March 31, 2008
- Discussion Papers
"Quantitative Evaluation and Analysis of the Internal Price Gap in the Town Gas Industry in Japan" by KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI) - RIETI 10th Anniversary Seminar
"The State of Corporate Governance in South Korea" with Taehoon YOUN - Keizai Sangyo Journal - Research & Review
"Offshore Outsourcing by Japanese Firms" by TOMIURA Eiichi
March 28, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Widening Deviation among East Asian Currencies" by OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) and YOSHIMI Taiyo (Hitotsubashi University)
March 25, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Applied General Equilibrium Analysis of Trade Policy" by TAKEDA Shiro (Department of Economics, Kanto Gakuen University) - Discussion Papers
"Japanese Competitiveness in Liquid Crystal Display Industry - Analysis of Causes of its Decline, and Proposal of 'Core National Management'" by NAKATA Yukihiko (Graduate School of Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) - BBL Summary
"Hikikomori and Other Pathologies: A new approach to understanding Japan's competitiveness challenge" with Michael ZIELENZIGER - RIETI Policy Symposium - Summary of Proceedings
"Metanational Management and Global Innovation: The Case of the TFT-LCD Industry"
March 21, 2008
- RIETI Special Seminar - Special Seminar: Co-hosted by RIETI, METI and MOE
"U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed"
March 19, 2008
March 18, 2008
March 17, 2008
March 14, 2008
- Publication - RIETI Books
"Productivity and Japan's Economic Growth: Industry-Level and Firm-Level Studies Based on the JIP Database" written and edited by FUKAO Kyoji and MIYAGAWA Tsutomu - Discussion Papers
"Simulation Analysis of the Revision of the Survivors' Pension System" by FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI), and HASUMI Ryo (Research Assistant, RIETI / Keio University Graduate School of Business and Commerce / Japan Center for Economic Research) - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
March 12, 2008
- Exploring the Global Financial Information Superhighway
"Dawn Period of Offshoring and Outsourcing in the Investment Banking Industry (part three)" by MATSUMOTO Hideyuki - Discussion Papers
"IT Management of Chinese Firms: Quantitative Analysis by Using Survey Data" by Xiaoyang FENG (Tianjin University) and MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
March 11, 2008
- Exploring the Global Financial Information Superhighway
"Dawn Period of Offshoring and Outsourcing in the Investment Banking Industry (part two)" by MATSUMOTO Hideyuki - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Will Technical Change Solve the Wage Inequality Problem?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro - BBL Summary
"Demographic Change: How the U.S. is Coping with Aging, Immigration, and Other Challenges" with William H. FREY
March 10, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
March 7, 2008
March 6, 2008
- Policy Discussion Papers
"Survey of Productivity in the Service Sector" by KATO Atsuyuki (Fellow, RIETI)
March 4, 2008
- RIETI Special Seminar - Video
"Intellectual Property Rights and East Asian Renaissance"
March 3, 2008
- Enterprise Law as a Structure for Incentives
Research Team Members - Discussion Papers
"Declining Fertility and Aging of Society, Lifecycle, and Public Pension Finance" by FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), HASUMI Ryo (Research Assistant, RIETI / Keio University Graduate School of Business and Commerce / Japan Center for Economic Research), and NAKATA Daigo (Fellow, RIETI) - Keizai Sangyo Journal - Research & Review
"Forming a Long-term Investment Index in a Market-type System" by KAINOU Kazunari - RIETI Report
"Forming a Long-term Investment Index in a Market-type System" with KAINOU Kazunari - Policy Discussion Papers
"Conflicts of Interest with Directors and Officers in Management Buyouts (MBOs) and their Regulations" by KITAGAWA Toru (Research Assistant, RIETI)
February 29, 2008
February 28, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"The Adoption of Poison Pills and Managerial Entrenchment: Evidence from Japan" by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Waseda University) and MITSUSADA Yosuke (SANNO University) - Discussion Papers
"Is Productivity in the Service Industries Low? An Analysis Using Firm-level Data on the Dispersion and the Dynamics of Productivity" by MORIKAWA Masayuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI) - Discussion Papers
"What Kinds of Company Have High Productivity? Company Characteristics and TFP" by MORIKAWA Masayuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
February 27, 2008
February 26, 2008
- Discussion Papers
