Publications

by members of

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business
Harvard School of Law
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

Working papers

2008

1. Minoru Nakazato & Mark Ramseyer & Eric Rasmusen, 2008. "The Industrial Organization of the Japanese Bar: Levels and Determinants of Attorney Income," Working Papers 2008-18, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. [Downloadable!]
2. Minoru Nakazato & Mark Ramseyer & Eric Rasmusen, 2008. "Executive Compensation in Japan: Estimating Levels and Determinants from Tax Records," Working Papers 2008-17, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. [Downloadable!]
3. Eric Rasmusen & Manu Raghav, & Mark Ramseyer, 2008. "Convictions versus Conviction Rates: The Prosecutor’s Choice," Working Papers 2008-16, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Sevilla, Jaypee, 2007. "Age structure and productivity growth," Arbetsrapport 2007:10, Institute for Futures Studies. [Downloadable!]
2. Sevilla, Jaypee, 2007. "Fertility and relative cohort size," Arbetsrapport 2007:11, Institute for Futures Studies. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Nakazato, Minoru & Ramseyer, J. Mark & Rasmusen, Eric, 2006. "The Industrial Organization of the Japanese Bar: Levels and Determinants of Attorney Income," MPRA Paper 1444, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, 2005. "The Case for Managed Judges: Learning from Japan after the Political Upheaval of 1993," Working Papers 2005-03, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. [Downloadable!]
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2005. "Trade Credit, Bank Loans, and Monitoring: Evidence from Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-381, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
3. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2005. "The Good Occupation," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-340, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
4. J. Mark Ramseyer, 2005. "The Case for Managed Judges: Learning from Japan after the Political Upheaval of 1993," Law and Economics 0512002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. "Deregulation and Market Response in Contemporary Japan: Administrative Guidance, Keiretsu, and Main Banks," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-267, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. "The Fable of the Keiretsu, and Other Tales of Japan We Wish Were True," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-278, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
3. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. "Industrial Finance Before the Financial Revolution: Japan at the Turn of the Last Century," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-311, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
4. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. ""The Effectiveness of Economic Controls: The Early Postwar Years in Japan --- Part II: Political Economy of Economic Controls"(in Japanese)," CIRJE J-Series CIRJE-J-111, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
5. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. ""The Effectiveness of Economic Controls: The Early Postwar Years in Japan --- Part I: The Effectiveness of Economic Controls"(in Japanese)," CIRJE J-Series CIRJE-J-110, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
6. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. "Toward a Theory of Jurisdictional Competition: The Case of the Japanese FTC," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-290, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2003. "Does Relationship Banking Matter? Japanese Bank-Borrower Ties in Good Times and Bad," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-239, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2003. "Conflicts of Interest in Japanese Insolvencies: The Problem of Bank Rescues," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-240, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2002. "The Legislative Dynamic: Evidence from the Deregulation of Financial Services in Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-158, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2002. "Capitalist Politicians, Socialist Bureaucrats? Legends of Government Planning from Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-177, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
3. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2002. "Who Appoints Them, What Do they Do? Evidence on Outside Directors from Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-159, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
4. David E. Bloom & David Canning & Jaypee Sevilla, 2002. "The Wealth of Nations: Fundamental Forces Versus Poverty Traps," NBER Working Papers 8714, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. David E. Bloom & David Canning & Jaypee Sevilla, 2002. "Technological Diffusion, Conditional Convergence, and Economic Growth," NBER Working Papers 8713, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "Apparel Distribution:@Inter-firm Contracting and Intra-firm Organization," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-103, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "Property Rights and Indigenous Tradition Among Early 20th Century Japanese Firms," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-104, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
3. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "Japanese Distribution: Background, Issues, Examples," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-102, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
4. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "Does Ownership Matter? Evidence from the Zaibatsu Dissolution Program," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-105, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
5. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "The Myth of the Main Bank: Japan and Comparative Corporate Governance," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-131, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
6. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "Directed Credit? Capital Market Competition in High-Growth Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-132, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
7. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "Financial Malaise and the Myth of the Misgoverned Firm," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-137, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
8. J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, 2001. "When are Judges and Bureaucrats Left Independent? Theory and History from Imperial Japan, Postwar Japan, and the United States," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-126, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
9. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2001. "The Fable of the Keiretsu," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-109, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
10. David E. Bloom & David Canning & Jaypee Sevilla, 2001. "Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition," NBER Working Papers 8685, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
11. David E. Bloom & David Canning & Jaypee Sevilla, 2001. "The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence," NBER Working Papers 8587, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Miwa Yoshiro & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2000. "Banks and Economic Growth: Implications from Japanese History," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-87, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2000. ""Policy Loans and Economic Growth: The Case of the Industrial Bank of Japan in Pre-war Japan"(in Japanese)," CIRJE J-Series CIRJE-J-26, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
3. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2000. ""The Fable of the Keiretsu: "Keiretsu" in Keiretsu no Kenkyu"(in Japanese)," CIRJE J-Series CIRJE-J-38, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
4. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2000. "Rethinking Relationship-Specific Investments: Subcontracting in the Japanese Automobile Industry," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-70, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric Rasmusen, 1999. "Why the Japanese Taxpayer Always Loses," Law and Economics 9907003, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
2. J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric Rasmusen, 1999. "Why Is the Japanese Conviction Rate So High?," Law and Economics 9907001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
3. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 1999. "The Value of Prominent Directors," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 279, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School. [Downloadable!]
4. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 1999. "Corporate Governance in Transitional Economies: Lessons from the Pre-War Japanese Cotton Textile Industry," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-48, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
5. Eric Rasmusen & J. Mark Ramseyer & John Wiley, 1999. "Naked Exclusion: A Reply," Industrial Organization 9907001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
6. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 1999. "The Value of Prominent Directors: Lessons in Corporate Governance from Transitional Japan," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-63, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]

