Contents

 Preface
 
 Chapter 1  Economic Evaluation of the Recovery Process from a Great Disaster in Japan: 
 The Case of Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake ・・・・・ Toshihisa Toyoda
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Economic Evaluation of the Recovery Process
 3. Concluding Remarks
 
 Chapter 2  The Economic Analysis of Altruistic Consumer Behavior ・・・・・ Hiroaki Teramoto
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Intrahousehold Altruism and Market Place Selfishness
 3. Mutual Altruism within Households
 4. Bequests and Strategic Interaction
 5. The Incentive Model
 6. Conclusion
 
 Chapter 3  External Debt Default and Renegotiation Economics ・・・・・ Chris Czerkawski
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Economics of debt default
 3. Conclusion
 
 Chapter 4  Statistical Observations on the External Flow 
of Funds between China and the U.S. ・・・・・ Nan Zhang
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Basic Concepts in the Analysis of Global-Flow-of-Funds
 3. Mirror Image in External Flow of Funds between the US and China
 4. The Structural Problems of External Flow of Funds in China
 5. Conclusion
 
 Chapter 5  Trade Flows in ASEAN plus Alpha ・・・・・ Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy and Toshihisa Toyoda
  
 1. Introduction
 2. Conceptual Framework
 3. Econometric Model
 4. Data
 5. Empirical Results and Policy Implications
 6. Conclusion
 
 Chapter 6  Inventory Policies Under Time-varying Demand ・・・・・ Michinori Sakaguchi
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Inventory Model
 3. Demand Distribution
 4. Demand Type
 5. Decomposition of Models
 6. Optimal Policy
 7. A Few Periods Model
 
 Chapter 7  RIDE: Differential Evolution with a Rotation-Invariant 
Crossover Operation for Nonlinear Optimization ・・・・・ Setsuko Sakai and Tetsuyuki Takahama
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Optimization and Rotation-Invariant Property
 3. Differential Evolution
 4. Rotation-Invariant Crossover
 5. Solving Optimization Problems
 6. Conclusion
 
 Chapter 8  The Network of Information Society Law ・・・・・ Munenori Kitahara
 
 1. Introduction
 2. The Information Society of Japan
 3. Information Society and Law
 4. Information Technology and Information Accidents
 5. Information Society Law
 6. The Network of the Information Society Law
 7. Conclusion
 
 Chapter 9  The Function of the Copyright Mechanism: 
The Coordination of Interests of an Inventor and an Improver ・・・・・ Koshiro Ota
 
 1. Introduction
 2. Patent
 3. Copyright
 4. Telecommunications Act
 5. Trade Secret Act: Technological and Product Development Mechanism in Silicon Valley
 6. Conclusions