RIETI - What's New (FY2015)

ITO Takatoshi (Program Director, RIETI) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Gakushuin University)

March 31, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

DebtRank Analysis of Financial Distress Propagation on a Production Network in Japan

FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / TERAI Masaaki (RIKEN) / FUJITA Yuji (Turnstone Research Institute, Inc.) / SOUMA Wataru (Nihon University)

March 31, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exports, Exchange Rates, and Productivity: An analysis of the Japanese manufacturing sectors

KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)

March 31, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Verification of Monetary Policy Effect through Corporate Debt: Empirical analysis using Japanese firm-level data

SHOJI Keishi (House of Representatives)

March 31, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

MITI (METI)'s Policies for Industrial Adjustment in Postwar Japan

WATANABE Junko (Kyoto University)

March 30, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Analyses of Aggregate Fluctuations of Firm Networks Based on the Self-Organized Criticality Model and Control Theory

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo)

March 30, 2016 [BBL Seminars]

Stronger Growth Remains Elusive: Urgent policy response is needed

Catherine L. MANN (Chief Economist, OECD)

March 30, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Machinery Industrialization and Industrial Policy

KAWAMURA Satoshi (Fellow, RIETI) / TAKEDA Haruhito (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 30, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Fiscal Cost of Quantitative Easing and Negative Interest Rate Policy by the Bank of Japan: Resolution method of a central bank with large negative equity

FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 30, 2016 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Sustainable Growth of the Japanese Economy: Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations

Edited by FUJITA Masahisa

March 30, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Keidanren, Consumption Tax, and the Lost Decade of the 1990s in Japan

W. Miles FLETCHER III (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) / TAKEDA Haruhito (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 30, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Telling of Japan's "Lost Decade": A comparison with the narration of the U.S. and EU crises

Peter VON STADEN (KEDGE Business School) / KAWAMURA Satoshi (Fellow, RIETI)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Role of Public Research Institutes in National Innovation Systems in Industrialized Countries: The cases of Fraunhofer, NIST, CSIRO, AIST, and ITRI

Patarapong INTARAKUMNERD (GRIPS) / GOTO Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Verification of Monetary Policy Effect through the Banking Sector: Empirical analysis using Japanese macro-level data

SHOJI Keishi (House of Representatives)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of Industry and Occupational Experience on the Re-employment of Married Japanese Women

SATO Kazuma (Meikai University) / FUKAHORI Ryotaro (Kanazawagakuin University) / NOZAKI Kayo (Kochi University)

March 29, 2016 [Symposiums]

Talks by Recipients of the Jiro Enjoji Memorial Prize and Nikkei Prize for Economics Books - Course for the Japanese Economy: Japanese labor market and foreign direct investment

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Estimation of Aggregate Demand and Supply Shocks Using Commodity Transaction Data

ABE Naohito (Hitotsubashi University) / INAKURA Noriko (Osaka Sangyo University) / TONOGI Akiyuki (Hitotsubashi University)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impacts of Oil Shocks on Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Variables: A multi-country analysis

IWAISAKO Tokuo (Hitotsubashi University) / NAKATA Hayato (Meisei University)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Inertia of the U.S. Dollar as a Key Currency through the Two Crises

OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MUTO Makoto (Hitotsubashi University)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Do People Overwork at the Risk of Impairing Mental Health?

KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University) / YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Promoting Innovation in Small Markets: Evidence from the market for rare and intractable diseases

IIZUKA Toshiaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIDA Gyo (University of Tokyo)

March 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How do Hospitals Adopt Advanced Treatment Techniques? An assessment through the records of AMI patients in Japan

SUGIHARA Shigeru (ESRI, Cabinet Office) / ICHIMIYA Hiroki (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Yukiko (Tokyo Gakugei University) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / IGARASHI Isao (Tokyo Medical and Dental University) / KAWABUCHI Koichi (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

March 28, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exchange Rate Pass-through in Production Chains: Application of input-output analysis

Huong Le Thu HOANG (Yokohama National University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University)

March 28, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The International Use of the Renminbi: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Gakushuin University)

March 28, 2016 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

"Science" from an Economic Perspective: Summary of a theoretical approach and Japan's scientific research situation

GOTO Yasuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 28, 2016 [BBL Seminars]

Fintech Overview

Louis J. FORSTER (General Partner, Green Visor Capital) / Sam WEN (Venture Partner, Green Visor Capital)

