What's New (FY2021)

March 31, 2022 [Symposiums]

Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals – Increasing the Private Sector's Contribution –

March 31, 2022 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Lessons on Food and Agriculture for the Japanese People: Thinking with facts and logic

Written by YAMASHITA Kazuhito

March 31, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impacts of Financial Crises on the Trilemma Configurations

Joshua AIZENMAN (University of Southern California / NBER) / Menzie CHINN (University of Wisconsin / NBER) / ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

March 31, 2022 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

Indonesia’s G20 needs to secure open trade for recovery from crisis and conflict

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow) / Yose Rizal DAMURI (Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta)

March 30, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Complex Global Interdependencies between Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risks Indices

SOUMA Wataru (Rissho University) / Carolina Magda ROMA (Federal University of Rio Grande) / GOTO Hiromitsu (Kanazawa Gakuin University) /IYETOMI Hiroshi (Rissho University) / Irena VODENSKA (Metropolitan College, Boston University)

March 30, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

International Standard-Setting for Smart Cities―Some Insights from China's Standard Draft Regarding Public Health Emergencies

NAIKI Yoshiko (Nagoya University)

March 30, 2022 [Recent Activities]

Senior Research Advisor TAKEDA Haruhito was awarded the Japan Academy Prize

March 30, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Fiscal Expenditure to Raise Productivity: Emphasis Should be on Intangible Infrastructure

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

March 29, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Land Use and Productivity Differentials among Regions in Japan

TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIZUTA Takeshi (formerly Hitotsubashi University)

March 29, 2022 [Symposiums]

Exploring the New Capitalism (Handouts and Video)

March 29, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Reflections on Reconstructing China's "Doing Business" and "Central-Local Relations"

MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / PAN Motao (WUHAN University)

March 29, 2022 [VoxEU Column]

The ascent of crypto assets: Evolution and macro-financial drivers

Erik FEYEN (Head Global Macro-Financial Monitoring in the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank) / KAWASHIMA Yusaku (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / Raunak MITTAL (IT Officer, Business Solutions, Technology and Innovation Lab, World Bank Group)

March 29, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Demand Shock Propagation Through an Input-output Network in Japan

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University)

March 29, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Role of Face-to-face Contact in Innovation: The Evidence from the Spanish Flu Pandemic in Japan

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

March 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Does the Reform of Rules of Origin Affect Firm Performance in Importing Countries?

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University)

March 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Economics of Electricity System I: Dispatching, Network Access, and Transmission Capacity Expansion

KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

March 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Text-Based Nudges Promoting Rubella Antibody Testing and Vaccination: Evidence from a Nationwide Online Experiment in Japan

KATO Hiroki (Osaka University) / SASAKI Shusaku (Tohoku Gakuin University) / OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 28, 2022 [Policy Update]

EBPM Also for Climate Change Countermeasures

ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2022 [RIETI Report]

Establishing EBPM in Japan – The benefits of using nudges

OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 25, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The lessons of the economic war on Russia

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / Tom WESTLAND (Australian National University)

March 24, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unemployment Gap between Long-term Immigrants and Natives in Japan: Considering heterogeneity among immigrants from Asia, the US and UK, and South America

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

March 24, 2022 [Symposiums]

Digital Businesses in the Post-COVID-19 Era

March 24, 2022 [Column]

Carbon pricing: Applying the EU's experience to Japan's policies

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 23, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Fixed Costs in Exporting and Investing

BAEK Youngmin (Fukuyama University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies)

March 23, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity and Business Dynamism in Japan — Comparison with the EU Countries Using Firm-level Data

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University)

March 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

APEC: Driving Asia-Pacific's inclusive and sustainable growth (Handouts and Video)

March 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

Energy Demand-Based (Demand-Driven) Decarbonized Economy

March 22, 2022 [VoxEU Column]

Carbon pricing and cross-border carbon leakage with international transport

HIGASHIDA Keisaku (Professor, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Nori TARUI (Professor, Department of Economics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

March 18, 2022 [Policy Update]

Establishing EBPM in Japan – The benefits of using nudges

OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 18, 2022 [Symposiums]

CPTPP and Beyond: Multilateralism in an era of great power strategic competition (Summary)

March 17, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Spatial Gaps in Minimum Wages and Job Search of Young Workers

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 16, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impacts of Firm GVC Participation on Productivity: A Case of Japanese Firms

URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / BAEK Youngmin (Fukuyama University)

March 16, 2022 [Policy Update]

The Implication of Ukraine Crisis on Energy and Climate (Video)

Sir Dieter HELM (Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford) / ARIMA Jun (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Public Policies, University of Tokyo) / WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

March 16, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Strengthened Regulations for Digital Platform Businesses in China: Focusing on the Anti-Monopoly Law

KAWASHIMA Fujio (Kobe University)

March 16, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exchange Rate Pass-through Under the Unconventional Monetary Policy Regime

YOSHIDA Yushi (Shiga University) / Weiyang ZHAI (Shiga University) / SASAKI Yuri (Meiji Gakuin University) / Siyu ZHANG (Meiji Gakuin University)

March 16, 2022 [Non Technical Summaries]

Indonesia and Vietnam in Global Supply Chains and the Age of COVID: A Tale of Two Countries

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

March 15, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.38] Australia — Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging (WT/DS435/441/458/467/R, WT/DS435/441/AB/R): WTO Agreement Consistency of Measures Restricting the Use of Trademarks Aimed at Reducing Consumption

ITO Kazuyori (The University of Tokyo)

March 14, 2022 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight Vol.89

March 14, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effects of Trump's Trade War with China on Japan's Trade

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University)

March 14, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Refined Estimation of Service Price Differentials and their Effect on Productivity among Regions in Japan: Treatment of Commerce, and Transforming into Value-added Deflator

TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIZUTA Takeshi (formerly of Hitotsubashi University)

March 14, 2022 [Symposiums]

Exploring the New Capitalism

March 14, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

COP26 & Japan's Carbon Neutrality Challenge

ARIMA Jun (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 11, 2022 [RIETI Report]

Does Market Integration Help to Expand Renewable Energy?

ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

March 11, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Immigration and the care of America’s older population

Kristin BUTCHER (Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings; Professor of Economics, Wellesley College) / Kelsey MORAN (Economics PhD Candidate, MIT) / Tara WATSON (Professor of Economics at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts)

March 10, 2022 [China in Transition]

China's Economy to Slow Down in 2022
—The Prospects of the Housing Market and COVID Control in the Spotlight

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 8, 2022 [China in Transition]

China Aims for "Common Prosperity"
—Increasing rural incomes and secondary distribution reform as the key

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 8, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Economics of Nonperforming Loans

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 7, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Has COVID-19 Permanently Changed Online Consumption Behavior?

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo / Japan Science and Technology Agency / RIKEN Center for Computational Science) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 7, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Estimation Method and Analysis of R-JIP database 2021

TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MAKINO Tatsuji (Hitotsubashi University)

March 7, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Achieving Inclusive Transportation: Fully Automated Vehicles with Social Support

Sunbin YOO (Urban Institute, Kyushu University) / KUMAGAI Junya (Urban Institute, Kyushu University) / KAWABATA Yuta (Urban Institute, Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 7, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Women Work the Way They Do in Japan: Roles of Fiscal Policies

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / MIKOSHIBA Minamo (University of Tokyo)

March 7, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Change from the COVID-19 pandemic to a New Normal: Two Years of Documenting Consumption Behavior with Big Data

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / KANAI Hajime (INTAGE Inc.) / IGEI Naoya (INTAGE Research Inc.) / MIZUMURA Junichi (GfK Marketing Services Japan) / SHIGA Kyoko (Zaim Inc.) / SUEYASU Keita (Zaim Inc.) / HAMAGUCHI Ryosuke (Zaim Inc.)

March 4, 2022 [VoxEU Column]

Shared responsibility criterion for allocating carbon emissions across countries

Palizha AIREBULE / Haitao CHENG (Post-doctoral fellow, Hitotsubashi University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 3, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Employee Downsizing Work? Evidence from Product Innovation at Manufacturing Plants

OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Doshisha University) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Kagawa University)

March 3, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Misallocation under the Shadow of Death

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / OIKAWA Koki (Waseda University) / UEDA Kozo (Waseda University)

March 1, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Local Labor Market Effects of Chinese Imports and Offshoring: Evidence from Matched-Foreign Affiliate-Domestic Parent-Domestic Plant Data in Japan

KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Gakushuin University)

February 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Financial Constraints and Markups

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

February 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exploring the Dynamic Relationship between Mobility and the Spread of COVID-19, and the Role of Vaccines

INOUE Tomoo (Seikei University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

February 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Indonesia and Vietnam in Global Supply Chains and the Age of COVID: A Tale of Two Countries

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

February 28, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 4: Virtue Cannot Exist Independently from Justice

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 25, 2022 [RIETI Report]

Comparing attitudes towards immigrants across regions: A network science approach

Rachael Kei KAWASAKI (Kyoto University) / IKEDA Yuichi (Kyoto University)

February 24, 2022 [Symposiums]

DX Thinking and the Future of Education

February 22, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity, Wages, and Profitability of Firms Using COVID-19-related Support Policies

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

February 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

CPTPP and Beyond: Multilateralism in an era of great power strategic competition (Handouts and Video)

February 22, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Foreign Direct Investment and Markups

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

February 22, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity Dynamics of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a panel of firm surveys

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

February 22, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Digital Trade Agreements, Protection of Personal Information and Data Governance

ISHII Yurika (National Defense Academy of Japan)

February 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

Risk Management and DX

February 22, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What Comes Next? The New Kishida Cabinet: A Formula That Balances Medical Care With Economic Activity

OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 18, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

China and Taiwan's Applications to Join the CPTPP and Japan's Response

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 17, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Third Country Effects of Trump Tariffs: Which Countries Benefited from Trump's Trade War?

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University)

February 17, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Japanese Attitudes Toward Immigrants' Voting Rights: Evidence from Survey Experiments

IGARASHI Akira (Osaka University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 16, 2022 [BBL Seminars]

APEC: Driving Asia-Pacific's inclusive and sustainable growth

Rebecca Fatima STA MARIA (Executive Director, APEC Secretariat, Singapore)

February 16, 2022 [Symposiums]

APEC: Driving Asia-Pacific's inclusive and sustainable growth

February 16, 2022 [VoxEU Column]

Comparing attitudes towards immigrants across regions: A network science approach

Rachael Kei KAWASAKI (PhD candidate, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University) / IKEDA Yuichi (Professor of Physics, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University)

February 15, 2022 [Column]

Does Market Integration Help to Expand Renewable Energy?

ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

February 14, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Effects of the Quality of Science and Innovation on Venture Finance: Evidence from University Spinoffs in Japan

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

February 14, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Key to Stimulating Investment Appetite Is Promoting Intangible Investment to Overcome Stagnation

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 14, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

New Western HRM Practices: Are they really (that) new to Japan?

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 10, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Comparing online to in-person meetings

Shivani TANEJA (Research Fellow, School of Economics, University of Nottingham) / Paul MIZEN (Professor of Monetary Economics and Director of the Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics) / Nicholas BLOOM (Professor of Economics at Stanford University)

February 9, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Individual Preferences Toward Inward Foreign Direct Investment: A Conjoint Survey Experiment

TANAKA Ayumu (Research Associate, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 9, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Teachers' College Majors Affect Students' Academic Achievement in the Sciences? A Cross Subfields Analysis with Student-Teacher Fixed Effects

INOUE Atsushi (Nippon Institute for Research Advancement) / TANAKA Ryuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 9, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Security relationship with Japan is only the beginning for Australia

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

February 8, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Australia needs to revamp the Japan relationship to secure its Asian interests

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

February 7, 2022 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

Preserving open economic security policies in Asia with great power competition

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow)

February 3, 2022 [Symposiums]

Carbon Pricing for Net Zero / Utilizing Market Mechanism (Handouts and Video)

February 2, 2022 [Symposiums]

Thinking about EBPM based on the COVID-19 Measures

February 1, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Beyond the Covid-19 Crisis: Tear down "institutional walls" to avoid divisions

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 31, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Beyond the Covid-19 Crisis: Quickly form a consensus on the "burden" to correct inequalities

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 28, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Alone and lonely: The economic cost of solitude

Chiara BURLINA (Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Padova) / Andrés RODRÍGUEZ-POSE (Princesa de Asturias Chair and Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics; Research Fellow, CEPR)

January 28, 2022 [RIETI Report]

RIETI-ANU Symposium
CPTPP and Beyond: Multilateralism in an era of great power strategic competition

January 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Japanese Inter-prefectural Input-Output Table: Construction Method and Main Results for 2011

ARAI Sonoe (RIETI)

January 28, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Geopolitics of Semiconductors Toward 2030: Who will control strategic materials?