"Empirical Analysis of Administrative and Financial Systems for Utilizing Infrastructure Assets of Local Governments: A study of the governance systems in operation at regional airports" by AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), UEMURA Toshiyuki (Toyo University), SAWANO Koichiro (Nagoya City University), TAKEMOTO Toru (Meikai University), and YOKOMI Muneki (Osaka University of Commerce) - BBL Summary
"American Foreign Policy after the 2008 Elections" with Henry R. NAU
February 25, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
February 21, 2008
- Discussion Papers
"Emissions Standard System: A monetary regime for provision of global public goods" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI) - Discussion Papers
"Evaluation and Analysis of Economic Welfare in the Wholesale Electric Power Market Using an Optimal Model of the Composition of Electric Power Sources" by KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
February 19, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - BBL Transcript
"Climate Change: Implications, Consequences and Predictability - Plus Politics" with Gregg SUHLER
February 14, 2008
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Summary of Proceedings
"Quo Vadis the WTO? The Future of the Doha Round and the Management of the International Trade Regime"
February 13, 2008
- Columns
"Clarifying the Debate will Enable Productive Discussion on Pension System Reform" by NAKATA Daigo - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Banking Crisis and Borrower Productivity" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI) and YANAGAWA Noriyuki (the University of Tokyo)
February 7, 2008
February 6, 2008
- RIETI Special Seminar - Handouts
"Intellectual Property Rights and East Asian Renaissance" - Exploring the Global Financial Information Superhighway
"The Dawn of Offshoring and Outsourcing in Investment Banks (part one)" by MATSUMOTO Hideyuki - China in Transition
"Chinese Economy May Start to Decelerate Before the Beijing Olympics" by Chi Hung KWAN - China in Transition
"Opinions Divided over the Outlook for Inflation" by Chi Hung KWAN
February 1, 2008
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
January 28, 2008
- Columns
"Prospects for the Japanese Economy in 2008" by FUKAO Mitsuhiro - Discussion Papers
"On the Use of FTAs by Japanese Firms" by TAKAHASHI Katsuhide (Kobe University) and URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) - RIETI 10th Anniversary Seminar
"Reconsidering Popular Views on Corporate Governance" with J. Mark Ramseyer
January 21, 2008
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Handouts
"Innovation Process and Performance: Findings and lessons from inventors surveys in Japan, the U.S., and Europe" - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Columns
"Economic and Fiscal Policy Agenda for 2008" by TSURU Kotaro - Discussion Papers
"Motivation for Adopting Takeover Defense Measures: Testing of entrenchment hypothesis for corporate managers" by TAKIZAWA Miho (Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI), and HOSONO Kaoru (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
January 16, 2008
- Discussion Papers
"Moore's Law, Increasing Complexity, and the Limits of Organization: The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers' DRAM Business" by CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) and HASHIMOTO Norikazu (Former research director of Hitachi Central Research Laboratory) - RIETI Report
"Adapting to Globalization's 'Second Unbundling'" with Richard BALDWIN, WAKASUGI Ryuhei, and TOMIURA Eiichi
January 15, 2008
- Discussion Papers
"Quantitative Policy Evaluation of the Top Runner Method Regulations for Fuel Consumption Standards for Passenger Cars in Japan by Cost-benefit Analysis" by KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI) - Discussion Papers
"Quantitative Policy Evaluation of the Energy-Conservation Judgement Standards Regulations for Commercial Buildings under the Energy Conservation Act in Japan by Cost-benefit Analysis" by KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI) - China in Transition
"Is India a Rival or Partner to China?" by Chi Hung KWAN
January 11, 2008
- Newspapers & Magazines
"Fertility Decline & Work/Life Balance" by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
January 9, 2008
- BBL Summary
"Building on the Past, Imagining the Future: Competency-Based Growth Strategies in an Era of the Modular Production and the Services Transformation" with John ZYSMAN - China in Transition
"Democratization: India is Premature and China is Overdue" by Chi Hung KWAN - Discussion Papers
"Comparison of the Economic Partnership Agreements Concluded by Japan: Features Regarding Institutional Arrangement" by KOBAYASHI Tomohiko (Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University)