March 28, 2016 [VoxEU Column]

Multinationals and female employment: Japanese evidence

ABE Yukiko (Professor of Economics, Hokkaido University) / Beata JAVORCIK (Professor of International Economics, University of Oxford; and Research Affiliate, CEPR) / KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 28, 2016 [RIETI Report]

China Should Implement Capital Controls to Stem Capital Outflows

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

March 28, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firm Growth by Product Innovation in the Presence of the Product Life Cycle

MURAKAMI Hiroki (University of Tokyo)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Choice of Invoice Currency in Japanese Trade: Industry and commodity level analysis

ITO Takatoshi (Program Director, RIETI) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Gakushuin University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Studying Alone or Together: How do the incentives make students more productive?

NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University) / KAYABA Yutaka (Hitotsubashi University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Historical Overview of Japan's Trade and Industrial Policy around 2000

TAKEDA Haruhito (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2016 [Non Technical Summaries]

Gender Gaps in Japan and Korea: A comparative study on the rates of promotions to managing positions

YOUM Yoosik (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2016 [Newspapers & Magazines]

China Should Implement Capital Controls to Stem Capital Outflows

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Multiple Lenders, Temporary Debt Restructuring, and Firm Performance: Evidence from contract-level data

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / OHASHI Kazuhiko (Hitotsubashi University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Relation between Industrial Development and Industrial Policy in Korea's High Economic Growth Period

YEO Inman (Gangneung-Wonju National University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The More-Money and Less-Cash Effects of Diversification: Evidence from Japanese firms

USHIJIMA Tatsuo (Keio University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

From Economic Controls to Export Expansion in Postwar Taiwan: 1946-1960

Tsong-Min WU (National Taiwan University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Private News and Monetary Policy: Forward guidance or the expected virtue of ignorance

FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / WAKI Yuichiro (University of Queensland)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Performance-based Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms: Institutional changes after the late 1980s

UMEZAKI Osamu (Hosei University）/ Arjan KEIZER (Manchester Business School）

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Non-personal Guaranteed Loans, Credit Availability, and Firm Performance

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University) / IWAKI Hiromichi (Hitotsubashi University)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Reconsideration of the Effects of University Education in Japan

HAMANAKA Junko(National Center for University Entrance Examinations)

March 25, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How do Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Evaluate the Activities of Private Financial Institutions and Government-affiliated Financial Institutions? Is there a difference by firm age?

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 24, 2016 [Column]

Toward the Realization of Equal Pay for Equal Work

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 23, 2016 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Has the World Entered Secular Stagnation?

Richard N. COOPER (Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University)

March 18, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Econophysics Point of View of Trade Liberalization: Community dynamics, synchronization, and controllability as example of collective motions

IKEDA Yuichi (Kyoto University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IYETOMI Hiroshi (Niigata University) / MIZUNO Takayuki (National Institute of Informatics) / OHNISHI Takaaki (University of Tokyo) / SAKAMOTO Yohei (Kyoto University) / WATANABE Tsutomu (University of Tokyo)

March 18, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in the Corporate Insurance Market: Evidence from the 2011 Thailand floods

ADACHI Daisuke (Yale University) / NAKATA Hiroyuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SEKIGUCHI Kunio (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 17, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Startup and Expansion of High-speed Economic Growth in Postwar South Korea: "Miracle of the Han River"

Chaisung LIM (Rikkyo University)

March 17, 2016 [Symposiums]

Frontier of Inter-firm Network Analysis: Power of network and geographical friction (Handouts)

March 16, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Complementarity and Substitutability between Tangible and Intangible Capital: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Keio University)

March 16, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A Comparison of the Lending Technologies between Private and Public Banks

UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University)

March 16, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Incidence of Corporate Income Tax and Optimal Capital Structure: A dynamic analysis

DOI Takero (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 15, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Employment and Starting Wages of New Graduates in China: Using the latest available survey data

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

March 15, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Female Employment and the Possibility of Work Hours Reduction in Japan

YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 15, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Workers' Mental Health, Long Work Hours, and Workplace Management: Evidence from workers' longitudinal data in Japan

KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University) / YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 14, 2016 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Expecting the unexpected: Why the oil price keeps surprising us

Christiane BAUMEISTER (Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame; Research Affiliate, CEPR) / Lutz KILIAN (Professor of Economics, University of Michigan; and Research Fellow at CEPR)

