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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CAUSALITY: JAPAN'S EXPERIENCE
Author(s) -
Jin Jang C.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pacific economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1468-0106
pISSN - 1361-374X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2010.00522.x
Subject(s) - causality (physics) , economics , socioeconomic status , impulse (physics) , macroeconomics , sociology , demography , population , physics , quantum mechanics
Based on page counts of articles published in 60 quality economics journals, the role of research publications was examined for Japan. Economic growth is found to have causal effects on research publications. Impulse responses further indicate that economic growth promotes research outputs. A unique socioeconomic characteristic in Japan explains the causal directions found here.