January 7, 2008
- Publication - Other Publications
"Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Multinationals' Role in Growth and Globalization" by Ralph Paprzycki and FUKAO Kyoji - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - BBL Summary
"Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Innovation: Harnessing the Benefits of Openness" with Elliot E. MAXWELL - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Credit Reversal Effect - Does economic expansion collapse endogenously?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
December 27, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
December 26, 2007
December 25, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
December 20, 2007
December 19, 2007
December 18, 2007
December 17, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"International Production/Distribution Networks and Domestic Operations in terms of Employment and Corporate Organization: Microdata Analysis of Japanese Firms" by ANDO Mitsuyo (Keio University) and KIMURA Fukunari (Keio University) - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - BBL Transcript
"The Major Characteristics of China's Innovation System" with LU Wei
December 14, 2007
December 12, 2007
December 10, 2007
- BBL Transcript
"Lenders or Owners? How Surplus Countries are going to Change the Playing Field" with Paola SUBACCHI and Andrea GOLDSTEIN - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
December 6, 2007
- Keizai Sangyo Journal - Research & Review
"Theory of Open Manufacturing and its Application" by FUJIMOTO Takahiro
December 5, 2007
- RIETI Special Seminar - RIETI International Seminar - Report
"Minimum Wage and Employment"
December 4, 2007
- Publication - RIETI Books
"Economic Analysis of Regulatory Reforms: Case studies of electricity market liberalization" written and edited by HATTA Tatsuo, TANAKA Makoto - Discussion Papers
"Effect of Social Capital on Raising Productivity of Urban Centers - Measurement that takes the benefits of agglomeration into consideration" by HATTA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) and KATO Hidetada (International Christian University)
December 3, 2007
- Exploring the Global Financial Information Superhighway
"Initial Period of Offshoring and Outsourcing in the Investment Banking Industry" by MATSUMOTO Hideyuki - Discussion Papers
"Collateralized capital and News-driven cycles" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI) and NUTAHARA Kengo (the University of Tokyo / JSPS)
November 30, 2007
- China in Transition
"Lifting of Ban on Sale of Non-Tradable Shares to Hold Down Stock Prices" by Chi Hung KWAN - China in Transition
"Achieving the Goals Set Forth in the Scientific Outlook on Development - Political reform is the key" by Chi Hung KWAN - BBL Summary
"Developments in Arbitration in Europe and the Active Use of Arbitration by Japanese Companies" with Peter J. TURNER
November 29, 2007
November 27, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Business Cycle Accounting for the Japanese Economy Using the Parameterized Expectations Algorithm" by INABA Masaru (Research Assistant, RIETI) - Discussion Papers
"Dissecting Offshore Outsourcing and R&D: A Survey of Japanese Manufacturing Firms" by ITO Banri (Visiting Scholar, RIETI), TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), and WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Research Counselor, RIETI)
November 26, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
November 19, 2007
- RIETI Special Seminar - International Symposium
"Intellectual Property Rights and East Asian Renaissance"
November 16, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
November 14, 2007
November 13, 2007
- RIETI Report
"Investment Banks as a Global Financial Information Superhighway" with MATSUMOTO Hideyuki - Exploring the Global Financial Information Superhighway
"Investment Banks as a Global Financial Information Superhighway" by MATSUMOTO Hideyuki
November 8, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Summary of Proceedings
"Productivity Growth in the Global Economy: Innovation in the Service Sector and the Role of Intangible Assets" - Discussion Papers
"The Rise of China and the Transformation of Southeast Asia - A preliminary study" by SHIRAISHI Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) - Discussion Papers
"MEAs in WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings: Can They Become Applicable Law?" by TAIRA Satoru (Osaka City University)
November 7, 2007
November 6, 2007
- RIETI 10th Anniversary Seminar
"Corporate Governance or Corporate Culture?" by HIROTA Shinichi
November 5, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Newspapers & Magazines