1996

1. J. Ramseyer, 1996. "Judicial Independence in Civil Law Regimes: Econometrics from Japan," Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series 1143, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, 1996. "Judicial Independence in Civil Law Regimes: Econometrics from Japan," Public Economics 9603001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2009

1. Jackson, Howell E. & Roe, Mark J., 2009. "Public and private enforcement of securities laws: Resource-based evidence," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(2), pages 207-238, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2008. "The Implications of Trade Credit for Bank Monitoring: Suggestive Evidence from Japan," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 17(2), pages 317-343, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Roe, Mark J., 2007. "Juries and the political economy of legal origin," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 294-308, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ramseyer, J. Mark & Rasmusen, Eric B., 2007. "Political uncertainty's effect on judicial recruitment and retention: Japan in the 1990s," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 329-345, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Miwa, Yoshiro & Ramseyer, J. Mark, 2006. "Japanese industrial finance at the close of the 19th century: Trade credit and financial intermediation," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 94-118, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Mark J. Roe, 2005. "Regulatory Competition in Making Corporate Law in the United States—and its Limits," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 21(2), pages 232-242, Summer.
2. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2005. "Who Appoints Them, What Do They Do? Evidence on Outside Directors from Japan," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 14(2), pages 299-337, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2004

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2004. "Directed Credit? The Loan Market in High-Growth Japan," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 13(1), pages 171-205, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bloom, David E. & Canning, David & Sevilla, Jaypee, 2004. "The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function Approach," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 1-13, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2003. "Does Ownership Matter? Evidence from the Zaibatsu Dissolution Program," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(1), pages 67-89, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bloom, David E & Canning, David & Sevilla, Jaypee, 2003. " Geography and Poverty Traps," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 8(4), pages 355-78, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Roe, Mark J, 2002. "Corporate Law's Limits," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 31(2), pages 233-71, June.
2. Mark Roe, 2002. "Les rentes et leurs conséquences en matière de gouvernance des entreprises," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, Editions Economica, vol. 5(1), pages 167-215, March. [Downloadable!]
3. Miwa, Yoshiro & Ramseyer, J Mark, 2002. "The Value of Prominent Directors: Corporate Governance and Bank Access in Transitional Japan," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 31(2), pages 273-301, June.
4. Miwa, Yoshiro & Ramseyer, J Mark, 2002. "Banks and Economic Growth: Implications from Japanese History," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 45(1), pages 127-64, April.
5. Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, 2002. "The Fable of the Keiretsu," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 11(2), pages 169-224, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Mark J. Roe, 2001. "Les conditions politiques au développement de la firme managériale," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, Editions Economica, vol. 4(1), pages 123-182, March. [Downloadable!]
2. Ramseyer, J Mark & Rasmusen, Eric B, 2001. "Why Is the Japanese Conviction Rate So High?," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(1), pages 53-88, January.

2000

1. Miwa, Yoshiro & Ramseyer, J Mark, 2000. "Corporate Governance in Transitional Economies: Lessons from the Prewar Japanese Cotton Textile Industry," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(1), pages 171-203, January.
2. Eric B. Rasmusen & J. Mark Ramseyer & John Shepard Wiley Jr., 2000. "Naked Exclusion: Reply," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 90(1), pages 310-311, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1997

1. Mark J. Roe, 1997. "The Political Roots Of American Corporate Finance," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 9(4), pages 8-22. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ramseyer, J Mark & Rasmusen, Eric B, 1997. "Judicial Independence in a Civil Law Regime: The Evidence from Japan," Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 259-86, October.

1995

1. Mark J. Roe, 1995. "The Modern Corporation And Private Pensions: Strong Managers, Weak Owners," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 8(2), pages 111-119. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ramseyer, J Mark, 1995. "The Market for Children: Evidence from Early Modern Japan," Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 11(1), pages 127-49, April.

1994

1. Roe, Mark J., 1994. "German "populism" and the large public corporation," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(2), pages 187-202, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ramseyer, J Mark, 1994. "The Puzzling (In)dependence of Courts: A Comparative Approach," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(2), pages 721-47, June.
3. Rasmusen, Eric & Ramseyer, J Mark, 1994. " Cheap Bribes and the Corruption Ban: A Coordination Game among Rational Legislators," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 78(3-4), pages 305-27, March.

1993

1. Mark J. Roe, 1993. "Mutual Funds In The Boardroom," Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Morgan Stanley, vol. 5(4), pages 56-61. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1991

1. Rasmusen, Eric B & Ramseyer, J Mark & Wiley, John S, Jr, 1991. "Naked Exclusion," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(5), pages 1137-45, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ramseyer, J Mark, 1991. "Indentured Prostitution in Imperial Japan: Credible Commitments in the Commercial Sex Industry," Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 7(1), pages 89-116, Spring.
3. Ramseyer, J Mark, 1991. "Legal Rules in Repeated Deals: Banking in the Shadow of Defection in Japan," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 20(1), pages 91-117, January.

1990

1. Roe, Mark J., 1990. "Political and legal restraints on ownership and control of public companies," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 7-41, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1989

1. Ramseyer, J Mark, 1989. "Water Law in Imperial Japan: Public Goods, Private Claims, and Legal Convergence," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(1), pages 51-77, January.
2. Ramseyer, J Mark & Nakazato, Minoru, 1989. "The Rational Litigant: Settlement Amounts and Verdict Rates in Japan," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(2), pages 263-90, June.

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