What's New (FY2017)

Articles

March 30, 2018 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Can Corporate Behavior Be Changed? Companies remain cautious amid strong concerns over the future

SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 30, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Where Do the Rich Live in a Big City?

TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 28, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Diversification Effect of Commodity Futures on Financial Markets

KANAMURA Takashi (Kyoto University)

Events

March 27, 2018 [Symposiums]

Toward Solving Disputes over Standard Essential Patents (SEPs): Licensing 5G SEPs (Handouts)

Events

March 27, 2018 [BBL Seminars]

Going Digital -- Insights and policy implications from OECD work on digital transformation

Dirk PILAT (Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD)

Papers

March 27, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Inventor Name Disambiguation with Gradient Boosting Decision Tree and Inventor Mobility in China (1985-2016)

YIN Deyun (University of Tokyo) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 27, 2018 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Structure of Leading and Lagging Relationships between Early Warning Indicators' Detection of Financial Crises

SOUMA Wataru (Nihon University) / IYETOMI Hiroshi (Niigata University) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 26, 2018 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Structural Change in Firm Dynamics, Inter-firm Network, and Geography

OGURA Yoshiaki (Waseda University) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 23, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Markup and Market Size: Evidence from Japan

KONDO Keisuke (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 23, 2018 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Survey of the Consequences and Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility

ENDO Kazumi (Nakasone Yasuhiro Peace Institute)

Articles

March 22, 2018 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Keen Eyes for Economic Trends: Government’s fiscal and economic estimates must be objective

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 20, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How does Graduate Education Affect Inventive Performance? Evidence from undergraduates' choices during recessions

ONISHI Koichiro (Osaka Institute of Technology) / NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

March 19, 2018 [Workshops]

2018 International Workshop on the World and Asian Economy
-The 5th Tokyo Network Workshop-

Articles

March 19, 2018 [RIETI Report]

Are Virtual Currencies Currency?

OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

March 19, 2018 [Workshops]

Issues over Currency and Exchange Rate: Empirical Studies on China and Japan

Events

March 19, 2018 [BBL Seminars]

America Responds to Change: Implications for globalization and the future of work

Bruce STOKES (Director, Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center)

Articles

March 19, 2018 [Column]

Are Virtual Currencies Currency?

OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 19, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Influence of Having Legal Person Status, Commercialization, and Professionalization of Third Sector Organizations on Their Employment: Based on the survey data on Japan’s third sector in 2014

NIHEI Norihiro (University of Tokyo)

Publications

March 19, 2018 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Role of Local Financial Institutions for Regional Revitalization

Written and edited by YAMORI Nobuyoshi

Papers

March 16, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Uncertainty over Working Schedules and Compensating Wage Differentials: From the viewpoint of labor management

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

March 14, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Effects of Distance and Borders on International and Interregional Tourist Flows: A micro gravity analysis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Publications

March 14, 2018 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Spatial Economics in the Age of Declining Population

Written by FUJITA Masahisa, HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki, KAMEYAMA Yoshihiro

Papers

March 14, 2018 [Non Technical Summaries]

How Firms Choose their Partners in the Japanese Supplier-Customer Network? An application of the exponential random graph model

Hazem KRICHENE (University of Hyogo) / ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / Abhijit CHAKRABORTY (University of Hyogo) / FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo)

Articles

March 12, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 10: Pushing Forward Structural Reform to Win Multi-level Competition

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 9, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Quantifying Health Shocks over the Life Cycle

FUKAI Taiyo (University of Tokyo) / ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KANAZAWA Kyogo (University of Tokyo)

Articles

March 9, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 9: Both Conservative and Innovative Qualities Are Necessary

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 8, 2018 [Column]

Expectations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Policy Challenges

ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 8, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 8: Making Good Use of the Lesson from the Experience of the Semiconductor Industry

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 7, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firm-level Simulation of Supply Chain Disruption Triggered by Actual and Predicted Earthquakes

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

March 7, 2018 [Workshops]

Science and Innovation

Papers

March 7, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Excess Capacity and Effectiveness of Policy Interventions: Evidence from the cement industry

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ONISHI Ken (Singapore Management University) / WAKAMORI Naoki (University of Tokyo)

Articles

March 7, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 7: Making the Benefits of Collective Knowledge More Accessible

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 6, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Smoking, Obesity, and Labor Market Outcomes

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

March 6, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Long Commuting Time and the Benefits of Telecommuting

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

March 6, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Uncertainty over Working Schedules and Compensating Wage Differentials

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

March 6, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Firms Choose their Partners in the Japanese Supplier-Customer Network? An application of the exponential random graph model

Hazem KRICHENE (University of Hyogo) / ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / Abhijit CHAKRABORTY (University of Hyogo) / FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo)

Articles

March 6, 2018 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Cryptocurrencies don't make sense

Jon DANIELSSON (Director of the ESRC funded Systemic Risk Centre, London School of Economics)

Articles

March 6, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 6: Improving Efficiency by Cross-sharing Experiences

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 5, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Uncertainty, Imperfect Information, and Expectation Formation over the Firm's Life Cycle

CHEN Cheng (Clemson University) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow, RIETI) / SUN Chang (University of Hong Kong) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 5, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 5: Toyota Production System is the Strategy Needed

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 2, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 4: Declining Power of the "Go and See for Yourself" Approach

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 1, 2018 [Column]

Monetary Easing and Mortgage Market Statistics

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 1, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 3: Individuals Must Improve Adaptability to Changes

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 28, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Wealth Distribution in the Endogenous Growth Model with Idiosyncratic Investment Risk

HIRAGUCHI Ryoji (Meiji University)

Articles

February 28, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 2: Japanese Companies Falling Behind in Multi-level Competition

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 27, 2018 [Impact of Digitization and Human Capital]

Part 1: Enabling the Cross-sharing of Experiences

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 27, 2018 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Developing Character Skills in an Era of the 100-Year Life

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 26, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Relationship between Overseas and Domestic Employment: An empirical analysis of Japanese multinational manufacturing firms

ARAKI Shota (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 26, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Losses on Asset Returns Caused by Perception Gaps of Fundamental Values: Evidence from laboratory experiments

HIGASHIDA Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University) / TANAKA Kenta (Musashi University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 26, 2018 [VoxEU Column]

Wholesalers, indirect exports, geography, and economies of scope: Evidence from firm transaction data in Japan

ITO Tadashi (Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University) / NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MORITA Manabu (Associate Professor, Aomori Gakuin University)

Papers

February 23, 2018 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Exposure of U.S. Manufacturing Industries to Exchange Rates

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 23, 2018 [Column]

Character Skills Should Be Highlighted in the Human Resource Development Revolution

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 22, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Empirical Evidence for Collective Motion of Prices with Macroeconomic Indicators in Japan

KICHIKAWA Yuichi (Niigata University) / IYETOMI Hiroshi (Niigata University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 21, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Outlook on Negotiations over the Fight against Global Warming and Challenges

ARIMA Jun (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 20, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firm Age, Size, and Employment Dynamics: Evidence from Japanese firms

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 20, 2018 [Policy Update]