January 28, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Dynamic Relationship between Mobility, Spread of COVID-19, and the Role of Vaccines

INOUE Tomoo (Seikei University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

January 27, 2022 [Non Technical Summaries]

Investigating How Exchange Rates Affected the Japanese Economy after the Advent of Abenomics

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 27, 2022 [Symposiums]

New Regional Revitalization Strategy: Promoting smart cities

January 27, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Investigating How Exchange Rates Affected the Japanese Economy after the Advent of Abenomics

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 24, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Gender Wage Gaps in Japan under the COVID-19 Pandemic

SUMIYA Kazuhiko (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

January 24, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Do People Oppose Foreign Acquisitions? Evidence from Japanese Individual-Level Data

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TANAKA Ayumu (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 24, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Why Do People Oppose Foreign Acquisitions? Evidence from Japanese Individual-Level Data

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TANAKA Ayumu (Research Associate, RIETI) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 24, 2022 [Column]

High Inflation in the U.S.

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

January 21, 2022 [BBL Seminars]

Biden's First Year: the International and Domestic Implications for 2022

Bruce STOKES (Non-Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States)

January 21, 2022 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2022 (January 2022)]

Japanese LLCs Have Finally Become Ubiquitous

HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 20, 2022 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 3: Challenges Faced by Liberal Political Philosophy—Rawlsian Political Philosophy

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 20, 2022 [Symposiums]

CPTPP and Beyond: Multilateralism in an era of great power strategic competition

January 19, 2022 [Authors' Words]

Socio-Life Science and the COVID-19 Outbreak

Edited by YANO Makoto, MATSUDA Fumihiko, Anavaj SAKUNTABHAI, HIROTA Shigeru

January 18, 2022 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2022 (January 2022)]

Economic Sanctions as a Tool of Economic Statecraft: Importance of Collaboration across the Boundaries of Competent Authorities and Industries

TAKEUCHI Maiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 18, 2022 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2022 (January 2022)]

Narrative Economics, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Spiritual Teaching

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 17, 2022 [Symposiums]

Biden's First Year: the International and Domestic Implications for 2022 (Handout and Video)

January 17, 2022 [Symposiums]

Carbon Pricing for Net Zero / Utilizing Market Mechanism

January 17, 2022 [China in Transition]

Tightening Regulation of Private Enterprises in China
—Focusing on the Cases of Ant Group and Didi

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 14, 2022 [RIETI Report]

RIETI Approach to COVID-19

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

January 14, 2022 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2022 (January 2022)]

Looking to the Next Two Decades of APEC

HATTORI Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 13, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Maintaining High-Level Rules Should Be the Basis for Allowing Chinese Accession to the CPTPP

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 13, 2022 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2022 (January 2022)]

Addressing the Year2040 and Year 2054 Problems

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 12, 2022 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Vice President WATANABE Tetsuya will speak at the "RCEP: Looking Beyond Ratification" Webinar hosted by Asia House

January 11, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Tracking Exchange Rate Determinants amid the Pandemic

MASUJIMA Yuki (Bloomberg L.P.)

January 6, 2022 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2022 (January 2022)]

RIETI Approach to COVID-19

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

January 5, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Reasons for the Long-term Stagnation of Wages in Japan

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MAKINO Tatsuji (Hitotsubashi University)

January 4, 2022 [VoxEU Column]

Impacts of natural disasters on perceptions of others

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KASHIWAGI Yuzuka (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow and PhD student, Waseda University)

December 28, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Labor Supply by Marital Status under COVID-19 (An analysis of the Japanese Economy in 2020)

SHONO Yoshihisa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / SUGAI Kaoru (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / HASEBE Takuya (Sophia University, METI)

December 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Carrying Carbon? Negative and Positive Carbon Leakage with International Transport

HIGASHIDA Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TARUI Nori (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

December 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effects of Emulation in the Reward System on Relative Deprivation, Selective Incentive, and Gender Inequality

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

December 28, 2021 [Policy Update]

Discussions at "Japan's Climate and Energy Security Strategy" Virtual Workshop

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 24, 2021 [From IZA]

Gender differences in competitiveness
To what extent can different attitudes toward competition for men and women explain the gender gap in labor markets?

Mario LACKNER (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

December 24, 2021 [RIETI Report]

The Quad's Geo-Economic and Geostrategic Implications

Brahma CHELLANEY (Professor of Strategic Studies, Center for Policy Research)

December 23, 2021 [Column]

Japan should lead the global effort to decarbonize in view of the EU's CBAM proposal

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 22, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Developing economy debt after the pandemic

M. Ayhan KOSE (Chief Economist of EFI and Director of Prospects Group, World Bank) / Franziska OHNSORGE (Manager of the Prospects Group in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Vice Presidency of the World Bank) / Carmen REINHART (Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School) / Kenneth ROGOFF (Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard)

December 20, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Relationship Between Migration Promotion Policies in Local Governments and Population Movement―Text Analysis of the Local Comprehensive Strategies for Rural Revitalization

ARAKAWA Kiyoaki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / NOYORI Shuhei (The University of Tokyo) / NAKATA Toshiyuki (The University of Tokyo)

December 20, 2021 [Column]

COP26 Assessment and Challenges

ARIMA Jun (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 20, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Multinationals and Structural Transformation

Vanessa ALVIAREZ (UBC Sauder) / CHEN Cheng (Clemson University) / Nitya PANDALAI-NAYAR (University of Texas at Austin / NBER) / Liliana VARELA (LSE / CEPR) / YI Kei-Mu (University of Houston / Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / NBER) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 20, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The Quad's Geo-Economic and Geostrategic Implications

Brahma CHELLANEY (Center for Policy Research)

December 17, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Assessing Carbon Emissions Embodied in International Trade Based on Shared Responsibility

Palizha AIREBULE (Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank) / Haitao CHENG (Hitotsubashi University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 16, 2021 [Column]

The Effects of Education and Firm Size on Job Satisfaction: Why Japanese and foreign workers are different and why Japan and other countries are different

