORE FLEXIBLE MODEL (Japanese Text with English Abstract)
Kenji Suzuki, January 2001
 
Working Paper 111
JAPANESE HOUSEHOLDS AND THE BIG BANG
HAVE HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS CHANGED WITH FINANCIAL DEREGULATION?
Jesper Edman, December 2000
 
Working Paper 110
THE RHETORIC OF POWER: CONCEPTIONS OF POWER IN THE ACADEMIC POST-COLD WAR JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY DISCOURSE
Linus Hagström, January 2001
 
Working Paper 109
SOCIAL INSURANCE & POLITICAL REGIME: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL INSURANCE IN KOREA &TAIWAN, 1945-1965
Annette H.K. Son, December 2000
 
Working Paper 108
PROXIMITY-CONCENTRATION VERSUS FACTOR PROPORTION EXPLANATION: THE CASE OF SWEDISH MULTINATIONALS IN THE EU
Thomas Mathä, November 2000
 
Working Paper 107
BUILDING INNOVATIVE COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM JAPAN'S SCIENCE CITY PROJECTS
Bruce Henry Lambert, November 2000
 
Working Paper 106
ACCELERATED TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION THROUGH COLLABORATION: THE CASE OF TAIWAN'S R&D CONSORTIA
John A. Mathews, October 2000
 
Working Paper 105
OUTWARD INVESTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES IN SWEDISH MULTINATIONALS
Magnus Blomström and Ari Kokko, October 2000
 
Working Paper 104
ACCELERATED INTERNATIONALIZATION FROM THE PERIPHERY
John A. Mathews, October 2000
 
Working Paper 103
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ASIA
Chung H. Lee, September 2000
 
Working Paper 102
DIVERGING ACCOUNTS OF JAPANESE POLICYMAKING
Linus Hagström, September 2000
 
Working Paper 101
CHAEBOL, FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: TRANSFORMATION OF QUASI-INTERNAL ORGANIZATION IN KOREA
Chung H. Lee, University of Hawaii at Manoa and East-West Center, Keun Lee, Seoul National University, and Kangkook Lee, University of Massachusetts, August 2000
 
Working Paper 100
TOWARD ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN EAST ASIA
Chung H. Lee, August 2000
 
Working Paper 99
JAPANESE FINANCIAL MARKET LIBERALISATION? INSTITUTIONAL TRANSPARENCY BEFORE & AFTER THE APRIL 1998 'BIG BANG'
Richard Nakamura, June 2000
 
Working Paper 98
AN EMPIRICAL LOOK AT THE EARNINGS OF JAPANESE MEN: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COLLEGE QUALITY, OCCUPATIONS AND FIRM SIZE Hiroshi Ono, June 2000
 
Working Paper 97
ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS SUBSTITUTABLE? A STUDY OF INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN Hiroshi Ono, June 2000
 
Working Paper 96
TRAINING THE NATION'S ELITE: NATIONAL - PRIVATE SECTOR DIFFERENCES IN JAPANESE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
Hiroshi Ono, June 2000
 
Working Paper 95
WHO GOES TO COLLEGE? FEATURES OF INSTITUTIONAL TRACKING IN JAPANESE HIGHER EDUCATION
Hiroshi Ono, June 2000
 
Working Paper 94
RETHINKING JAPAN'S BAD LOAN MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FROM A COMPARISON WITH THE SWEDISH CASE
Kenji Suzuki, May 2000
 
Working Paper 93
REFORM OF BRITISH COMPETITION POLICY: IS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION THE ONLY MAJOR FACTOR?
Kenji Suzuki, May 2000
 
Working Paper 92
THE TRADITION OF CHANGE IN JAPAN
Magnus Blomström, Byron Gangnes and Sumner La Croix, March 2000
 
Working Paper 91
FDI IN THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE JAPANESE ECONOMY
Magnus Blomström, Denise Konan and Robert E. Lipsey, March 2000
 
Working Paper 90
INTERNATIONALIZATION AND GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM SWEDEN Magnus Blomström, March 2000
 