How to Lie Pseudo-scientifically in Policy Evaluation

KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 19, 2018 [RIETI Report]

The dynamics of inter-firm networks and firm growth

FUJII Daisuke (Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow, RIETI)

Events

February 19, 2018 [Symposiums]

Japan and Australia: Leading Asia Pacific regionalism in uncertain times

Articles

February 19, 2018 [VoxEU Column]

The dynamics of inter-firm networks and firm growth

FUJII Daisuke (Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 15, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Japanese Economy Likely to Remain Calm and Uneventful on the Surface

GOTO Yasuo (Research Associate, RIETI)

Events

February 14, 2018 [Symposiums]

Toward Solving Disputes over Standard Essential Patents (SEPs): Licensing 5G SEPs

Papers

February 13, 2018 [Non Technical Summaries]

Household Income and the OECD's Four Types of Social Capital

YODO Masato (Kyoto University) / YANO Makoto (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

Publications

February 13, 2018 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Recollections of Kunio Yanagida’s Views on Agricultural Reforms

Written by YAMASHITA Kazuhito

Events

February 9, 2018 [Symposiums]

Standards and Intellectual Property: Strategies Japan should adopt in light of current global trends (Summary)

Papers

February 8, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Exposure of U.S. Manufacturing Industries to Exchange Rates

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Events

February 8, 2018 [Symposiums]

Overcoming Challenges Faced by Japanese Companies in Overseas M&A

Articles

February 8, 2018 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Long-term care across the Atlantic: How policy shapes care arrangements

Daniel BARCZYK (Associate Professor of Economics, McGill University) / Matthias KREDLER (Associate Professor of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Papers

February 6, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Relationship between Labor Regulations and Investment for Technology: Analysis of the effect of labor regulation change for investment of capital and information technology

TANAKA Kenta (Musashi University) / KOMURA Mizuki (Musashi University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 6, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Effects of Automated Driving on Vehicle Miles Traveled: An empirical analysis of Japanese household survey data

IWATA Kazuyuki (Matsuyama University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 2, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Challenges of Servitization and an Information-intensive Society in the Latter Half of the 2010s

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 2, 2018 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Locational Transmission Tariffs in Sweden

KUMAGAI Reiko (Tezukayama University)

Events

February 1, 2018 [Symposiums]

France's Renewed Commitment to EU Reform

Articles

February 1, 2018 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The economics of the Bitcoin payment system

Gur HUBERMAN (Robert G. Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance, Columbia Business School; CEPR Research Fellow) / Jacob LESHNO (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University) / Ciamac C. MOALLEMI (Associate Professor of Business, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University)

Papers

January 31, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

A Single Economic Entity of Chinese SOEs: EDF/CGN/NNB Group of Companies merger case (2016)

TAKEDA Kuninobu (Osaka University)

Articles

January 30, 2018 [RIETI Report]

Japanese plants' heterogeneity in sales, factor inputs, and participation in global value chains

ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / Ivan DESEATNICOV (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 30, 2018 [VoxEU Column]

Japanese plants' heterogeneity in sales, factor inputs, and participation in global value chains

ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / Ivan DESEATNICOV (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

January 29, 2018 [Symposiums]

Revitalization of the Hokuriku Region, Internationalization, and Innovation: How to incorporate global growth into the local economy

Articles

January 26, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Job Substitution≠Job Disappearance: Employment and education policies in the era of AI and robotics

KONDO Keisuke (Fellow, RIETI)

Events

January 24, 2018 [Workshops]

Hitotsubashi-RIETI International Workshop on Real Estate and the Macro Economy

Articles

January 24, 2018 [China in Transition]

Outlook for the Chinese Economy in 2018

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 23, 2018 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Lost Einsteins: How exposure to innovation influences who becomes an inventor

Alex BELL (PhD candidate, Harvard University) / Raj CHETTY (Professor of Economics, Harvard University) / Xavier JARAVEL (Assistant Professor of Economics, LSE) / Neviana PETKOVA (Research Economist, US Department of the Treasury) / John Van REENEN (Professor of Applied Economics, MIT)

About RIETI

January 19, 2018 [Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight Vol.68

Papers

January 19, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Global Sourcing and Domestic Production Networks

FURUSAWA Taiji (Hitotsubashi University) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Keiko (Senshu University) / Heiwai TANG (Johns Hopkins University)

Papers

January 19, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Negawatt Trading and Energy Efficiency in Adjustment Markets

KURAKAWA Yukihide (Waseda University) / TANAKA Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 19, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

New Ceiling on International Balance of Payments for Japan: Process innovation and cultivation of growth frontiers are necessary

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

Papers

January 18, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Autonomous Vehicles in Japan: Latent demand and social dilemma

MORITA Tamaki (Yamanashi Prefectural University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

January 18, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Parental Leaves and Female Skill Utilization: Evidence from PIAAC

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TORIYABE Takahiro (University of Tokyo)

Papers

January 18, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

White Collar Exemption: Panacea for long work hours and low earnings?

HASEBE Takuya (Sophia University) / KONISHI Yoshifumi (University of Tsukuba) / SHIN Kong Joo (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 18, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Labor Shortage Beginning to Erode the Quality of Services: Hidden inflation

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Articles

January 17, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

My Experience of Using the K Computer

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

January 17, 2018 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effects of the Use of Information Technology on Markups in Japanese Manufacturing

MATSUKAWA Isamu (Musashi University)

Papers

January 17, 2018 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Subsidies to Public Firms and Competition Modes under a Mixed Duopoly

HIGASHIDA Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Events

January 16, 2018 [Symposiums]

Toward the Promotion of Evidence-based Policymaking

Articles

January 16, 2018 [From IZA]

The influence of occupational licensing and regulation
Occupational licensing may raise wages and benefits for those licensed but also reduce access to work without clear benefits to consumers

Morris M. KLEINER (University of Minnesota)

Events

January 15, 2018 [Symposiums]

New Industrial Structure Vision: Japan’s strategies and challenges for establishing new economic and social systems

Articles

January 15, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Let’s Conduct More Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Japan

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 12, 2018 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

What Differentiates the Companies that are Quick to Incorporate AI?