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

December 15, 2021 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Chairman YANO Makoto Elected as a New Member of the Japan Academy

December 15, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Panel Data Analysis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

December 15, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

How to nudge COVID-19 vaccination while respecting autonomous decision making

SASAKI Shusaku (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tohoku Gakuin University; Guest Associate Professor, Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University) / SAITO Tomoya (Director, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan) / OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 13, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

Are Applying for and Receiving Subsidies Worth it for Small Enterprises? Evidence from the Government Support Program in Japan

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / Takahashi Kohei (Waseda University)

December 10, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Crucial Viewpoint on Corporate Governance: Developing a "New Japanese Model"

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 10, 2021 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 2: Dystopian Outlook on AI

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 9, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

COVID-19 Policy Should Consider Trade-off Balance

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 8, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

Impact of Cash Transfers on Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Special Cash Payments

HATTORI Takahiro (University of Tokyo) / KOMURA Norihiro (Kyoto University) / UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 7, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Firms: Mobility and Resilience via Remote Work

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / NOSE Manabu (International Monetary Fund / University of Tokyo)

December 7, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industrial Subsidies and Firm Innovation: New Evidence from China

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 6, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

East Asian and European Firms: Comrades or Competitors

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 6, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

East Asian and European Firms: Comrades or Competitors

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 3, 2021 [RIETI Books (English)]

Socio-Life Science and the COVID-19 Outbreak

Edited by YANO Makoto, MATSUDA Fumihiko, Anavaj SAKUNTABHAI, HIROTA Shigeru

December 2, 2021 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow UNAYAMA Takashi received 2021 NTJ Richard Musgrave Prize

December 2, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Three U.S. Economists Win Nobel Prize in Economics for Contributions to Estimation of Causal Relationships through Natural Experiments

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Network Analysis of the Determinants of Attitudes towards Immigrants across Regions

Rachael Kei KAWASAKI (Kyoto University) / IKEDA Yuichi (Kyoto University)

December 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Social Cognitive Determinants of Avoiding Crowded Places: Cultural Differences and Political Polarization

Lucas Heiki MATSUNAGA (Tohoku University) / AOKI Toshiaki (Tohoku University) / Cristiane FAIAD (University of Brasilia) / Daniel ALDRICH (Northeastern University) / TSENG Po-Hsing (National Taiwan Ocean University) / AIDA Jun (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

December 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Social Pressure in Football Matches: An Event Study of "Remote Matches" in Japan

ARAKI Shota (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / MORITA Hiroshi (Hosei University)

December 1, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Toward Japanese Model ver2.0: Purpose of Business, Governance and Ownership

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 26, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 1: A "new cognitive structure" as a rational expectations equilibrium

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 25, 2021 [Symposiums]

Secular Stagnation of Labor Productivity and Real Wages: Analysis using the 2021 JIP database and company data

November 24, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Crucial Viewpoint on Corporate Governance: Developing a "New Japanese Model"

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 22, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Expectations data indicate the US is entering recession about now

Alex BRYSON (Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Social Research Institute, UCL) / David BLANCHFLOWER (Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College)

November 19, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

GAFA and Competition Policy: Japan's Uniqueness in Public-Private Joint Regulation

OHASHI Hiroshi (Program director / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 19, 2021 [Symposiums]

With the 50th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations, What Current and Future Contributions Can China and Japan make to the Global Community

November 18, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Sources of Growth and Stagnation in the Japanese Economy: An Analysis Based on Data for Listed Firms Spanning More Than Five Decades

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 18, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Interview with Dr. Keiichiro Kobayashi, a Member of the Government Advisory Committee on Countermeasures Against the Coronavirus Pandemic
Outlook for the Japanese Economy with the Delta Variant

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 17, 2021 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Vice President WATANABE Tetsuya will speak at the 1st Asia-Europe Economic and Business Forum (AEEBF1)

November 16, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Demographic Changes & the Design of Public Finances & Social Security Structures

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

November 12, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Teams become more productive when their hours are shorter

Ruo SHANGGUAN (Waseda University) / Jed DEVARO (California State University East Bay) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 10, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Effectiveness of subsidy applications for small businesses: The case of Japan

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / TAKAHASHI Kohei (Ph.D Candidate, The Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University)

November 10, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Globalization and the choices of SMEs in the manufacturing sector: Looking at "borderline firms" using micro data

Written by ITO Koji

November 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Robot Penetration and Task Changes

ARAI Kosuke (Keio University) / FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SHIROTA Toyoichiro (Hokkaido University)

November 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Critique from the U.S. Against the WTO's Appellate Body: Revisiting the "Legitimate Regulatory Distinction" Test under the TBT Agreement

NAIKI Yoshiko (Nagoya University)

November 9, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Teleworking Requires Careful Preparations

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 9, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Diversification of Non-economic Values in Supply Chain Management

FUKUOKA Noriyoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / SAKAMOTO Masazumi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

November 9, 2021 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 1: A "new cognitive structure" as a rational expectations equilibrium

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 8, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

We Are Alike: Capital Structure of Japanese SMEs Across Prefectures

Huseyin OZTURK (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

November 8, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Quantitative Evaluation of Tax Compliance Cost in Japan

TAKAGI Shunpei (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) / NAKAJIMA Yuka (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

November 8, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Population Aging and Small Business Exits

XU Peng (Hosei University)

November 5, 2021 [Symposiums]

Design and Intellectual Property: After the Design-Driven-Management declaration

November 5, 2021 [Other Publications (English)]

Energy Sustainability and Climate Change in ASEAN

Edited by Han PHOUMIN, Farhad TAGHIZADEH-HESARY, KIMURA Fukunari, ARIMA Jun

November 4, 2021 [Symposiums]

Autocratization Turning Viral in Pandemic Times (Handouts and Video)

November 4, 2021 [Workshops]

Is the Future Regional?

November 4, 2021 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Program Director OHASHI Hiroshi's book was awarded the 64th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

November 2, 2021 [RIETI Books (English)]

Spatial Economics for Building Back Better

Written by FUJITA Masahisa, HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki, KAMEYAMA Yoshihiro

November 2, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Are SMEs Avoiding Compliance Costs? Evidence from VAT Reforms in Japan

SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University) / KAWAKUBO Takafumi (London School of Economics)

November 2, 2021 [Workshops]

Is Trade Working for All?