Working Paper 89
OUTWARD FDI AND HOME COUNTRY EXPORTS: JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, AND SWEDEN
Robert E. Lipsey, Eric Ramstetter, Magnus Blomström, March 2000
 
Working Paper 88
CENTRAL BANKING, FINANCIAL, AND REGULATORY CHANGE IN JAPAN Thomas F. Cargill, March 2000
 
Working Paper 87
PARENT EXPORTS AND AFFILIATE ACTIVITY IN JAPANESE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, 1986, 1989, 1992
R.E. Lipsey, E. D. Ramstetter, M. Blomström, January 2000
 
Working Paper 86
COUNTRY ANALYSIS THAILAND: EMERGING FROM THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Ari Kokko, January 2000
 
Working Paper 85
SVERIGE I EN GLOBALISERAD EKONOMI
Katariina Hakkala & Ari Kokko, January 2000
 
Working Paper 84
ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN INDONESIA: THE CHALLENGE OF COMBINING FDI AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Fredrik Sjöholm, November 1999
 
Working Paper 83
FDI AND THE DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTIVITY: MICROECONOMIC EVIDENCE
Yumiko Okamoto & Fredrik Sjöholm, November 1999
 
Working Paper 82
DOES EXAMINATION HELL PAY OFF? THE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF COLLEGE EDUCATION IN JAPAN
Hiroshi Ono, November 1999
 
Working Paper 81
WEB-BASED ENGLISH LANGUAGE INVESTMENT INFORMATION BY JAPANESE COMPANIES
Kenji Suzuki, November 1999
 
Working Paper 80
A REVIEW OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY STUDIES IN KOREA AND A DISCUSSION OF LIMITS TO NATIONAL AND CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES
Seung-Rok Park, November 1999
 
Working Paper 79
LEVERAGING MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, FOSTERING TECHNOPRENEURSHIP: THE CHANGING ROLE OF S&T POLICY IN SINGAPORE
Wong Poh Kam, November 1999
 
Working Paper 78
LEARNING, COMBINATIVE CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - THE CASE OF VIDEO COMPACT DISC (VCD) AND AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES IN CHINA
Shi-Ji GAO & Gang XU, November 1999
 
Working Paper 77
THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE AND ORGANISATION IN THE COMPETITIVENESS OF JAPANESE HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY
Takuma Takahashi, October 1999

Working Paper 76
THE DETERMINANTS OF HOST COUNTRY SPILLOVERS FROM FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE Magnus Blomström, Steven Globerman, Ari Kokko, September 1999
 
Working Paper 75
CHINESE FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW
Yan Wang, September 1999
 
Working Paper 74
DAEWOO IN POLAND
Jon Sigurdson & Krystyna Polanka, September 1999
 
Working Paper 73
INTERNATIONALISERING OCH TILLVÄXT
Magnus Blomström, July 1999
 
Working Paper 72
JAPAN'S BIG BANG AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
Takatoshi Ito & Michael Melvin, July 1999
 
Working Paper 71
JAPAN'S PUBLIC PENSION SYSTEM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY   Charles Yuji Horioka, July 1999
 
Working Paper 70
WILL JAPAN'S CURRENT ACCOUNT TURN TO DEFICIT?
F. Gerard Adams & Byron Gangnes, July 1999
 
Working Paper 69
HOW BAD IS THE JAPANESE CRISIS? MACROECONOMIC AND STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVES
David E. Weinstein, July 1999
 
Working Paper 68
DO FOREIGN CONTACTS ENABLE FIRMS TO BECOME EXPORTERS?   Fredrik Sjöholm, June 1999
 
Working Paper 67
THE SOGO SHOSHA: FINDING A NEW ROLE?
Örjan Sjöberg & Marie Söberg, June 1999

Working Paper 66
PROTECTION AND THE DYNAMICS OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH: THE CASE OF AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES IN INDONESIA
Yumiko Okamoto & Fredrik Sjöholm, June 1999
 
Working Paper 65
POPULATION, LABOR FORCE, SAVING AND JAPAN'S FUTURE
Andrew Mason & Naohiro Ogawa, May 1999
 
