The Compl ex it y of Wholesal e Distribution Channels in Japan David Flath and Tastuhiko Nariu Working Paper No. 60 Professor David Flath Department of Economics North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Professor Tatsuhiko Nariu Associate Professor of Marketing School of Business Administration Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan Working Paper Series Center on Japanese Economy and Business Graduate School of Business Columbia University November 1991