November 2, 2021 [Workshops]

US - China Relations: When Decoupling Meets Dual Circulation

November 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Trade Credit Absorb Adverse Shocks?

TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University)

November 1, 2021 [Other Publications (English)]

Carbon Pricing in Japan

Edited by ARIMURA Toshi H. and MATSUMOTO Shigeru

November 1, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Strengthening semiconductor manufacturing: Lessons from East Asia

Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)

October 29, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The blocked road to a woman prime minister in Japan

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Charles CRABTREE (Dartmouth College) / YAMAGISHI Hikaru (Yale University)

October 29, 2021 [RIETI Report]

The impact of COVID-19 on global production

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 29, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Estimating the Effect of Land Use Regulation on Land Price: At the kink point of building height limits in Fukuoka
(Previous title) Estimating the Impact of Land Use Regulation on Land Price: At the Kink Point of Building Height Limits in Fukuoka*

NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKANO Keisuke (Hitotsubashi University)

October 29, 2021 [Workshops]

Sustainable and resilient recovery from the Covid-19 in East Asia

October 29, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Corporate Tax Reform since the 2000s―An Analysis Using Firm-Specific Forward-Looking Effective Tax Rates

BAMBA Yasuo (Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting) / KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 29, 2021 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Service Sector Productivity and the Japanese Economy: Empirical Analysis Based on the JIP Database and Its Policy Implications

Edited by FUKAO Kyoji

October 25, 2021 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Vice President WATANABE Tetsuya will speak at the ‘Global trade’ conference 2021 hosted by the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)

October 22, 2021 [Symposiums]

Business Reinvention of Japan and DX: Challenges and opportunities (Handouts and Video)

October 22, 2021 [Column]

How to Deal with China's Bid to Join CPTPP

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 22, 2021 [Symposiums]

The SMBC Group Digital Strategy for Continuous Transformation and Evolution

October 22, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Ageing and the real interest rate in Japan: A labour market channel

FUJITA Shigeru (Economic Advisor and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) / FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 21, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Windfalls? Costs and Benefits of Investment Tax Incentives due to Financial Constraints

ORIHARA Masanori (University of Tsukuba) / SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)

October 20, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Is Entering a Selective School the Ultimate Goal or Just a Start? The Effect of Ordinal Rank on Academic Achievement and College Quality in a Selective Secondary School

ISOZUMI Koji (Keio University) / ITO Hirotake (Keio Research Institute at SFC) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University) / YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (University of Tokyo)

October 20, 2021 [Workshops]

Trade Integration and the Americas

October 18, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

(Successful) democracies breed their own support

Daron ACEMOĞLU (Professor of Applied Economics, MIT) / Nicolas AJZENMAN (Assistant Professor of Economics, Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV and Research Affiliate, IZA.) / Cevat Giray AKSOY (Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development & Assistant Prof. of Economics at King's College London & Research Associate at IZA) / Martin FISZBEIN (Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University) / Carlos MOLINA (PhD candidate in Economics, MIT)

October 15, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Carbon tax, cross-border carbon leakage, and border tax adjustments

Haitao CHENG (Hitotsubashi University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 15, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Impact of cash transfers on consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Special Cash Payments

HATTORI Takahiro (Project Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo) / KOMURA Norihiro (Assistant Professor, Kyoto University) / UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 13, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Record Japanese government debt risk post-COVID-19

FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Spillover Effects of Compact City Policy on Incumbent Retailers: Evidence from Toyama City

IWATA Shinichiro (Kanagawa University) / KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 12, 2021 [Symposiums]

Climate Action by Japan and Implications for Southeast Asia (Summary)

October 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Distribution of Long-run Stock Returns: Evidence from Japan and the US

ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Waseda University) / Vikas MEHROTRA (University of Alberta)

October 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Distant Lending for Regional Small Businesses Using Public Credit Guarantee Schemes: Evidence from Japan

TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University)

October 11, 2021 [Symposiums]

Climate Action by Japan and Implications for Southeast Asia (Handouts)

October 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Using Sparse Modeling to Detect Accounting Fraud

USUKI Teppei (KPMG AZSA LLC) / KONDO Satoshi (KPMG AZSA LLC) / SHIRAKI Kengo (KPMG AZSA LLC) / MASADA Takahiro (KPMG AZSA LLC) / SUZAKI Kosuke (KPMG AZSA LLC) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University)

October 11, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Correcting the Misunderstandings regarding "Job-specific Employment"

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 8, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Teams become more productive when their hours are shorter

Ruo SHANGGUAN (Adjunct Researcher, Institute for Empirical Research in Organizational Economics, Waseda University) / Jed DEVARO (The Wang Family Professor, Departments of Management and Economics, California State University East Bay) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 7, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Development of International Rules for Digital Economy: Japan and Australia Should Take the Initiative and Encourage Involvement of the U.S. and China

WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

October 7, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Future of Democracy: Superiority is waning and headed for collapse

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

October 6, 2021 [Symposiums]

Business Reinvention of Japan and DX: Challenges and opportunities

October 6, 2021 [China in Transition]

China Aims for Carbon Neutrality
—Decarbonization of Energy and Industrial Structures is the Key

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

October 5, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do Disasters Change Inter-Group Perceptions? Evidence from the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake

KASHIWAGI Yuzuka (Waseda University / National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 5, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Early-Life War Experiences and Corporate Financial Outcomes

Arman ESHRAGHI (Cardiff University) / TAKAHASHI Hidetomo (Hosei University) / XU Peng (Hosei University)

October 4, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Invoice Currency Choice under Financial Constraints and Bargaining: Evidence from Japanese SMEs

GOTO Mizuki (Hitotsubashi University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (IDE-JETRO) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Chuo University)

October 1, 2021 [From IZA]

Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation
Medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child health

N. Meltem DAYSAL (University of Copenhagen and CEBI, Denmark, and IZA) / Jonas Cuzulan HIRANI (The Danish Center for Social Science Research (VIVE), Denmark)

October 1, 2021 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Foreign Exchange Risk Management of Japanese Firms: Rationality, Strategy, and Currency Choice Puzzles

Written by SHIMIZU Junko, ITO Takatoshi, KOIBUCHI Satoshi, SATO Kiyotaka

October 1, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Carbon tax, cross-border carbon leakage, and border tax adjustments