"Fuel Supply Operations Need No U.N. Resolution - Japan should make independent decisions" by KOTERA Akira
November 2, 2007
November 1, 2007
- Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Does the Introduction of Financial Derivatives Invariably Make a Market Incomplete? - 'Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem' in Economics" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro - China in Transition
"How Can Liquidity Growth Be Curbed? - Shifting to a freely-floating exchange rate system as the ultimate solution" by Chi Hung KWAN
October 29, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
October 26, 2007
October 25, 2007
October 24, 2007
October 22, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Keizai Sangyo Journal - Research & Review
"Understanding How and Why M&As are Proliferating in Japan: Developing the Research Frontier in Corporate Governance" by MIYAJIMA Hideaki
October 12, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
October 9, 2007
- RIETI 10th Anniversary Seminar
"Latest Development in Corporate Governance" by XU Peng - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Changes in the (Trend) Growth Rate and Level of Productivity - Is it possible to explain differences in business cycle fluctuations between developed economies and developing economies with any single factor?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
October 4, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Macroeconomic Implications of Declines in Nominal Exchange Rate Pass-through Rates" by SHIOJI Etsuro (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University), VU Tuan Khai (International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University), and TAKEUCHI Hiroko (International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University) - Newspapers & Magazines
"Integration of East Asia: Embracing whole region with 'extrovert' approach" by TAMURA Akihiko - Keizai Sangyo Journal - Research & Review
"Multinationalization of R&D and Innovation Systems" by ITO Banri
October 3, 2007
October 1, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Information Propagation in the Macroeconomy - Is it not possible to integrally understand asset bubbles and rigidity in wages and prices?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
September 28, 2007
- China in Transition
"China Shifts from Labor Surplus to Labor Shortage - Challenges and opportunities in a new stage of development" by Chi Hung KWAN - RIETI Special Seminar - CEPR- RIETI Workshop
"Financial Globalization and Stability" - RIETI Report
"Financial Globalization and Stability" with Richard PORTES, Philip LANE, and Philippe MARTIN
September 26, 2007
September 21, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
September 20, 2007
- RIETI Annual Report 2007
- BBL Transcript
"Funding and Governing a Great Public University: the Case of Berkeley" with Stephen S. COHEN - Discussion Papers
"Non-Self-Averaging in Macroeconomic Models: A Criticism of Modern Micro-founded Macroeconomics" by AOKI Masanao (University of California, Los Angeles) and YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Research Counselor, RIETI / the University of Tokyo)
September 19, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Video
"Quo Vadis the WTO? The Future of the Doha Round and the Management of the International Trade Regime"
September 18, 2007
September 14, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Product Cycle and Industrial Hollowing-out: The Case of the Electrical and Electronics Sector of Taiwan" by Tzu-Han YANG (National Taipei University) and Yueh-Po LIAO (Deloitte & Touche) - Columns
"What Sort of Companies are Jumping on the Anti-Takeover Measure Bandwagon?" by TSURU Kotaro - Publication - RIETI Books
"M&A in Japan: The Impact on Corporate Governance, Organizational Efficiency and Firm Value" written and edited by MIYAJIMA Hideaki
September 11, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
September 7, 2007
September 4, 2007
September 3, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Columns
"IT Management in Japanese Firms: Strengths and Weaknesses as Compared to U.S. and Korean Firms" by MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
August 29, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
August 28, 2007
August 24, 2007
August 20, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Choice of Capacity and Wholesale Transactions in an Electric Power Market Using the Third Party Access Method" by KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 17, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Handout
"Quo Vadis the WTO? The Future of the Doha Round and the Management of the International Trade Regime" - Discussion Papers