Working Paper 64
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR JAPAN
Shigeyuki Abe & Chung H Lee, April 1999
 
Working Paper 63
REGULATORY REFORM IN JAPAN: THE ROAD AHEAD
Sumner J La Croix & James Mak, April 1999
 
Working Paper 62
TAIWAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Jon Sigurdson, April 1999
 
Working Paper 61
A NEW MILLENNIUM FOR JAPANESE-NORTH AMERICAN ECONOMIC POLICY RELATIONS?
Steven Globerman & Ari Kokko, April 1999
 
Working Paper 60
JAPANESE LABOR MARKETS: CAN WE EXPECT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE?   Marcus Rebick, April 1999
 
Working Paper 59
HAS JAPAN SPECIALIZED IN THE WRONG INDUSTRIES?
Edward N. Wolff, April 1999
 
Working Paper 58
JAPAN AS NUMBER THREE: EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Ari Kokko, Bruce Henry Lambert & Fredrik Sjöholm, April 1999
 
Working Paper 57
JAPAN'S CRISIS IS NOT UNIQUE
Magnus Blomström & Ari Kokko, February 1999
 
Working Paper 56
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONCENTRATION OF SWEDISH MULTINATIONALS
Thomas Mathä, February 1999
 
Working Paper 54
THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE COMPETITION POLICY IN THE 1990s - FORMAL CHANGE AND POLICY NETWORK
Kenji Suzuki, January 1999
 
Working Paper 53
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SWEDISH AND JAPANESE PERCEPTION OF QUALITY - SIX CASE STUDIES OF SWEDISH FIRMS IN JAPAN
Anna Andrén and Anna Omstedt , December 1998
 
Working Paper 52
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION
Magnus Blomström and Ari Kokko , January 1999
 
Working Paper 51
VIETNAM AND THE ASIAN CRISIS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND CURES   Ari Kokko, October 1998
 
Working Paper 50
ASIENKRISEN - EN LÄGESRAPPORT
Magnus Blomström and Ari Kokko, October 1998
 
Working Paper 49
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF INEQUALITY
Patrick Vanhoudt, October 1998  
 
Working Paper 48
DID THE EUROPEAN UNIFICATION INDUCE ECONOMIC GROWTH? IN SEARCH OF SCALE-EFFECTS AND PERSISTENT CHANGES
Patrick Vanhoudt, October 1998  
 
Working Paper 47
REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: THE NORTH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Magnus Blomström, Steven Globerman and Ari Kokko, October 1998  
 
Working Paper 46
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & SPILLOVERS: DOES LOCAL PARTICIPATION WITH MULTINATIONALS MATTER?
Magnus Blomström and Fredrik Sjöholm, October 1998  
 
Working Paper 45
THE FUTURE OF THE BANK OF JAPAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1998 BANK OF JAPAN LAW REVISION
Thomas Martin and Filip Truedsson, May 1998
 
Working Paper 44
JAPAN AND EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE POST-"MIRACLE" ERA
Chung H. Lee, June 1998
 
Working Paper 43
ANTI-DUMPING DECISIONS IN THE E.U., 1991-1997
Lovisa Hamrin, June 1998
 
Working Paper 42
ASIENKRISEN: ETT NORDISKT PERSPEKTIV
Ari Kokko, April 1998
 
Working Paper 41
IMPLICIT CONTRACTS BETWEEN REGULATOR AND FIRMS: REGULATORY PROTECTION AND DEREGULATION OF JAPANESE CASUALTY INSURANCE
Klaus Wallner, March 1998
 
Working Paper 40
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN INDONESIA: THE ROLE OF REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Fredrik Sjöholm, January 1998 
 
Working Paper 39
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPILLOVERS FROM R&D: COMPARING A NEOCLASSICAL AND AN ENDOGENOUS GROWTH APPROACH
Henrik Braconier and Fredrik Sjöholm, December 1997 
 
Working Paper 38
TECHNOLOGY GAP, COMPETITION AND SPILLOVERS FROM DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM ESTABLISHMENT DATA   Fredrik Sjöholm, December 1997  
 