Haitao CHENG (Post-doctoral fellow, Hitotsubashi University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 29, 2021 [Symposiums]

Work Style Reform and Health Management

September 29, 2021 [Column]

Collapse of the CDM Scheme under the Kyoto Protocol and Its Spillover: Consequences of "Carbon Panic"

KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

September 28, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

China's bid to join Pacific trade pact a strategic opportunity for Canberra

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

September 28, 2021 [Symposiums]

Climate Action by Japan and Implications for Southeast Asia

September 27, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

The impact of COVID-19 on global production

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 27, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Global weather disruptions, food commodity prices, and economic activity: A global warning for advanced countries

Jasmien De WINNE (Head of Cooperation, Embassy of Belgium in Tanzania Affiliate Researcher, Department of Economics, Ghent University) / Gert PEERSMAN (Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Ghent University)

September 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Long-run Unit Cost of Financial Intermediation in Japan

GUNJI Hiroshi (Daito Bunka University) / ONO Arito (Chuo University) / SHIZUME Masato (Waseda University) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

September 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Liquidity Creation Measures for Banks in Japan

GUNJI Hiroshi (Daito Bunka University) / ONO Arito (Chuo University) / SHIZUME Masato (Waseda University) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

September 22, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Semiconductor Industry in the Age of Trade Wars, Covid-19, and Strategic Rivalries

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 21, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Firm heterogeneity and the college wage gap in Japan

IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Cristiano PERUGINI (Associate Professor of Political Economy, University of Perugia)

September 21, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Roundtable Discussion on the White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2021: Trade Policy at an Historical Turning Point

KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / SHIMIZU Junko (Gakushuin University) / MATSUMOTO Kayo (Policy Planning and Research Office at the Trade Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI))

September 17, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Data value – talk monetization, statistics, no privacy infringed
Statistical value of consumer transaction data

NIREI Makoto (Professor, University of Tokyo)

September 16, 2021 [Policy Update]

Scale of Imports of COVID-19 Vaccines from Spain

TANAKA Ayumu (Research Associate, RIETI)

September 16, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

COVID-19, Vaccination, and Consumer Behavior

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

September 16, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Panel Data Analysis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

September 15, 2021 [Symposiums]

Solving Social Issues (UN SDGs) with AI and ESG

September 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effects of Compulsory Club Activities at Junior High School on Skills and Outcomes

YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University) / SANO Shinpei (Kobe University) / KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Empirical Analysis of Work Engagement for Regular Employees in Japan

KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SANO Shinpei (Kobe University) / YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University)

September 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Reassessment of Organizational Citizenship Behavior under the Changing Japanese Employment System-Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Affiliation-oriented / Challenge-oriented Organization Citizenship Behavior (OCB)

KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SANO Shinpei (Kobe University) / YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University)

September 15, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Association between COVID-19 Vaccination and Variables Related to Socioeconomic Status: an Internet Study in Japan

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 15, 2021 [Policy Update]

How to Encourage Risk-taking—An Approach Focusing on the Debt Side, Particularly Corporate Pensions

NOMA Mikiharu (Professor, School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University) / NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

September 15, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Why real wages are stagnating in Japan and Korea

Hyunbae CHUN (Professor of Economics, Sogang University) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Jungsoo PARK (Professor of Economics and Director, Nam Duck Woo Economic Research Institute, Sogang University)

September 15, 2021 [Symposiums]

Economic Security Policy as Growth Strategy and Recent Developments in Trade Rules (Handouts and Video)

September 10, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Consumer city: Evidence from smartphone data

MIYAUCHI Yuhei (Aassistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Stephen REDDING (Harold T. Shapiro Professor in Economics, Economics Department and School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; CEPR Research Fellow; NBER ITI Program Director)

September 10, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Development of International Rules for Digital Economy: Japan and Australia Should Take the Initiative and Encourage Involvement of the U.S. and China

WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI) / ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

September 6, 2021 [Column]

The rise of robots in China: Implications for Japan

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 6, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Current Account Dynamics: On Income and Trade Balance

YOSHIDA Yushi (Shiga University) / Weiyang ZHAI (Shiga University / Research Assistant, RIETI)

September 3, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

China and CPTPP

WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University) / KAWASHIMA Fujio (Kobe University) / KAMO Tomoki (Keio University) / KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 2, 2021 [Policy Update]

Benefit-Risk Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination at the Individual Level

YOSHIDA Yasuhiko (Vice Chairman, RIETI)

September 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effects of Trade on the Gender Gaps: A Model-based Quantitative Investigation

SASAHARA Akira (Keio University) / MORI Hiroaki (Senshu University)

September 1, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Declining capital formation in Japan and the role of intangibles

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

September 1, 2021 [Workshops]

Digital Transformation: Standards, Taxation, and Global Governance

September 1, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Rewiring Supply Chains Based on Trust in Laws and Institutions under the U.S.-China Confrontation

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 31, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 5]
The Purpose of the Corporation and How to Realize its Purpose (Summary)

August 31, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of the Minimum Wage Increase on Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Japan

SATO Kazuma (Takushoku University)

August 30, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Money flow networks: Evidence from Japan

FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / YAMAGUCHI Takayuki (Shiga University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TANAKA Takuma (Shiga University) / KIKUCHI Kentaro (Shiga University)

August 30, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Paratransit Services for Efficiency: Examining the Potential for Taxis to be Included in Subsidized Market
(Previous title) Favored Welfare Programs and Negative Externalities: The Effect of Subsidized Transportation for the Elderly on Demand and Wages for Taxi Services*

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / KOMAE Kazutomo (University of Tokyo)

August 27, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Gaining Ground: Markets Helping Government

Clifford WINSTON (Brookings Institution)

August 26, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Medical Expenditures over the Life Cycle: Persistent Risks and Insurance

FUKAI Taiyo (University of Tokyo) / ICHIMURA Hidehiko (University of Arizona / University of Tokyo) / KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / MIKOSHIBA Minamo (University of Tokyo)

August 26, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Long-Term Consequences of Teaching Gender Roles: Evidence from Desegregating Industrial Arts and Home Economics in Japan

HARA Hiromi (Japan Women's University) / Núria RODRÍGUEZ-PLANAS (City University of New York, Queens College)

August 26, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

COVID-19, Vaccination, and Consumer Behavior

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

August 25, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Productivity of Working from Home: Panel Data Analysis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