"The Impacts of Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows: An Application of the Gravity Model Approach" by URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University) and OKABE Misa (Kyoto Gakuen University) - Newspapers & Magazines
"Integration of East Asia: Non-economic benefits deserve greater attention" by KOTERA Akira
August 16, 2007
August 15, 2007
- RIETI Special Seminar - METI-RIETI-AIST-NEDO Symposium
"R&D Partnership under the Globalized Economy - Our Experience and the Future" - Discussion Papers
"Empirical Analysis of Industrial Structure and Productivity of the Japanese Software Industry" by MINETAKI Kazunori (Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute) and MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) - Discussion Papers
"Network Dynamics in the 12 Regional Clusters" by SAKATA Ichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI), KAJIKAWA Yuya (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo), TAKEDA Yoshiyuki (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo), HASHIMOTO Masahiro (Policy Planning and Coordination Department, NEDO), SHIBATA Naoki (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo), and MATSUSHIMA Katsumori (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
August 14, 2007
- RIETI 10th Anniversary Seminar
"Takeover Defense Measures and Enhancement of Corporate Value" by YONEDA Yuhei - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"'Indivisible Labor' and the Great Depression" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro - Discussion Papers
"Foreign Aid and Recurrent Cost: Donor Competition, Aid Proliferation and Budget Support" by ARIMOTO Yutaka (JSPS Research Fellow / the University of Tokyo) and KONO Hisaki (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan)
August 13, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Columns
"Are Trade Restrictions an Effective Means of Resource Conservation?" by JINJI Naoto
August 10, 2007
August 9, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Summary of Proceedings
"Assessing Quality and Impacts of Major Free Trade Agreements" - Discussion Papers
"Choice for FDI and Post-FDI Productivity" by ITO Yukiko (Tokyo Keizai University)
August 8, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Video
"Productivity Growth in the Global Economy: Innovation in the Service Sector and the Role of Intangible Assets"
August 7, 2007
- Keizai Sangyo Journal - Research & Review
"Regional Financial Cooperation in East Asia and the AMU" by OGAWA Eiji
August 6, 2007
- Columns
"Japan should Take a Leadership Role in Globalizing Asian Universities" by YAMAUCHI Naoto - AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
August 2, 2007
- Enterprise Law as a Structure for Incentives
"Study Group Meeting Summary" - Discussion Papers
"Intertemporal Distribution of Foreign Aid" by TAKASE Koichi (Waseda University) - Discussion Papers
"A Comparative Analysis of Japanese, U.S., and Korean Firms on IT and Management" by MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo) - Discussion Papers
"Productivity in Japan, the US, and the Major EU Economies: Is Japan Falling Behind?" by FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University) and MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Gakushuin University)
August 1, 2007
- Enterprise Law as a Structure for Incentives
Project Overview
July 31, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"On the Role of Technical Cooperation in International Technology Transfers" by SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), MATSUDA Ayako (Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo), and KIMURA Hidemi (Fellow, RIETI) - Project Overviews and Major Research Results 2006
- Columns
"Transparency of Monetary Policy and Division of Roles between Governments and Central Banks" by YASHIRO Naomitsu
July 30, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis" by KIMURA Hidemi (Fellow, RIETI), SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), and MORI Yuko (Hitotsubashi University)
July 24, 2007
July 23, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Product-developing SMEs and State of Formation of an Industrial Cluster in the Keiji (Kyoto-Shiga) Area" by KODAMA Toshihiro (The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University), SAITO Takashi (The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University), and KAWAMOTO Shinya (formerly The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
July 19, 2007
July 17, 2007
July 13, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - RIETI Report
"Defining the Actors in Japanese Market for Corporate Control" with Pepper CULPEPPER - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Collateral Constraints and Nominal Debt in the Formation of Monetary Policy - Should monetary policy respond to movements in asset prices?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