Working Paper 37
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS, COUNTRY SIZE, AND TRADE LIBERALISATION: THE EFFECTS ON STRUCTURE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Thomas Mathä, December 1997 
 
Working Paper 36
SMALL, MEDIUM, OR LARGE? SOME SCENARIOS FOR THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE ERA OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION IN VIETNAM
Ari Kokko and Fredrik Sjöholm, November 1997
 
Working Paper 35
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT: HOME COUNTRY EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND SWEDEN
Magnus Blomström, Gunnar Fors and Robert E Lipsey, October 1997  
 
Working Paper 34
MANAGING THE TRANSITION TO FREE TRADE: VIETNAMESE TRADE POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Ari Kokko, May 1997
 
Working Paper 33
EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND PRODUCTIVITY: RESULTS FROM INDONESIAN ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Fredrik Sjöholm, August 1997  
 
Working Paper 32
JAPANESE-INDIAN INTERACTION WITHIN THE SOFTWARE FIELD   Helena Fransén, June 1997
 
Working Paper 31
NETWORKING AS A FIRM IN STRATEGY IN SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION   Yoshiko Okubo, Staffan Hultén & Jean François Miquel, April 1997
 
Working Paper 30
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN MYANMAR (BURMA)
Mats Nystrand & Robert Rupar, April 1997
 
Working Paper 29B
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN JAPAN
Andreas Birnik, January 1997
 
Working Paper 29A
HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS IN THE LAO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
Rasmus Engberg & Jonas Sundström, January 1997
 
Working Paper 28
MITI/ASEM ECONOMICS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE “LOOKING AHEAD” Workshops, Conferences, Experts Meetings and Report
Jean-Pierre Lehmann & Kerstin Berglöf, May 1997  
 
Working Paper 27
RESHAPING THE US-JAPAN-EU "TRIANGLE"
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, December 1996
 
Working Paper 26
ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA PACIFIC   Jean-Pierre Lehmann, December 1996
 
Working Paper 25
ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN NORTH-EAST ASIA: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, November 1996
 
Working Paper 24
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN EAST ASIA & WESTERN EUROPE: COMPETITION, CONFRONTATION & CO-OPERATION
Jean-Pierre Lehmann with the assistance of Jeanette Sidén, June 1996
 
Working Paper 23
UNION CATALOGUE OF EAST & SOUTHEAST ASIAN PERIODICALS IN STOCKHOLM (interim edition)
Bruce Henry Lambert & Kazune Funato, May 1996
 
Working Paper 22
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS - JAPAN: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Bruce Henry Lambert, May 1996
 
Working Paper 21
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN JAPAN AND ITS SUBCONTRACTING RELATIONSHIPS
Bruce Henry Lambert, Kazune Funato & Aimee Poor, April 1996
 
Working Paper 20
THE KOREAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL AND KOREAN ECONOMICS   Byung-Nak Song, January 1996
 
Working Paper 19
INTERPRETATIVE PRÉCIS ON THE STATE OF JAPANESE SOCIETY TODAY Bruce Henry Lambert & Marie Tsujita, October 1995
 
Working Paper 18
CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE IN JAPAN
Yoshihide Ishiyama, August 1995
 
Working Paper 17
A REPORT ON THE PROCESS TOWARDS ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION IN EUROPE
Sahoko Kaji, March 1995
 
Working Paper 16
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CORPORATE STRATEGIES   Takuma Takahashi, August 1994
 
Working Paper 15
JAPAN’S ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH
Martin Freed, July 1994
 
Working Paper 14
THE SOFTWARE SOCIETY
Paul Lillrank, May 1994
 
Working Paper 13
OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, DRIVING FORCES & KEY TRENDS
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, May 1994
 
Working Paper 12
THE U.S. CLEANER PRODUCTION STUDY TOUR: A SUMMARY OF SPEECHES
Martin Freed, March 1994
 
Working Paper 11
INVESTMENT ASYMMETRY BETWEEN EUROPE AND JAPAN
Thomas Andersson, July 1993
 

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SCENARIOS FOR NEW POWER SYSTEMS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION: GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, May 1993