MATSUDA Naoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 11, 2018 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Current State of Japanese Public Finance and Its Relationship with the Bank of Japan

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

January 10, 2018 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Markets for Balancing Power and Transmission Rights Operated by the European TSOs: Implications for the electric power system reform in Japan

HATTA Tatsuo (Asian Growth Research Institute) / IKEDA Shin Suke (Otaru University of Commerce)

Articles

January 10, 2018 [Column]

Evaluation of Support Programs for Startups and Evidence-based Policymaking

ISHII Yoshi(aki) (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 9, 2018 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Economics gets out more often: Using extramural citations to assess economic scholarship

Josh ANGRIST (Ford Professor of Economics and co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative, MIT) / Pierre AZOULAY (International Programs Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management) / Glenn ELLISON (Gregory K. Palm Professor of Economics, MIT) / Ryan HILL (PhD candidate, Economics Department, MIT) / Susan Feng LU (Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University)

Articles

January 5, 2018 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Beyond the Era of Non-testable Science: Field experiments making inroad into the world of economics

ITO Koichiro (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 27, 2017 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Issues Concerning Japan’s Economic Policy

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 27, 2017 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2018 (January 2018)]

Japan Should Lead Trade Talks in the Asia Pacific Region

YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Papers

December 26, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Aesthetic Activities Will Increase in the Era of General Purpose AI

FUJI Kazuhiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 26, 2017 [Policy Update]

What is the Optimum Policy Design for Fuel Economy Compliance? Consideration based on economic theories and data analysis

ITO Koichiro (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Papers

December 25, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Innovation Responses of Japanese Firms to Chinese Import Competition

YAMASHITA Nobuaki (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) / YAMAUCHI Isamu (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

December 25, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Political and Policy Implications on the History of the Kyoto Protocol

MAKIHARA Izuru (University of Tokyo)

Articles

December 25, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Industry growth through spinoffs and start-ups

OHYAMA Atsushi (Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

December 22, 2017 [Research Digest]

The Dynamics of Inter-firm Networks and Firm Growth

SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 21, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Historical Significance of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS)

TAKEDA Haruhito (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 21, 2017 [Research Digest]

Policy Uncertainty in Japan

ITO Arata (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 20, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Democratising finance: The digital wealth management revolution

Juergen BRAUNSTEIN (Research Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School) / Marion LABOURE (Associate, Department of Economics, Harvard University)

Papers

December 19, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Review of Necessary Assumptions for Difference-In-Difference (DID) Estimation and Development of Bias Correction Methods for DID where Spillover Effects of Treatment/Causal Effects to the Control Group are not Ignorable and SUTVA Violated

KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 19, 2017 [RIETI Report]

World's Great Excess of Supply

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

Events

December 19, 2017 [BBL Seminars]

World's Great Excess of Supply

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

Articles

December 18, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

China's productivity performance revisited from the perspective of ICTs

Harry WU (Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) / David T. LIANG (PhD candidate in Economics, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

Events

December 15, 2017 [Symposiums]

Standards and Intellectual Property: Strategies Japan should adopt in light of current global trends (Handouts)

Papers

December 14, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Spatial Scale of Agglomeration and Dispersion: Theoretical foundations and empirical implications

AKAMATSU Takashi (Tohoku University) / MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OSAWA Minoru (Tohoku University) / TAKAYAMA Yuki (Kanazawa University)

Papers

December 14, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Sales Factor Apportionment Benefit the Welfare of State?

MIYOSHI Yoshiyuki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 14, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Impacts of Working Time on Life Satisfaction: Empirical analysis using data from a large-scale survey in Japan

TSURUMI Tetsuya (Nanzan University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 14, 2017 [China in Transition]

Proposals for Supply-side Structural Reform

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 13, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

The impact of free trade agreements on the procurement behaviour of Japanese firms' overseas affiliates

URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)

Articles

December 12, 2017 [China in Transition]

Advancement in Mixed-ownership Reform of State-owned Enterprises:
Focusing on the case of China Unicom

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 12, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Efficiency among Japanese SMEs: In the context of the zombie firm hypothesis and firm size

GOTO Yasuo (Research Associate, RIETI) / Scott WILBUR (University of Southern California)

Articles

December 12, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Keen Eye for Economic Trends: Now is the time to rethink and forge consensus on fiscal consolidation

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 11, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Keen Eye for Economic Trends: The future of new "hidden treasures"

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 8, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Abenomics—the next phase
Japan must boost productivity to revive the economy

Dale W. Jorgenson (External Advisory Committee Member, RIETI / Professor of Economics at Harvard University)

Papers

December 7, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Construction of JEPX Forward Pricing Model Based on the Spot Price Prediction Method

YAMADA Yuji (University of Tsukuba)

Articles

December 6, 2017 [Policy Update]

Overcoming Silos and Kakines

YANO Makoto (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

Articles

December 5, 2017 [Column]

Toward the Implementation of Evidence-based Policymaking

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics)

Publications

December 4, 2017 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Japan’s Labor Market: Perspectives of economists

Edited by KAWAGUCHI Daiji

Articles

December 4, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Future of Monetary Policy: Fiscal consolidation is essential for exit from unconventional monetary easing

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 1, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Job separation and geographical mobility: The economic effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake

KONDO Ayako (Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo)

Events

November 30, 2017 [Workshops]

Urban Spatial Structure on Residential and Commercial Buildings

Events

November 30, 2017 [Workshops]

Recent Developments in Spatial Economics

Articles

November 30, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Evidence-based Policymaking: Independence and human resource development are the key

ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Professor, University of Tokyo)

Events

November 29, 2017 [Workshops]

Incidence of Social Security Contributions: Evidence from France

Papers

November 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Contents, Methods, and Skills Outcome of University Education by Academic Disciplines in Humanities and Social Sciences

HONDA Yuki (University of Tokyo)

Articles

November 29, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Venture capital networks: An analysis using the exponential random graph model

KOUJAKU Sadamori (Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

November 28, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

AI and the Future Society: Impact on labor and globalization

HAYASHI Susumu (Kyoto University)

Papers

November 28, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.24] Russian Federation—Measures on the Importation of Live Pigs, Pork and Other Pig Products from the European Union (DS475): Clarifying the regulatory framework of regionalization under Article 6 of the SPS Agreement

ISHIKAWA Yoshimichi (University of Shizuoka)

Articles

November 28, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Outcome of TPP11: Persuading the United States of the disadvantages of withdrawal

URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Peter A. PETRI (Professor, Brandeis University)

Articles

November 28, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Outcome of TPP11: Persuading the United States of the disadvantages of withdrawal

URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Peter A. PETRI (Professor, Brandeis University)

Papers

November 27, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Why Did Germany's Hidden Champions Succeed in Globalization?

IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 27, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What to Do with Shrinking Rural Economies: Criteria for distributing local allocation tax grants requires an overhaul

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 24, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What to Do with Shrinking Rural Economies: Act now to secure and utilize various professional human resources

HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 22, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Goals and Roles of the EU State Aid Regulation

AOYAGI Yuka (Yokohama National University)

Papers

November 22, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Human Capital/Human Intelligence and Neuromorphic Artificial Intelligence: In pursuit of the relevant intelligence concept

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IMAI Masaharu (ASIP Solutions, Inc.) / KUROKAWA Toshiaki

Papers

November 22, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Illiquidity in the Japan Electric Power Exchange

IKEDA Shin Suke (Otaru University of Commerce)

Papers

November 21, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Vietnamese State-owned Enterprises under International Economic Integration

FUJITA Mai (IDE-JETRO)

Articles

November 21, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The real costs of free university: Lessons from the UK

Gill WYNESS (Senior Lecturer in Economics, UCL) / Richard MURPHY (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin) / Judith SCOTT-CLAYTON (Associate Professor of Economics and Education, Columbia University)

Articles

November 20, 2017 [Column]

Awaiting the Realization of Fully Automated Vehicles: Potential economic effects and the need for a new economic and social design

TOMITA Hideaki (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 16, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Parent firms' resources and productivity of foreign subsidiaries

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), Hitotsubashi University) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Toyo University)

Articles

November 15, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

International Trade and Income Inequality in Japan

TANAKA Ayumu (Research Associate, RIETI)

Events

November 15, 2017 [Symposiums]

Standards and Intellectual Property: Strategies Japan should adopt in light of current global trends

Papers

November 14, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Household Income and the OECD's Four Types of Social Capital

YODO Masato (Kyoto University) / YANO Makoto (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

Articles

November 14, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Is it Possible to Predict a Bubble Burst?

