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Godo, Yoshihisa. |
The system of agricultural cooperatives, called JA, is one of the most politically powerful organizations in Japan, and it has continuously called for agricultural protection. In spite of its importance, information on JA's banking and insurance businesses has been limited for foreign researchers because of the uniqueness and complexity of the JA system. This paper provides a clear understanding of JA's activities and explains the political dynamics in Japan's agricultural sector. Up until the early 1990s, JA could count on stable profits from its banking and insurance businesses because of the government's favorable treatment of JA. Using these profits, JA had been successfully forming farmers into a solid voting group until the mid-1990s. However, the... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Financial Economics; E5; Q13; Q18. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25477 |
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