著者
Yoshida Fumikazu
出版者
Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University
雑誌
Economic Journal of Hokkaido University (ISSN:09164650)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.41, pp.1-38, 2013-03-08

If we review the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on 11 March 2011 and examine the nuclear disaster that has followed it from the standpoint of the theories that have been developed to deal with the problems of pollution, and analyze it first from the point of view that focuses on "the causes of pollution" and "the damage that pollution causes", and then, further, to go on to consider the various theories or concepts that relate to issues of "responsibility", "countermeasures", "social cost", "relief", and finally to weigh up proposals for "an alternative policy", it should become possible to determine the extent of the problem, the issues that have to be faced and the courses of action that we need to take, the prospects for finding a solution, and a timeline that may lead to its resolution.
著者
Firkola Peter
出版者
Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University
雑誌
Economic Journal of Hokkaido University (ISSN:09164650)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.41, pp.39-46, 2013-03-08

This paper provides an overview of career support services offered to international students at Canadian universities. First, background on Canadian education policy as it relates to international students is introduced. Next, there is an examination of the findings from interviews with career support staff at three Canadian universities and a discussion of the results. Finally, suggestions for Japanese universities to improve their career support for international students are offered.
著者
Mikami Masahiro
出版者
Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University
雑誌
Economic Journal of Hokkaido University (ISSN:09164650)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.40, pp.41-57, 2011-11-30

The work of Ronald H. Coase is often referred to as an original yet primitive version of Williamson's transaction cost economics. However, if we examine both author's seminal texts, Coase's argument differs in noteworthy respects from Williamson's transaction cost economics. Tracing the short history of transaction cost economics, this study clarifies three conflicting characteristics of Williamson's and Coase's versions of transaction cost economics: instrumentalist vs. realistic methodologies, calculative vs. realistic views of economic agents, and the notion of transaction cost as an analytical device vs. being a real cost for agents.