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 14, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Intraday Seasonality in Efficiency, Liquidity, Volatility, and Volume: Platinum and gold futures in Tokyo and New York

IWATSUBO Kentaro (Kobe University) / Clinton WATKINS (Kobe University) / XU Tao (Kobe University)

About RIETI

November 13, 2017 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Fellow ITO Koichiro's book was awarded the 39th Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities

Articles

November 13, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Survivors in export markets

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Keiko (Professor in the School of Economics, Senshu University; Project Member, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), Hitotsubashi University)

Articles

November 10, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Productivity Revolution: Drastic implementation will trigger conflicting interests and push inefficient businesses out of market

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

November 10, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.23] Colombia—Measures Relating to the Importation of Textiles, Apparel and Footwear (DS461): The legality of trade restrictions intended to prevent money laundering

ITO Kazuyori (Hokkaido University)

Events

November 7, 2017 [BBL Seminars]

Germany after the General Elections—Political and Economic Directions

Wolfgang TIEFENSEE (Thuringian Minister of Economy, Science and the Digital Society) / Hans Carl VON WERTHERN (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan)

Papers

November 7, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Regulation of State-owned Enterprises through Trade Agreements: Evolving concept of commercial consideration

SEKINE Takemasa (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business)

About RIETI

November 7, 2017 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Visiting Fellow YAMAGUCHI Kazuo's book was awarded the 60th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

About RIETI

November 7, 2017 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Program Director/Faculty Fellow TSURU Kotaro's book was awarded the 60th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

About RIETI

November 7, 2017 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Fellow ITO Koichiro's book was awarded the 60th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

Articles

November 6, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The rise of robots in the German labour market

Wolfgang DAUTH (Assistant Professor of Empirical International and Regional Economics, University of Wuerzburg) / Sebastian FINDEISEN (Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Mannheim; Research Affiliate, CEPR) / Jens SÜDEKUM (Professor of International Economics at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf; Research Fellow, CEPR) / Nicole WOESSNER (Doctoral researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), University of Düsseldorf)

Papers

November 2, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Evaluating Factors Affecting the Occurrence of Mission Drift in Third-sector Organizations

KOTAGIRI Yasuhiko (Tokushima University)

Papers

November 2, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Corporate Tax Competition in the Presence of Unemployment

MORITA Tadashi (Kindai University) / OGAWA Yoshitomo (Kindai University) / ONO Yoshiyasu (Osaka University)

Papers

November 2, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Regional Revitalization and Financial Relations between Local Governments and the Third Sector

KITAMI Tomitaro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 1, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Decline and Restructuring of a State-owned Enterprise Group in the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry

KAWABATA Nozomu (Tohoku University)

Articles

November 1, 2017 [From IZA]

Competitiveness, labor market institutions, and monetary policy
Monetary policy should respond to the exchange rate in countries where labor market institutions hinder wage adjustment

Ester FAIA (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University)

Papers

October 31, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Components of the Japanese Third Sector and its Transformation: Focusing on the period of association founding

YAMAMOTO Hidehiro (Yamagata University)

Papers

October 27, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Risk-taking Behavior in Cooperative Financial Institutions and Financial Stability in Japan: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis

OHKUMA Masanori (Okayama University)

Publications

October 27, 2017 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

SMEs’ Attempts to Go IoT

Written and edited by IWAMTO Koichi, INOUE Yusuke

Articles

October 26, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Future of the Automotive Industry: Preparing for structural changes in the supply chain networks

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 25, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Future of the Automotive Industry: Preparing for structural changes in the supply chain networks

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 25, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Japanese Plants' Heterogeneity in Sales, Factor Inputs, and Participation in Global Value Chains

ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / Ivan DESEATNICOV (University of Tsukuba) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

October 25, 2017 [Workshops]

Trade Issues and Policies under the New Protectionism

Papers

October 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Economic Growth and the Change of Industrial Structure

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ANDO Koichi (Chuo University)

Papers

October 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Role of Managers in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: From the viewpoint of comparing Japan and the United States

TODA Akihito (Recruit Works Institute) / CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HAYASHI Susumu (Kyoto University) / KUME Koichi (Toyo University)

Articles

October 23, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The economic consequences of Mr Kim’s threats

Nadav Ben ZEEV (Assistant Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) / Evi PAPPA (Full Professor, European University Institute)

Papers

October 23, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Current Conditions and Challenges of Third-sector Organizations in Japan: Considerations based on the Fourth Survey on the Third Sector (2017)

USHIRO Fusao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAKAMOTO Haruya (Kansai University)

Articles

October 16, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Corporate Governance and Strategic Shareholders: Tax incentives for unwinding cross shareholdings

UEDA Ryoko (Senior Research Fellow, J-IRIS Research) / KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 16, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

International Trade and Domestic Production Networks

FUJII Daisuke (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 16, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Constant churning and persistent regularity in population and industrial locations: Evidence from Japan

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 11, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Risk intolerance and the global economy: A new macroeconomic framework

Ricardo CABALLERO (Professor of Economics, MIT) / Alp SIMSEK (Rudi Dornbusch Career Development Associate Professor of Economics, MIT)

Events

October 6, 2017 [Symposiums]

Information Technology and the New Globalization: Asia’s economy today and tomorrow (Summary)

Events

October 5, 2017 [Symposiums]

Economic and Financial Analysis of Commodity Markets

Articles

October 5, 2017 [From IZA]

The labor market in Japan, 2000-2016
Despite a plummeting working-age population, Japan has sustained its labor force size, thanks mostly to surging employment among women

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (University of Tokyo and IZA) / MORI Hiroaki (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

October 5, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Legal Issues Arising from the Feed-in Tariff of Renewable Energy: Controversial issues in investor-state dispute settlement

TAMADA Dai (Kobe University)

Articles

October 5, 2017 [Column]

The Effect of the Fed’s Large-Scale Asset Purchases on Inflationary Expectations

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 4, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Export Promotion through SOEs and Countervailing Duties

YOMOGIDA Morihiro (Sophia University)

Papers

October 4, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Economic Impact Analysis of Regional Policy: An interregional input-output model considering interregional commuting and consuming regions

ISHIKAWA Yoshifumi (Nanzan University) / NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 4, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Overcapacity Problem and Subsidies in China's Steel Industry: A test on the existence of soft budget constraint

WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University)

Articles

October 4, 2017 [China in Transition]

The Rapid Advancement of Chinese Private Enterprises as Revealed by the Fortune Global 500

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 4, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

"Real Culprit" behind the Fall of Labor’s Share

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 2, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Wage Premium of Exporting Plants in Japan: Do plant and firm size matter?

ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Wholesalers, Indirect Exports, Geography, and Economies of Scope: Evidence from firm transaction data in Japan

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University) / NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MORITA Manabu (Aomori Chuo Gakuin University)

Publications

September 28, 2017 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Revitalization of the Hokuriku Region, Internationalization, and Innovation

Written and edited by MARUYA Toyojiro, HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki, KUMAGAI Satoru, SHIRAMATA Shuji

Articles

September 28, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Populism and trust in Europe

Christian DUSTMANN (Professor of Economics, University College London and Director of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration) / Barry EICHENGREEN (Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley; and formerly Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. CEPR Research Fellow) / Sebastian OTTEN (Senior Research Officer, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, UCL) / André SAPIR (Professor, Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Senior Fellow, Bruegel; Research Fellow, CEPR) / Guido TABELLINI (Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and CEPR Research Fellow) / Gylfi ZOEGA (Professor of Economics, University of Iceland)

Articles

September 28, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenges Facing the Managers of Japanese Regional Banks: Human resources capable of helping customers solve problems are the key to success

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

September 25, 2017 [Symposiums]

Germany after the General Elections--Political and Economic Directions

Papers

September 22, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of FTAs on Procurement Behavior of Japanese Firms' Overseas Affiliates

URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)

Publications

September 22, 2017 [Authors' Words]

Macro-Econophysics: New Studies on Economic Networks and Synchronization

Written by AOYAMA Hideaki, FUJIWARA Yoshi, IKEDA Yuichi, IYETOMI Hiroshi, SOUMA Wataru, YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi

Articles

September 22, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What it Takes to Improve Productivity: Labor input quality as a factor behind regional inequality

TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

September 20, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What it Takes to Improve Productivity: Smoothing service demand is the key

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Articles

September 19, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Constant churning and persistent regularity in population and industrial locations: Evidence from Japan

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow)

Events

September 14, 2017 [BBL Seminars]

Brexit: Recent Developments—The EEA Option

Carl BAUDENBACHER (President, Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States (EFTA Court))

Articles

September 12, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What it Takes to Improve Productivity: Promoting HR and IT investment in tandem

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

September 12, 2017 [RIETI Books (English)]

Macro-Econophysics: New Studies on Economic Networks and Synchronization

Written by AOYAMA Hideaki, FUJIWARA Yoshi, IKEDA Yuichi, IYETOMI Hiroshi, SOUMA Wataru, YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi

Papers

September 8, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Number of Bank Relationships and Bank Lending to New Firms: Evidence from firm-level data in Japan

OGANE Yuta (Nanzan University)

Events

September 7, 2017 [Workshops]

U.S. Tax Reform: Prospects and Roadblocks (Summary)

Papers

September 6, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Policy Uncertainty in Japan

ITO Arata (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

September 6, 2017 [Column]

Consumption-boosting Effects of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: Whose consumption expenditures will increase in net terms?

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)

Articles

September 5, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What is in Question Now at Governance on Overseas M&A: Optimizing the decentralization and centralization of management as the key

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 5, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Latent Heterogeneity of the Wage Structure and Gender Wage Gap: Dual economy analysis revisited

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 5, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Corporate Tax Reform and Tax Incidence in Japan

DOI Takero (Keio University)

Papers

August 31, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Investment Behavior of Japanese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and its Structural Change: The influences of the guarantee system and macroeconomics conditions after the financial crisis

KOZUKA Masafumi (University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences)

Articles

August 31, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Economics of the populist backlash

Dani RODRIK (Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University, and CEPR Research Fellow)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Accounting for the Role of Information and Communication Technology in China's Productivity Growth

Harry X. WU (Hitotsubashi University) / David T. LIANG (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Dynamics of Inter-firm Networks and Firm Growth

FUJII Daisuke (Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Welfare Benefits and Labor Supply: Evidence from a natural experiment in Japan

YUGAMI Kazufumi (Kobe University) / MORIMOTO Atsushi (Kobe University) / TANAKA Yoshiyuki (Kobe University) / MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Teaching Practices Matter for Students' Academic Achievement? A case of linguistic activity

TANAKA Ryuichi (University of Tokyo) / ISHIZAKI Kazumi (Tsushima High School)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Educational Programs for Managers by Community Banks: The case of a program by Kanazawa Shinkin Bank

KITANO Yuji (Momoyama Gakuin University)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Malaysia's GLC Transformation Programme in the Context of the Bumiputera Policy

KUMAGAI Satoru (IDE-JETRO)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Self-Evolvability and Attitude toward Technological Changes: An empirical analysis using a survey

KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HAYASHI Susumu (Kyoto University) / TODA Akihito (Recruit Works Institute)

Papers

August 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

On the Effects of Teachers' Majors in Natural Science on Students' Academic Achievement in Science: An analysis of TIMSS data for Japan

INOUE Atsushi (GRIPS) / TANAKA Ryuichi (University of Tokyo)

Papers

August 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Has the Offshore Service Network Been Expanded by Japanese Firms?

ITO Yukiko (Tsuda University)

Papers

August 24, 2017 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Effect of the Fed's Large-scale Asset Purchases on Inflation Expectations

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

August 24, 2017 [Column]

Shift to a Science-based Economy and New Forms of Industry-Academia Partnership

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

August 23, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Impaired Loss Accounting Does Not Affect Firms’ Investment

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

August 22, 2017 [Workshops]

RIETI-Gakushuin-Toyo International Workshop on Firm Dynamics

Papers

August 10, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Wage Premium of Exporting Plants in Japan: Analysis on matched employer-employee data

ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

August 9, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.22] Argentina—Measures Relating to Trade in Goods and Services (DS453): Discrimination against countries not cooperating for tax transparency purposes and legal disciplines of the GATS

KAWASHIMA Fujio (Kobe University)

Papers

August 9, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Digitalization, Computerization, Networking, Automation, Future of Jobs, and Social Policy in Japan's Fourth Industrial Revolution

IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / HATANO Aya (Research Assistant, RIETI / Kochi University of Technology)

Papers

August 9, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Survey of Big Data Use and Innovation in Japanese Manufacturing Firms

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

August 8, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Background Analysis on the Anxiety toward New Technology: Comparison between Japan and the United States

TODA Akihito (Recruit Works Institute) / CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HAYASHI Susumu (Kyoto University) / KUME Koichi (Toyo University)

Events

August 8, 2017 [Symposiums]

Information Technology and the New Globalization: Asia's economy today and tomorrow (Handouts)

Articles

August 8, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Agglomeration benefits versus firm selection

KONDO Keisuke (Fellow, RIETI )

Articles

August 8, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Agglomeration benefits versus firm selection

KONDO Keisuke (Fellow)

Papers

August 7, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Location of Universities and National Research Institutes and Firms' Location Choice of R&D Facilities

EDAMURA Kazuma (Japan Productivity Center) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAUCHI Isamu (Research Associate, RIETI)

Events

August 4, 2017 [Workshops]

Accounting for Micro and Macro Patterns of Trade

Papers

August 4, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Analysis of a Typical Japanese Offshore Wind Farm Project: Reviewing the Kitakyushu Hibikinada offshore wind farm industrial accumulation project

IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

August 3, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Foreign Tourists on Productivity in the Accommodation Industry: A panel data analysis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Articles

August 3, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Digitization Bringing Change to Tax Administration

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

August 2, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Relationship Specificity, Market Thickness, and International Trade

ARA Tomohiro (Fukushima University) / FURUSAWA Taiji (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

August 2, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.21] United States—Certain Country of Origin Labelling Requirements (DS384/RW, 386/RW): Clarifying Article 2.2 of the TBT Agreement

NAIKI Yoshiko (Osaka University)

Papers

August 2, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.20] United States—Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products (DS381/RW): The notion of "calibration" and legitimate regulatory distinctions under Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement

NAIKI Yoshiko (Osaka University)

Papers

August 1, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of the Competitive Environment of Regional Financial Institutions on the Opening and Closing of Business Establishments

HARIMAYA Kozo (Ritsumeikan University) / OZAKI Yasufumi (Kushiro Public University)

Papers

August 1, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Capital Injection and Japanese Regional Bank Lending

NAGATA Kunikazu (Kagoshima University)

Articles

July 31, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

A TPP without the United States now set in motion: Japan should lead trade talks in Asia

YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 28, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Explaining the persistence of the gender wage gap in Japan: The ‘glass ceiling’ and the ‘sticky floor’

HARA Hiromi (Associate Professor of Economics, Japan Women’s University)

Papers

July 27, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

No-arbitrage Determinants of Japanese Government Bond Yield and Credit Spread Curves

OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKAOKA Sumiko (Seikei University)

Articles

July 27, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Globalisation and executive compensation

Wolfgang KELLER (Director of the McGuire Center for International Economics and Professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder) / Will OLNEY (Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College)

Papers

July 26, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Headquarters and Skill Biased Technical Change

KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University)

Papers

July 26, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Do Branch Network Sizes of Regional Banks Influence Their Management Performances Positively?

KONDO Kazumine (Aichi Gakuin University)

Events

July 25, 2017 [Workshops]

U.S. Tax Reform: Prospects and Roadblocks

Articles

July 25, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Presence of Growth Strategy Becoming Less Visible: Priority should be on Labor Market Mobility

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Do Branch Managers of Regional Financial Institutions Deal with Regional Revitalization: Results of the 2017 RIETI branch manager questionnaire

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / AIZAWA Tomoko (Nihon University) / UMINO Shingo (Kochi University) / OGAWA Hikaru (University of Tokyo) / OZAKI Yasufumi (Kushiro Public University) / KONDO Kazumine (Aichi Gakuin University) / TAKAKU Kenya (Hirosihma City University) / TOMIMURA Kei (Aichi University) / HARIMAYA Kozo (Ritsumeikan University) / YANAGIHARA Mitsuyoshi (Nagoya University)

Articles

July 24, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Which Should be the Leader in Inducing Inflation, the Government or the BOJ?

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

About RIETI

July 21, 2017 [Public Relations]

RIETI Annual Report 2016

Articles

July 21, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Impacts of outward foreign direct investment: New firm-level evidence from Japan

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Overseas Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Associate Professor, Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University)

Papers

July 20, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Demographics, Immigration, and Market Size

FUKUMURA Koichi (Osaka University) / NAGAMACHI Kohei (Kagawa University) / SATO Yasuhiro (University of Tokyo) / YAMAMOTO Kazuhiro (Osaka University)

Papers

July 20, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.19] United States—Measures Affecting the Importation of Animals, Meat and Other Animal Products from Argentina (WT/DS447): A delay in the review procedures upon request for imports and the SPS Agreement

ISHIKAWA Yoshimichi (University of Shizuoka)

Papers

July 20, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Asymmetric Reactions of the U.S. Natural Gas Market and Economic Activity

Bao H. NGUYEN (Australian National University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 19, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Survey on Management Score and Quality Adjustment in Medical and Nursing Services

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Yukiko (Tokyo Gakugei University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SATO Kina (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Papers

July 19, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

R&D and Product Dynamics

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / EDAMURA Kazuma (Japan Productivity Center) / KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University)

Articles

July 19, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Fixing the Misunderstanding about the Proposed Reform of the Credit Guarantee Program

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 18, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Assessing the impact of AI and robotics on job expectations using Japanese survey data

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Articles

July 18, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Assessing the impact of AI and robotics on job expectations using Japanese survey data

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President)

Publications

July 13, 2017 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Companies Capable of Bringing Out the Potential of the Local Economies: The future as seen in the global niche-top enterprises

Written by HOSOYA Yuji

Papers

July 13, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

China's One Belt One Road Initiative is the New World Order Leading to Mutual Prosperity

ENOMOTO Shunichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 13, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Job Creation and Destruction at the Levels of Intra-firm Sections, Firms, and Industries in Globalization: The case of Japanese manufacturing firms

ANDO Mitsuyo (Keio University) / KIMURA Fukunari (Keio University / ERIA)

Events

July 12, 2017 [Symposiums]

Current Situation and Future Prospects of Economies and Markets Facing Significant Uncertainty: Based on the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index

Articles

July 12, 2017 [From IZA]

Gender differences in corporate hierarchies
How and why do the careers of men and women differ? What policies could reduce the differences?

Antti KAUHANEN (The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy)

Papers

July 12, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Foreign Ownership Explain Company Export and Innovation Decisions? Evidence from Japan

OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University) / Alexander F. WAGNER (University of Zurich) / YAMADA Kazuo (Nagasaki University)

Papers

July 11, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

To Support R&D or Linkages? Seeking a better policy mix for SME support

SUZUKI Jun (GRIPS)

Articles

July 11, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Can Childcare Waiting Lists be Eliminated? Raising childcare fees seems to be a realistic option

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 10, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Occupational licensing in the Japanese labour market

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President)

Events

July 10, 2017 [Workshops]

Death versus Destruction in the Economics of Catastrophes

Papers

July 6, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effect of the Fed's Large-scale Asset Purchases on Inflation Expectations

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 5, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Antidumping Duties on Chinese Products: Effects of expiration of Article 15.a.ii of China's WTO Accession Protocol and countermeasures

UMEJIMA Osamu (Takasaki City University of Economics)

Articles

July 5, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Exchange rates and the Swiss economy

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

July 4, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Pollution Outsourcing Hypothesis: An empirical test for Japan

Matthew A. COLE (University of Birmingham) / Robert R.J. ELLIOTT (University of Birmingham) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University) / Liyun ZHANG (University of Birmingham)

Papers

July 3, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Development of SME Competitiveness Using IoT in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / HATANO Aya (Research Assistant, RIETI / Kochi University of Technology)

Articles

July 3, 2017 [Column]

Reforming Japan’s Credit Guarantee Program for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 30, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

The ‘scientification’ of industry: New indicators of science intensity

IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAMURA Ryuichi (Affiliated Researcher, Faculty of Economics, Keio University) / TSUKADA Naotoshi (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

June 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Attitudes towards Immigration in an Ageing Society: Evidence from Japan

NAKATA Hiroyuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The impact of information campaigns

Giovanni FACCHINI (University of Nottingham) / Yotam MARGALIT (Tel Aviv University) / NAKATA Hiroyuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 29, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Great Divergences: The growing dispersion of wages and productivity in OECD countries

Giuseppe BERLINGIERI (Assistant Professor in Economics at ESSEC Business School; Economist in the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD) / Patrick BLANCHENAY (Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga) / Chiara CRISCUOLO (Senior Economist in the Structural Policy division of the Science Technology and Industry Directorate at the OECD)

Articles

June 27, 2017 [Column]

What Was U.S. President Trump’s Tax Reform All About?