July 11, 2007
- RIETI Special Seminar - RIETI/ADBI Symposium
"Ten Years After: Learning From the Asian Financial Crisis - Are Prevention Mechanisms Sufficient to Avoid Another Financial Crisis?" - Discussion Papers
"Impact of Regional Factors on Births and Wives' Continuation in Employment - Panel survey of consumers by the Institute for Research on Household Economics" by HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI), and SATO Kazuma (Research Assistant, RIETI / Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
July 10, 2007
July 9, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - RIETI 10th Anniversary Seminar
"Unwinding of Cross-Shareholding and Beyond" by NITTA Keisuke
July 6, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Discussion Papers
"Liberalization of Movement of Natural Persons in Regional Trade Agreements: A Convenient Framework of International Cooperation for Managing Cross-Border Labor Mobility" by TOJO Yoshizumi (Faculty of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University)
July 5, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Program
"Quo Vadis the WTO? The Future of the Doha Round and the Management of the International Trade Regime"
July 4, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Determinants of Japanese Companies' Financial Attitudes and Behavior - Analysis based on a survey of companies in the Kansai region" by YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University) - Discussion Papers
"Impact of Machinery-manufacturing Industry on Globalization and Productivity" by MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI), MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI), and FUJISAWA Mihoko (Research Assistant, RIETI / Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo) - Discussion Papers
"Empirical Analysis of Fertility Rates - Focus on its relationship with the state of economic activity and family policy" by TODA Akihito (Faculty of Economics, Keio University)
July 3, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Handouts
"Productivity Growth in the Global Economy: Innovation in the Service Sector and the Role of Intangible Assets"
June 29, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
June 28, 2007
- Columns
"What Conditions Must EPAs Fulfill to be Consistent with WTO Rules, and Who Decides them?" by KOTERA Akira - Discussion Papers
"Possibility of Inefficient Breaches under WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures: Analysis from the Viewpoint of Law and Economics" by SHIMIZU Takashi (Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo)
June 27, 2007
June 26, 2007
- RIETI Database
Japan Industrial Productivity (JIP) Database 2006
June 25, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
June 22, 2007
June 20, 2007
June 15, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data
June 11, 2007
- Newspapers & Magazines
"Japan Emerges From Its Trade Shell" by TAMURA Akihiko
June 8, 2007
- RIETI Special Seminar - RIETI/ADBI Symposium
"Ten Years After: Learning From the Asian Financial Crisis - Are Prevention Mechanisms Sufficient to Avoid Another Financial Crisis?" - Discussion Papers
"Understanding the M&A boom in Japan: What drives Japanese M&A?" by ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Waseda University, NIFS) and MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University, NIFS) - Discussion Papers
"Impacts of Japanese FTAs/EPAs: Post Evaluation from the Initial Data" by ANDO Mitsuyo (Keio University)
June 7, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Columns
"Information Technology Agreement in Crisis" by KOBAYASHI Kenichi
June 6, 2007
June 5, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Domestic Inflation: A Comparison between East Asia and Latin American Countries" by ITO Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo) and SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) - Discussion Papers
"Bank Restructuring in Asia: Crisis management in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis and prospects for crisis prevention -Malaysia-" by ITO Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo) and HASHIMOTO Yuko (Toyo University) - Discussion Papers
"Bank Restructuring in Asia: Crisis management in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis and prospects for crisis prevention -Korea-" by ITO Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo) and HASHIMOTO Yuko (Toyo University)
June 4, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Bank Consolidation and Soft Information Acquisition in Small Business Lending" by OGURA Yoshiaki (Hitotsubashi University) and UCHIDA Hirofumi (Wakayama University) - Discussion Papers
