Has the Japanese Economy become More Open? Ist die japanische Wirtschaft offener geworden? (original) (raw)

Is Japan's trade (still) different?

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2003

Does Japanese trade in manufactured goods differ from the rest-of-the world average and from the US? We use a simple industry-level gravity model and 1981–1998 data to answer this question. We construct a measure of normalized imports by dividing bilateral industry-level imports by the importer's aggregate absorption and the exporter's industry output. We find that Japan imports less than other

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