The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) would like to extend its deepest condolences and sympathies for those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

As a government-affiliated research institute, we will endeavor to undertake research that can contribute to the early rehabilitation and reconstruction of the disaster-affected area.

Atsushi Nakajima, Chairman, RIETI
Masahisa Fujita, President, RIETI

Discussion Papers (full text in English)

Feb. 3, 2012

"Are Chinese Imports Sensitive to Exchange Rate Changes?"
THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI) and SMITH, Gordon (Anderson College)

Jan. 16, 2012

"Analysis of Industrial Agglomeration Patterns: An application to manufacturing industries in Japan"
MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) and Tony E. SMITH (University of Pennsylvania)

"Increasing Returns in Transportation and the Formation of Hubs"
MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

"Dissemination of Regenerative Medicine in Japan: Promoting commercialization under the regulatory system"
KURATA Kenji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) and CHOI Youn-Hee (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Jan. 13, 2012

"Investigating China's Disaggregated Processed Exports: Evidence that the RMB matters"
THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Jan. 11, 2012

"Market Size and Entrepreneurship"
SATO Yasuhiro (Osaka University), TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) and YAMAMOTO Kazuhiro (Osaka University)

"Technology and Capital Adjustment Costs: Micro evidence of automobile electronics in the auto-parts suppliers"
UCHIDA Ichihiro (Aichi University), TAKEDA Yosuke (Sophia University) and SHIRAI Daichi (The Canon Institute for Global Studies)

Discussion Papers (abstract in English, text in Japanese)

Jan. 12, 2012

"Stock Options and Productivity"
MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

"The Impact on Employment of Science Learning in High School: Evidence from income data of university graduates in employment"
NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), HIRATA Junichi (Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University), YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University) and URASAKA Junko (Doshisha University)

Policy Discussion Papers (abstract in English, text in Japanese)

Jan. 11, 2012

"Natural Disasters and Firm Dynamics"
UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University), UCHINO Taisuke (Fellow, RIETI), ONO Arito (Mizuho Research Institute), HAZAMA Makoto (Hitotsubashi University), HOSONO Kaoru (Gakushuin University) and MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Development Bank of Japan)

Dec. 12, 2011

"Development of Study on Current Account Imbalances and Foreign Sectors in Macro-econometric Models"
TANAKA Shogo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI), OIKAWA Keita (Consulting Fellow, RIETI), OKUDA Takanori (METI) and NAKAZONO Yoshiyuki (Research Assistant, RIETI)

Feb. 3, 2011

Discussion Papers - Non Technical Summary
"Investigating China's Disaggregated Processed Exports: Evidence that the RMB matters" by THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Jan. 31, 2011

China in Transition
"Overcoming the Hollowing Out of Japan" by Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

China in Transition
"Chinese Economy in 2012: Bottoming out in the first half and recovering in the second half" by Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Newspapers & Magazines
"Thinking about Healthcare Innovation: Speeding up institutional reforms to facilitate industrialization" by HAYASHI Ryozo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Jan. 26, 2011

BBL Summary
"China: Economic Developments and Outlook" with Steven BARNETT (Assistant Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, IMF)

Jan. 18, 2011

RIETI Report
"Projecting the Japanese Economy in 2012" with FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Publications - Other Publications
"Chinese Enterprises: New findings from microdata" Written by YASHIRO Naomitsu

Jan. 17, 2011

BBL Summary
"Standards, Platforms, and Public Policy" with Shane GREENSTEIN (Kellogg Chair of Information Technology and Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)

Columns
"COP17 and Future Environment, Energy, and Resource Strategies" by MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Jan. 16, 2011

BBL Summary
"The Liberalization Process in the Electricity Industry in Norway and the Nordic Countries" with Odd Håkon HOELSÆTER (Director, Hafslund ASA/Former President & CEO, Statnett SF)

Newspapers & Magazines
"Corporate Institutional Reform for a Stronger Japan: The case for incentive-based reform" by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)