"Lending Competition, Relationship Banking, and Credit Availability for Entrepreneurs" by OGURA Yoshiaki (Hitotsubashi University)
May 31, 2007
- BBL Transcript
"U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda" with Frank Sampson JANNUZI - RIETI Report
RIETI Fellow Spotlights Contemporary Economic Research Topics - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Are Price Rigidities Truly Important?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
May 29, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Intangible Investment in Japan: Measurement and Contribution to Economic Growth" by FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University), HAMAGATA Sumio (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Gakushuin University), and TONOGI Konomi (Hitotsubashi University / RIETI) - Newspapers & Magazines
"China Study Report - The Quest to Realize the Rule of Law and Fairness" by Chi Hung KWAN
May 28, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
Figures and Data - Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"A New Understanding of Debt Deflation Theory" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro - RIETI Policy Symposium
Productivity Growth in the Global Economy: Innovation in the Service Sector and the Role of Intangible Assets
May 21, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
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May 21, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Debt Structure and Bankruptcy of Financially Distressed Small Businesses" by TSURUTA Daisuke (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies / CRD Association) and Peng XU (Faculty of Economics, Hosei University) - Discussion Papers
"Enforceability in Trade Credit: Financial Aspects of Transactions with FDI" by ITOH Seiro (Institute of Developing Economies), WATANABE Mariko (Institute of Developing Economies), and YANAGAWA Noriyuki (the University of Tokyo)
May 17, 2007
May 15, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Does Corporate Culture Matter? An Empirical Study on Japanese Firms" by HIROTA Shinichi (Waseda University), KUBO Katsuyuki (Waseda University), and MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University) - Discussion Papers
"Metanational Learning in TFT-LCD Industry: An Organizing Framework" by ASAKAWA Kazuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Keio University)
May 14, 2007
May 11, 2007
May 9, 2007
May 8, 2007
- Kobayashi-sensei's Economic Research Picks
"Did Deflation Really Cause the Great Depression?" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
May 7, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
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"Pursuing Innovation in Medical Area as a Proving Ground - Significant benefits expected from reform" by HAYASHI Ryozo - China in Transition
"Hong Kong Stock Market Prospers on IPOs of Major Chinese Companies" by C. H. KWAN
April 27, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Video
"Metanational Management and Global Innovation: The Case of the TFT-LCD Industry "
April 26, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
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April 25, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Video
"Assessing Quality and Impacts of Major Free Trade Agreements" - RIETI Report
"Analyzing the Effects of Foreign Aid on FDI - A Gravity-Equation Approach" with KIMURA Hidemi - Newspapers & Magazines
"Asia Study Report - Asia Should Take Sector-by-Sector Approach to Promoting Cooperation" by URATA Shujiro - Discussion Papers
"Multiple Bank Relationships and the Main Bank System: Evidence from a Matched Sample of Japanese Small Firms and Main Banks" by OGAWA Kazuo (Osaka University), Elmer STERKEN (University of Groningen), and TOKUTSU Ichiro (Konan University) - Discussion Papers
"Did U.S. Safeguard Resuscitate Harley Davidson in the 1980s?" by KITANO Taiju (the University of Tokyo) and OHASHI Hiroshi (the University of Tokyo)
April 24, 2007
April 19, 2007
April 18, 2007
April 17, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
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April 16, 2007
April 12, 2007
April 9, 2007
April 6, 2007
- Discussion Papers
"Aging Japan and the National Burden Rate" by OKAMOTO Akira (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Okayama University) - Discussion Papers
"Does Foreign Direct Investment Have an Impact on the Growth in Labor Productivity of Vietnamese Domestic Firms?" by LE Thanh Thuy (Foreign Trade University, Hanoi)
April 4, 2007
- RIETI Policy Symposium - Handouts
"Assessing Quality and Impacts of Major Free Trade Agreements"
April 2, 2007
- AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators
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