August 25, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Deepening of COVID-19 Analysis and Growing Use of Analysis Results

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Temporary Work Contracts and Female Labor Market Outcomes

ASAI Yukiko (University of Chicago / Waseda University) / Dmitri K. KOUSTAS (University of Chicago)

August 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Human Capital Accumulation According to HANK

INOSE Junya (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)

August 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Corporate Investment and Strategic Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan

FUJITANI Ryosuke (Tokyo Keizai University) / HATTORI Masazumi (Hitotsubashi University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

August 18, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Results of the Survey on Standardization Activity (2019): Situation of Standardization Activities in Business Entities and Other Institutions

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 17, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The tortoise and the hare: The race between vaccine rollout and new COVID variants

David TURNER (Head, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, OECD) / Balázs ÉGERT (Senior Economist, OECD) / Yvan GUILLEMETTE (Deputy Head, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, OECD Economics Department) / Jarmila BOTEV (Economist, OECD)

August 17, 2021 [Workshops]

Climate and Trade: on the road to COP26

August 16, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Technical Inefficiency and Firm Behavior: A Panel Study of Small and Medium Japanese Manufacturing Firms

OGAWA Kazuo (Kansai Gaidai University)

August 16, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Money flow networks: Evidence from Japan

FUJIWARA Yoshi (Professor at the Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo) / INOUE Hiroyasu (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo) / YAMAGUCHI Takayuki (Assistant Professor, The Center for Data Science Education and Research, Shiga University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TANAKA Takuma (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Data Science, Shiga University) / KIKUCHI Kentaro (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University)

August 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Trends in Science and Mathematics Education and Research and Development Capabilities in Japan

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

August 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Going-Private Transactions and Ex-Post Firm Behaviors: Evidence from Japanese Management Buyouts

KAWANISHI Takuya (Prefectural University of Kumamoto)

August 10, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Recent Trends in the Digital Services Tax

FUCHI Keigo (Kobe University)

August 6, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Size of Micro-originated Aggregate Fluctuations: An analysis of firm-level input-output linkages in Japan

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University)

August 6, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Grasping Income Information in Real Time: Points of Debate Regarding Administrative Digitalization

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

August 6, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Liability of Aging in Internal Capital Markets

USHIJIMA Tatsuo (Keio University)

August 5, 2021 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Annual Report 2020

August 5, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Semiconductor Industry in the Age of Trade Wars, Covid-19, and Strategic Rivalries

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 3, 2021 [RIETI Report]

The dollar, the yen, or the renminbi? Invoicing currency choices by Japanese overseas subsidiaries

ITO Takatoshi (Columbia University) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Senshu University) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Chuo University)

August 3, 2021 [Policy Update]

Is AI Regulation Premature? "AI Ethics as Seen through the Draft EU Regulation"

KAWASHIMA Yusaku (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

August 3, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Motivations and Effects of Engagement by Institutional Investors

HIDAKA Wataru (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / IKEDA Naoshi (Nihon University) / INOUE Kotaro (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

August 2, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 5]
The Purpose of the Corporation and How to Realize its Purpose (Handouts and Video)

July 30, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Demographic Changes and Institutional Designs for Fiscal and Social Security

Written by OGURO Kazumasa

July 30, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Restructuring of the Japanese Economy

Written by OGURO Kazumasa

July 30, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Practices of ESG Management: Evaluation of non-fiscal value using the inclusive wealth index

Written by MANAGI Shunsuke

July 29, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Firms: Mobility and Resilience via Remote Work

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / NOSE Manabu (International Monetary Fund / University of Tokyo)

July 28, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

The dollar, the yen, or the renminbi? Invoicing currency choices by Japanese overseas subsidiaries

ITO Takatoshi (Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Professor, GRIPS; CEPR Research Fellow) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Associate Professor of Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Professor at Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Associate Professor at the School of Commerce, Senshu University) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chuo University)

July 26, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

A Study on Schrems II Judgement of the European Court of Justice on International Data Flows―With a Focus on Its Effects on the Data Free Flow with Trust Initiative

WATANABE Shota (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)

July 26, 2021 [Symposiums]

Towards carbon neutrality -Challenge of Japanese & EU industry and system- (Handouts and Video)

July 21, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Decomposition Approach Applied on the Effects of Taxes and Social Insurance Premiums on Income Distribution: Contributions to the Size of the Middle Class in Japan

OHNO Taro (Shinshu University) / KITAMURA Yukinobu (Rissho University) / MIYAZAKI Takeshi (Kyushu University)

July 21, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Gender Stereotypes among Japanese Voters

ENDO Yuya (Tohoku University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 21, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Horizontal Foreclosure with Vertically Shared Large Value: Qualcomm's License Fee Contracts and Anti-Monopoly Decisions by Government in China's Smartphone Integrated Circuits Market, 2011-2014

WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University)

July 20, 2021 [China in Transition]

Challenges for the Chinese Economy as Viewed through the 2020 Population Census
—Focusing on a Declining Labor Force and Inter-Regional Migration

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

July 20, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Evolution of the Treaty Interpretation on the Issue of Targeted Dumping: Is it a Clarification of a Treaty or ‘Gap Filling’?

MIYAOKA Kunio (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)

July 20, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Land Trades During the Bubble Period and the Results of Capital Gains/Losses

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 19, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

The Economic Role of Productivity: Readdressing the viability of the Japanese economy

Written by MIYAGAWA Tsutomu

July 19, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Economics of Time: Freedom, Justice and the Avenge of History

Written by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro

July 16, 2021 [Workshops]

After the pandemic: trade, health and protectionism

July 16, 2021 [Symposiums]

Socio-Life Science Interdisciplinary Seminar: Stakes of COVID-19 vaccination (Handouts and Video)

July 16, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Place-Based Policies and the Geography of Corporate Investment

Cameron LAPOINT (Yale School of Management) / SAKABE Shogo (Columbia University)

July 15, 2021 [Column]

EU-Japan Cooperation toward Carbon Neutrality—Participating in the EU-Japan Centre/RIETI webinar

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

July 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Reduced Face-to-face Contacts in Japanese Firms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Survey on the Relationship with Pre-pandemic Firm Attributes

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / KUMANOMIDO Hiroshi (Hitotsubashi University)

July 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Industrial Revitalization Policy in the 2000s