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

June 27, 2017 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Scientific Management of Human Resources with Applications to Japanese Companies: Utilizing data based on causal inference

Written by OWAN Hideo

Papers

June 23, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Labor Market Impact of Labor Cost Increase without Productivity Gain: A natural experiment from the 2003 social insurance premium reform in Japan

KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YOKOYAMA Izumi (Hitotsubashi University)

Articles

June 23, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Unresolved Challenges Facing Working Style Reform: Per-hour productivity should be improved

YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 23, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Political Connections and Antidumping Investigations: Evidence from China

ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 22, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Trends and priority shifts in artificial intelligence technology invention: A global patent analysis

FUJII Hidemichi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 22, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Trends and priority shifts in artificial intelligence technology invention: A global patent analysis

FUJII Hidemichi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 21, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Education Budgeting: Public return on education should be the point of reference

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 20, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Computer-based narrative analysis of the Bank of Japan’s Governor Kuroda

TAKEDA Yosuke (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Sophia University) / KEIDA Masayuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Rissho University)

About RIETI

June 19, 2017 [About RIETI]

Message from the President

About RIETI

June 19, 2017 [About RIETI]

Message from the Chairman

Papers

June 19, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

FTAs and the Pattern of Trade: The case of the Japan-Chile FTA

KUNO Arata (Kyorin University) / URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YOKOTA Kazuhiko (Waseda University)

Articles

June 19, 2017 [Column]

Visualizing the Prioritization of Infrastructure Development

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

June 16, 2017 [Symposiums]

Information Technology and the New Globalization: Asia's economy today and tomorrow

Events

June 15, 2017 [Symposiums]

Outline of White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2017: How can we promote free trade in a sustainable way?

Publications

June 15, 2017 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Strategy for Ending the Stagnation: Beyond debt and growth

Written by TASHIRO Takeshi

Papers

June 13, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Listing and Financial Constraints

UEDA Kenichi (University of Tokyo / TCER) / ISHIDE Akira (Northwestern University) / GOTO Yasuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

June 13, 2017 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Gender Inequality in the Workplace: Theory and empirical analysis

Written by YAMAGUCHI Kazuo

Articles

June 13, 2017 [Column]

A Yen for Change: The strong yen and the Japanese automobile industry

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 12, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effects of Supply Chain Disruptions Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on Workers

KONDO Ayako (University of Tokyo)

Events

June 12, 2017 [Workshops]

Hitotsubashi-RIETI International Workshop on Real Estate Market, Productivity, and Prices

Papers

June 12, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Dispersion and Volatility of TFPQ in Service Industries

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

June 12, 2017 [Non Technical Summaries]

Exchange Rates and the Swiss Economy

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

June 12, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.18] India—Certain Measures Relating to Solar Cells and Solar Modules (WT/DS456): Developing interpretation regarding government procurement, Articles XX(d) and XX(j) of the GATT

SEKINE Takemasa (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business)

Events

June 7, 2017 [Symposiums]

Outline of the White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri)

Papers

June 6, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Strong Belief in the Japanese Farm Policy of the Need to Support Small-scale Farmers

YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 6, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Pros and Cons of the "Hometown Tax" Donation Program: Return gifts should be excluded from deductibles

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 6, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Fiscal Forward Guidance: A case for selective transparency

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

Papers

June 5, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Penetration of Generic Drugs and Incentives: Effect of introducing pricing premiums for generic prescriptions

NISHIKAWA Kohei (Setsunan University) / OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 5, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

IT and AI Technology and New Agricultural Management

YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 2, 2017 [Column]

Toward Artificial Intelligence Technologies as an Integral Part of Service Business Operations

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

June 1, 2017 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Smart Grid Economics: The evidence-based policy created through filed experiments, behavioral economics, and big data

Written by IDA Takanori, TANAKA Makoto, ITO Koichiro

Articles

May 31, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What are the Conditions for Successful Telework?

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 31, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Dividend Exemption on the Activities of Japanese-owned Foreign Affiliates

HASEGAWA Makoto (GRIPS) / KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

May 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Forgiveness Versus Financing: The determinants and impact of SME debt forbearance in Japan

ONO Arito (Chuo University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

May 30, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Overseas Production Expansion and Domestic Transaction Networks

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (IDE, JETRO) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University)

Papers

May 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Venture Capital Networks: An analysis using the exponential random graph model

KOUJAKU Sadamori (University of Bristol) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

May 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Decomposition of Aggregate Productivity Growth with Unobserved Heterogeneity

KASAHARA Hiroyuki (University of British Columbia) / NISHIDA Mitsukuni (Johns Hopkins University) / SUZUKI Michio (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

May 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Empirical Study on the Utilization and Effects of Health Checkups in Japan

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Yukiko (Tsuda University) / KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University) / MA Xin Xin (Hitotsubashi University) / NAGASHIMA Masaru (GRIPS) / ZHAO Meng (KONISHI Moe) (Gakushuin University)

Papers

May 29, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Uncertainty over Production Forecasts: An empirical analysis using monthly firm survey data

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Events

May 29, 2017 [BBL Seminars]

Energy Markets: What to do when forecasting is useless

Robert S. PINDYCK (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Professor of Economics and Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Papers

May 26, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Intangible Capital and the Choice of External Financing Sources

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University)

Papers

May 26, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

When Japanese Banks Become Pure Creditors: Effects of declining shareholding by banks on bank lending and firms' risk taking

ONO Arito (Chuo University) / SUZUKI Katsushi (Hitotsubashi University) / UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 26, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

University-Industry R&D Collaboration as an Engine of Firm Growth? An empirical evaluation of knowledge cluster policies in Japan

OKAMURO Hiroyuki (Hitotsubashi University) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 25, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Research on Fiscal System Reform in China: For reconstruction of the relationship between central and local governments

MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Occupational Licenses and Labor Market Outcomes

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

May 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Are Part-time Employees Underpaid or Overpaid? Productivity–wage gaps in Japan

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

May 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A Compositional Data Analysis of Market Share Dynamics

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / ONOZAKI Tamotsu (Rissho University)

Papers

May 24, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Consumption and Saving Behavior: Evidence from a survey on consumers

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

May 23, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

More Schooling, More Generous? Estimating the effect of education on intergenerational transfers

YIN Ting (Fellow, RIETI) / ZHANG Junchao (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)

Papers

May 23, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Overseas Subsidiaries Benefit from Parent Firms' Intangibles?

