法学と経済学の関係（狭義には「法と経済学」の在り方）は，もう何十年来の論争といえるのかもしれない。契約や所有権といった民事分野が古典的な法と経済学の分析対象である。最近では，会社法や独禁法においても，当否は別として，広く分析（実証分析を含…

3) seasonal adjustment analysis: Seasonal adjustment is the technique for getting rid of seasonal factors. Because this function is not equipped with ms-excel, free software – X-12-arima – is commonly used. As seasonal adjustment eliminate…

Then, what should we do for interpreting statistics? There are three major ways. Each way is introduced one by one below.1) period-on-period (year, month, quarter) analysis:By comparing the same period value (but different year), it gets p…

To grasp what is happening now in the economy is the ever-lasting challenge a lot of people have engaged in. One of the most popular tools is “economic statistics” like GDP, unemployment rate and so on. Such statistics tell us how rich we …