In order to make public as quickly as possible the results of theoretical research and policy analysis, discussion papers will be posted on our web site. We hope that this will stimulate further ...
I document trends of concentration in national and local markets in Japan since 1980. First, national market concentration within industries or product categories has increased since the mid-1990s ...
China is undergoing a dual transition from a planned to a market economy, and from a traditional agricultural to a modern industrial society. In this column, we examine how this process has come about ...