1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Quantitative Analysis of Business Structure and Activity
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05301074
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Economic statistics
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| Research Institution | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIZOE Yasuto Aoyama Gakuin University, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (80062868)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHEENA Yo Sinshu University, Department of Economics, Lecturer, 経済学部, 講師 (80242709)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei Yokohama National University, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (80191716)
MIWA Yoshiro University of Tokyo, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (90109158)
FUNAOKA Fumino Shinshu University, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (50143962)
HAHASHI Shuji Meiji Gakuin University, Department of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (90012187)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Keywords | business activity / industrial organization / empiricai study |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of our research was to study the behavior of the firms in Japan, specifically thr process of their decision making. Our major interest lies in the following areas among others : how the spending on Research and Development is related to the profit, why some firms extend the variety of goods and services they produce.
We held seminars approximately once a month. Through our seminars, we worked on the following topics.
1. We surveyed the major works in this field in the U.S.and in Japan. We discussed the implications of previous research ; we focused on empirical studies.
2. We examined statistical data on firms and establishments that are available today in Japan.
3. The recent Business Structure and Activity Survey gives most detailed data on various aspects of larger firms. Thus we examined the structure of this survey : how it is designed, which items are related to the economic concepts we need in order to study the behavior of the firms, and so on.
4. We developed a database on firms, as well as some basic tools of analyzing these data. This database will give us a solid basis for further studies.
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