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An Empirical Investigation Of Stock Markets: The CCFApproach attempts to make an empirical contribution to theliterature on the movements of stock prices in major economies, i.e.Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA. Specifically, thecross-correlation function (CCF) approach is used to analyze the stockmarket. This volume provides some empirical evidence regarding theeconomic linkages among a group of different countries. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 analyze the international linkage of stockprices among Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA. Chapter 2 applies thestandard approach, whereas Chapter 3 uses the CCF approach. Chapter 4analyzes the relationship between stock prices and exchange rates.Chapter 5 analyzes the relationship among stock prices, exchangerates, and real economic activities. Chapter 6 summarizes the mainresults obtained in each chapter and comments on the possibledirections of future research. ... Read more

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In writing this book, I have addressed the new problems facing the new Japan. I have based my findings on the analysis of different information as they appear in the following sources: the newspaper The Nikkei Weekly, relevant books, magazines and newspapers, statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications, the Statistical Research and Training Institute, Japanese Information Network,JI Glocom, the world wide web, and (mainly) my own reflections.Today's Japan is a base for the start of the future of Democacy in Japan and not Asia. ... Read more

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This book offers the representative macroeconometric models and their applications for the Japanese economy in different development stages throughout the postwar years up to the present. It presents a summary of three types of macroeconometric models and analyses:
Social accounting analyses of national income and related indices -- following the tradition of C Clark, S Kuznets, R Stone and World Bank Development Reports;
Inter-industrial and inter-regional analyses of the Japanese economy a la W Leontief and the CGE (computable general equilibrium) type of applications to Comprehensive Development Plans;
Macroeconometric model building for the Japanese economy and its applications with a survey of various models in Japan, including the historic Osaka University ISER (Institute of Social and Economic Research) model and present day Government models.

As many Asian economies are going through the stages of development that Japan has experienced over the past few decades, this book will be extremely relevant to them and other developing countries as a reference for years to come. ... Read more

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For tourism product development and the promotion of destinations in nowadays-competitive age it is necessary to achieve a clear profile of the travel behavior and preferences of actual and potential clients. This is the aim of these reports which provide a sound basis of information on outbound tourism from the respective countries. They focus on the characteristics of outbound travel, give significant information on the generating markets and describe the target group profiles.These reports have become an essential and valuable tool for both the public and private sector in destinations interested in or receiving tourists from these markets as well as for the travel industry in these generating countries. Outbound Tourism reports are available for: Republic of Korea (published May 2000) Australia (published October 2000) Japan (published December 2000) Belgium (published April 2001) Japan and the Republic of Korea (published October 2001) and Spain (published November 2001). ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for semi-milled or wholly milled rice and broken rice for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on rice in the husk or husked in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying rice in the husk or husked to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of rice in the husk or husked vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports rice in the husk or husked.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for rice in the husk or husked in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for rice in the husk or husked for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on milk and cream in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying milk and cream to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of milk and cream vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports milk and cream.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for milk and cream in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for milk and cream for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on frozen fish fillets in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying frozen fish fillets to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of frozen fish fillets vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports frozen fish fillets.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for frozen fish fillets in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for frozen fish fillets for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh, chilled and frozen edible meat offals in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying fresh, chilled and frozen edible meat offals to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh, chilled and frozen edible meat offals vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports fresh, chilled and frozen edible meat offals.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for fresh, chilled and frozen edible meat offals in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for fresh, chilled and frozen edible meat offals for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on fresh and chilled fish excluding fillets in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying fresh and chilled fish excluding fillets to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of fresh and chilled fish excluding fillets vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports fresh and chilled fish excluding fillets.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for fresh and chilled fish excluding fillets in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for fresh and chilled fish excluding fillets for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on meat and meat preparations in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying meat and meat preparations to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of meat and meat preparations vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports meat and meat preparations.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for meat and meat preparations in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for meat and meat preparations for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on live horses, asses, mules and hinnies in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying live horses, asses, mules and hinnies to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of live horses, asses, mules and hinnies vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports live horses, asses, mules and hinnies.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for live horses, asses, mules and hinnies in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for live horses, asses, mules and hinnies for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on live animals chiefly for food in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying live animals chiefly for food to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of live animals chiefly for food vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports live animals chiefly for food.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for live animals chiefly for food in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for live animals chiefly for food for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on vegetables and fruit in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying vegetables and fruit to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of vegetables and fruit vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports vegetables and fruit.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for vegetables and fruit in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for vegetables and fruit for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on wheat meal, wheat flour, and meslin flour in Japan face a number of questions.Which countries are supplying wheat meal, wheat flour, and meslin flour to Japan? How important is Japan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of wheat meal, wheat flour, and meslin flour vary from one country of origin to another in Japan?On the supply side, Japan also exports wheat meal, wheat flour, and meslin flour.Which countries receive the most exports from Japan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers?What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for wheat meal, wheat flour, and meslin flour in Japan.With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view.Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact.Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for wheat meal, wheat flour, and meslin flour for those countries serving Japan via exports, or supplying from Japan via imports.It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. ... Read more