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The GS Taipei Workshop 2019 with “Promoting Human-centred Development in the Digital Age” as its overarching theme is going to take place at the Ambassador Hotel on January 30, 2019 in Taipei. It will be co-organized by Chung-Hua Institute for...

We use a large household panel for Japan (Keio Household Panel Survey) to estimate household-size economies in energy consumption. The household-size economies we obtain are significant and sizable: the per-capita energy-related spending of a...

Based on a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach, we use panel data for 5979 individuals interviewed in Japan before and after the tsunami and nuclear accident at Fukushima to analyze the effects of the combined disaster on people's...

In order to significantly reduce global carbon emissions, it is necessary to control CO2 emissions also in fast growing emerging economies such as India. The question is how the Indian economy would be affected by including the country into an...

This paper presents a modeling comparison on how stabilization of global climate change at about 2°C above the pre-industrial level could affect economic and energy systems development in China and India. Seven General Equilibrium (CGE) and energy...

Using representative household survey data from Japan after the Fukushima accident, we estimate peoples' willingness-to-pay (WTP) for renewable, nuclear, and fossil fuels in electricity generation. We rely on random parameter econometric techniques...

It is widely feared that outward FDI gradually hollows out domestic manufacturing and displaces local workers. We address this concern by drawing on exceptionally informative firm-specific data on Taiwanese multinationals in manufacturing. In...

It is open to question whether the intensified worldwide competition for FDI has reduced its traditionally strong concentration in a few large and relatively advanced host countries. We calculate and decompose Theil indices to track changes in...

The paper investigates the determinants of Internet adoption in poor countries, focusing on the role of macro-geographic location (neighborhood). It is argued that neighboring countries are interconnected by various kinds of spillovers, including...