著者

福元 健太郎 古田 紘也

雑誌

東洋文化研究 (ISSN:13449850)

巻号頁・発行日

no.14, pp.243-265, 2012-03-31

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We study to what extent the amount of newspaper reports on China and North and South Korea affect how much Japanese like or dislike these countries. Some news is good news, while others are bad news. Thus, we are not sure whether more reports on a country make people either like or dislike the country under consideration (expected value constant hypothesis). On the other hand, since more reports provide more information, more people change their minds in either direction(variance increase hypothesis)。 We analyze monthly data from 1960 to 2010 and find that these hypotheses are supported. In addition, it turned out that, as trade with a country increases, more peoPle tend to dislike the country in the long run.