An Overview of the Japanese Distribution System : The Case of the Automobile Industry /

This paper surveys the recent literature on the Japanese distribution system to consider two propositions: first, that the system is inefficient, and second that prices of imported products tend to be higher in Japan than in other markets. Most of the literature demonstrates that the system is effic...

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Auteur principal: Shirai, Sayuri
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/026
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