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

Papers

May 23, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Market Thickness, Input-Output Linkages, and Agglomeration

MIYAUCHI Yuhei (MIT) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University)

Articles

May 22, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Shall we Skype? Yes, but later: Impacts of an online English learning programme among Japanese high school students

HIGUCHI Yuki (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University; Project member, RIETI) / SASAKI Miyuki (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Associate Professor in the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)

Articles

May 19, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

New Economic Index "Inclusive Wealth": Placing importance on the value of education, health, and nature

MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 18, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Austerity in the aftermath of the Great Recession

Christopher HOUSE (Associate Professor of Economics, University of Michigan) / Christian PROEBSTING (Scientific collaborator, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) / Linda TESAR (Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan)

Papers

May 16, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Product Differentiation Reduce the Productivity Dispersion Caused by Uncertainty?

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University)

Papers

May 16, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Size-dependent Policy and Firm Growth

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 16, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.17] Peru—Additional Duty on Imports of Certain Agricultural Products (WT/DS457): Certain implications on the variable tariff system and the relationship between the WTO Agreement and regional trade agreements

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 15, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Who Are Afraid of Losing Their Jobs to Artificial Intelligence and Robots? Evidence from a survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Papers

May 15, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Forecasting Firm Performance with Machine Learning: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / MIYAUCHI Yuhei (MIT) / Christian PEREZ (Carnegie Mellon University)

Papers

May 15, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Regional Variations in Access to Healthcare among Japanese Individuals over 50 Years Old: An analysis using JSTAR

SHOJI Keishi (Research Office on Financial Affairs, Research Bureau, The House of Representatives) / IBUKA Yoko (Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

Papers

May 15, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Industrial Revolutions and Global Imbalances

Alexander MONGE-NARANJO (FRB St. Louis / Washington University) / UEDA Kenichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 15, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Keen Eye for Economic Trends: No magic bullet for fiscal consolidation

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 12, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Rising Policy Uncertainty in the United States and the United Kingdom: Japanese companies may hold back on direct investment

ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 12, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Rising Policy Uncertainty in the United States and the United Kingdom: Japanese companies may hold back on direct investment

ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 10, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Need for Work Style Reform in Japan and Its Impact

YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 10, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Human Capital Theory Reconsidered as Social Network in the Age of AI/IoT

CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 9, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Trends and Priority Shifts in Artificial Intelligence Technology Invention: A global patent analysis

FUJII Hidemichi (Nagasaki University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 9, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Macroeconomic Effects of Japan's Unconventional Monetary Policies

MIYAO Ryuzo (University of Tokyo) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

About RIETI

May 9, 2017 [Recent Activities]

Chairman NAKAJIMA Atsushi was bestowed the National Order of Merit by the French Government

Articles

May 9, 2017 [Column]

"Power of Data Analysis" Essential to Evidence-based Policymaking

ITO Koichiro (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 28, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Italian Comprehensive Third Sector Reform and its Background: A comparison between Italy and Japan

USHIRO Fusao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

April 27, 2017 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

The Power of Data Analysis: How to approach causality

Written by ITO Koichiro

Papers

April 27, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exchange Rates and the Swiss Economy

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)

Articles

April 27, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Competition Policy in a New Era: Market concentration in the IT world poses a challenge

OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 26, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Assessing the Impact of Renewable Energy Sources: Simulation analysis of the Japanese electricity market

YOSHIHARA Keisuke (University of Tokyo) / OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 26, 2017 [VoxEU Column]

Mitigating the propagation of negative shocks due to supply chain disruptions

INOUE Hiroyasu (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 25, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Productivity in the Service Sector: Reforming Japan’s GDP statistics is urgently needed for more accuracy

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

April 24, 2017 [Symposiums]

2017 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan and 2017 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan

Papers

April 21, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Household Savings Rate in National Accounts and Household Surveys in Japan

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OHNO Taro (Shinshu University)

Papers

April 19, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Does Inter-firm Collaboration Network Improve Quality of Innovation? International comparative analysis from worldwide patent data

IINO Takashi (Niigata University) / INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 19, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Bank-Firm Relationship and Small Business Innovation

XU Peng (Hosei University)

Articles

April 19, 2017 [From IZA]

How is new technology changing job design?
Machines’ ability to perform cognitive, physical, and social tasks is accelerating, dramatically changing jobs and labor markets

Michael GIBBS (University of Chicago and IZA)

Papers

April 18, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Foreign Institutional Ownership and Risk Taking

XU Peng (Hosei University)

Papers

April 18, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Does Impaired Loss Accounting Affect Firms' Investment? Evidence from Japan

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Hitotsubashi University) / HOSONO Kaoru (Gakushuin University)

Papers

April 18, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Defining the Relevant Market in the Digital Platform Industry

KAWAHAMA Noboru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKEDA Kuninobu (Osaka University)

Papers

April 18, 2017 [Non Technical Summaries]

Corruption, Market Quality and Entry Deterrence in Emerging Economies

Krishnendu Ghosh DASTIDAR (Jawaharlal Nehru University) / YANO Makoto (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

About RIETI

April 17, 2017 [Recent Activities]

Visiting Fellow OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi was awarded the 1st GPIF Finance Awards

Articles

April 17, 2017 [RIETI Report]

Persistent Economic Slowdown and Emergence of Debt-ridden Borrowers

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 17, 2017 [Column]

Persistent Economic Slowdown and Emergence of Debt-ridden Borrowers

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 14, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Empirical Analysis on the Earnings Quality of Japanese SMEs

KIM Hyonok (Tokyo Keizai University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

April 14, 2017 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Spatial Economic Analysis of Natural Disaster Restoration

FUJITA Masahisa (Konan University) / HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAMEYAMA Yoshihiro (Saga University)

Papers

April 12, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Summary Report on the Survey of Global Activities by Japanese Multinationals

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University) / WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 12, 2017 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Benefits of importing: Evidence from US firms' global sourcing decisions

Pol ANTRÀS (Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University) / Teresa FORT (Assistant Professor, Tuck School, Business at Dartmouth College) / Felix TINTELNOT (Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago)

Papers

April 11, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

History of Changes to the Curriculum Guidelines and the Decline in Research and Development Productivity in Japan

NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAMOTO Dai (Doshisha University) / YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University)

Articles

April 11, 2017 [Column]

Jump! Companies' Occasional Leaps

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 10, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Effects of Wages and Job Productivity on Job Creation and Destruction: Evidence from Japanese division-level employment data

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 10, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Is U.S.-Japan Trade Friction Avoidable? Blaming trade partners for deficits is pointless

KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

April 6, 2017 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Natural Resources Giant Kazakhstan: What kind of international economic regulation framework is applicable to its SOEs?

Alisher UMIRDINOV (Nagoya University)

Papers

April 5, 2017 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Highly Skilled Immigrants' Occupational Choices and the Japanese Employment System

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Kyushu University)

Articles

April 5, 2017 [Column]

Legal Perspective of the United States’ Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and the Possibility of the "TPP11"

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 4, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Next Challenge for Rational Expectations Hypothesis

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 3, 2017 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Expectations Cannot Impact Wages, a Key to Raising the General Price Level

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)