March 11, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Manufacturing Production Recovery

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow,RIETI) / EDAMURA Kazuma (NISTEP) / ICHIMIYA Hiroki (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

March 11, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Securitization, Asset Risk, and Capital Market Valuation: Evidence from Japanese Real Estate Investment Trusts (J-REITs)

EGAMI Masahiko (Kyoto University) / HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 11, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

International Discipline on SOEs: Development of fair competition rules

TOJO Yoshizumi (Rikkyo University)

March 10, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Incidence of Health Insurance Costs: Empirical evidence from Japan

HAMAAKI Junya (Hosei University)

March 10, 2016 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Short-termism of U.S. Companies is Once Again under the Spotlight

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow)

March 10, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Questionnaire Survey Regarding the Situation of Technological Know-how and its Leakage in Japanese firms

WATANABE Toshiya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HIRAI Yuri (University of Tokyo)

March 10, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Gender Difference in the Managerial Careers of Regular Employees in Japanese Firms: An empirical study using employee-employer matched data

MA Xinxin (Hitotsubashi University) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 8, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Examining the Effects of Five-minute, Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Simplified Emotion Focused Mindfulness on Depressive Symptoms: A randomized controlled trial

NOGUCHI Remi (Chiba University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SO Mirai (Keio University) / YAMAGUCHI Sosei (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry) / SHIMIZU Eiji (Chiba University)

March 8, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Understanding the Cross-country Productivity Gap of Exporters

KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University) / Lionel NESTA (OFCE-Science Po)

March 7, 2016 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Expedite the Reform of Nuclear Power Policy to Catch Up with Other Areas of Energy Reform

KIKKAWA Takeo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 4, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Agglomeration Patterns in a Long Narrow Economy of a New Economic Geography Model: Analogy to a racetrack economy

IKEDA Kiyohiro (Tohoku University) / MUROTA Kazuo (Tokyo Metropolitan University) / AKAMATSU Takashi (Tohoku University) / TAKAYAMA Yuki (Kanazawa University)

March 3, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Development of Policy Impact Assessment Model for the Regulatory Reform Policy of Japanese Electricity Market

KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

March 2, 2016 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Regional Development and Employment Creation by Establishing a Base for the Offshore Wind Energy Industry

IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 1, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Mental Health Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from longitudinal Japanese firm data

KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University) / YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 1, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Testing the Effect of the Husband's Participation in Housework/Child-rearing on the Wife's Employment: Importance of the husband's work style and his views on gender roles

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow) / KUME Koichi (Recruit Works Institute)

February 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Transplanting Corporate Culture across International Borders: FDI and female employment in Japan

KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / Beata S. JAVORCIK (University of Oxford) / ABE Yukiko (Hokkaido University)

February 29, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Quantitative Analysis of Factors of Willingness and Preparation of Start-ups

MATSUDA Naoko (Fellow) / TSUCHIYA Ryuichiro (Toyo University) / IKEUCHI Kenta (NISTEP) / OKAMURO Hiroyuki (Hitotsubashi University)

February 29, 2016 [BBL Seminars]

Productivity: The main driver of economic growth for Japan

Randall S. JONES (Senior Economist and Head of Japan/Korea Desk, Economics Department, OECD)

February 25, 2016 [Workshops]

Recent State of Play on Anti-dumping and Other Trade Remedy Measures: With overviews of Brazil and Japan (Summary)

February 24, 2016 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Cables, sharks, and the geography of the foreign exchange market

Barry EICHENGREEN (Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley; Former Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund; CEPR Research Fellow) / Arnaud MEHL (Principal Economist in the Directorate General International, European Central Bank) / Romain LAFARGUETTE (Young Professional, European Central Bank; PhD candidate, Paris School of Economics and Peking University)

February 24, 2016 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Globalization and Challenges Facing Japanese Firms: Promoting profit repatriation from abroad

KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI)

February 23, 2016 [Perspectives from Around the World]

A Reflection on the Future of Industry in East Asia

DoHoon KIM (President, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade)

February 23, 2016 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Working Hour System and Work Styles among Regular Workers: Evidence from a 2014 RIETI survey on diversified work styles of regular workers and non-regular workers

TODA Akihito (Recruit Works Institute)

February 23, 2016 [Discussion Papers (English)]