WATANABE Junko (Kyoto University) / TAKEDA Haruhito (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 15, 2021 [Policy Update]

Toward Creating More Innovation from Japan—Trinity Model of Management at GAFAM

NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / ABE Naohiko (Managing Partner, Pay Governance Japan)

July 15, 2021 [Symposiums]

How will East Asia's Digital Transformation Change the Global Value Chain? (Handouts and Video)

July 14, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Explaining Declining Business Dynamism: A Monetary Growth-Theoretic Approach

FURUKAWA Yuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Tat-kei LAI (IÉSEG School of Management) / NIWA Sumiko (Sonoda Women's University)

July 14, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.37] Russia — Measures Affecting the Importation of Railway Equipment and Parts Thereof: Clarification of Framework for Applying TBT Article 5

HEIKE Masahiro (Nishimura & Asahi)

July 14, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.36] Russia – Tariff Treatment of Certain Agricultural and Manufacturing Products (DS485): Moving Targets and Measures with Systematic Application

SHIMIZU Mari (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

July 14, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Algorithm is Experiment: Machine Learning, Market Design, and Policy Eligibility Rules

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / YATA Kohei (Yale University)

July 13, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Optimal Wealth Taxation in the Schumpeterian Growth Model with Unemployment

HIRAGUCHI Ryoji (Meiji University)

July 13, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Macro Uncertainties and Tests of Capital Structure Theories across Renewable and Non-Renewable Resource Companies

Denny IRAWAN (Australian National University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

July 12, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Renminbi's Unfinished Reform: The Road to an International Currency

Written by C.H. Kwan

July 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Measuring Robot Quality: Has Quality Improvement Slowed Down?

FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIMOTO Ryo (Keio University) / SHIRATSUKA Shigenori (Keio University) / SHIROTA Toyoichiro (Hokkaido University)

July 9, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Rapid Economic Growth as History

Edited by TAKEDA Haruhito, LIM Chaisung

July 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

When Does the Japan Empowering Women Index Outperform Its Parent and the ESG Select Leaders Indexes?

AONO Kohei (Ritsumeikan University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

July 8, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Sustainability and Credit Spreads in Japan

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

July 8, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Outsourcing Active Ownership in Japan

Marco BECHT (Université Libre de Bruxelles) / Julian FRANKS (London Business School) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SUZUKI Kazunori (Waseda University)

July 8, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Structural Reform for Community Economic Development II: New Development and Practices

Written by NAKAMURA Ryohei

July 8, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Reconsider Across-the-Board Protection for SMEs—How Can Economic Dynamism Be Promoted?

GOTO Yasuo (Research Associate, RIETI)

July 8, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Economics of AI: Mastering its predictive capabilities

Written by TSURU Kotaro

July 8, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Economics of Competition Policy: Population decline, digitalization, and industrial policy

Written by OHASHI Hiroshi

July 8, 2021 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

The Economics of Pharmaceutical Pricing

Edited by OGURO Kazumasa, SUGAWARA Takuma

July 6, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Difficulty of Ensuring Workers' Health through Time Management—Working Style Reform under the COVID-19 Pandemic

KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 5, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Will a Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights on Vaccines Lead to Increased Supply?

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI)

July 2, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

Understanding the Transmission of COVID-19 News to French Financial Markets

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

July 2, 2021 [Column]

COVID-19 and Health Expenditure Trends

NISHIOKA Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAKI Akio (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW))

July 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Results of a Firm Survey after the Spread of COVID-19 in Japan
(Revised) Firms' Responses and Policy Measures to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An analysis based on a firm survey

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ONO Arito (Chuo University) / HONDA Tomohito (University of Tokyo) / ARAKI Shota (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University) / ONOZUKA Yuki (Otaru University of Commerce) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University) / FUKANUMA Hikaru (Japan Finance Corporation) / HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University) / YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 30, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Nagahama Survey on Social Science

YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI) / HIROTA Shigeru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YODO Masato (Kyoto University) / MATSUDA Fumihiko (Kyoto University)

June 29, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Graduation of Initial Public Offering Firms from Junior Stock Markets: Evidence from the Tokyo Stock Exchange

HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KURIHARA Koki (Chuo University)

June 29, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Do Citizens Prefer Highly Skilled Immigrants to Low-Skilled Immigrants? Identifying Causal Mechanisms of Immigration Preferences with a Survey Experiment

IGARASHI Akira (Rikkyo University) / MIWA Hirofumi (Gakushuin University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 29, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 4]
The Role of Institutional Investors (Video)

June 28, 2021 [Symposiums]

Trade and the Indo-Pacific: CPTPP, BRI & RCEP

June 25, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

Do Japanese Expatriates Matter for Foreign Subsidiary Performance? A Role-Based Analysis of Three-Wave Panel Data

Jesper EDMAN (Waseda University) / Riki TAKEUCHI (Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas)

June 25, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 5]
The Purpose of the Corporation and How to Realize its Purpose

June 25, 2021 [Symposiums]

How COVID-19 Impacts Supply Chains and the Economy: Evidence from Europe and Asia

June 24, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Utmost Consideration Should Be Paid to Impact on Employment—Should Minimum Wages Be Raised?

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 24, 2021 [Symposiums]

Blockchain Now: Applications of blockchain in digital ownership and data management

June 23, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Culture, Tastes, and Market Integration: Testing the Localized Taste Hypothesis

Cecilia GUERRERO (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) / MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Jens WRONA (University Duisburg-Essen, CESifo, DICE)

June 22, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 3]
Ownership of the New Corporation: the Role of Activist Funds (Summary)

June 21, 2021 [Column]

Will a Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights on Vaccines Lead to Increased Supply?

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI)

June 21, 2021 [Symposiums]

How will East Asia's Digital Transformation Change the Global Value Chain?

June 18, 2021 [From IZA]

Income inequality and social origins
Promoting intergenerational mobility makes societies more egalitarian

Lorenzo CAPPELLARI (Università Cattolica Milano, Italy, and IZA)

June 17, 2021 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Reconstruction of Macroeconomics: Keynes and Schumpeter

Written by YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi

June 16, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Japanese Expatriates Matter for Foreign Subsidiary Performance? A Role-Based Analysis of Three-Wave Panel Data

Jesper EDMAN (Waseda University) / Riki TAKEUCHI (Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas)

June 16, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Regularity in Urban Agglomeration Patterns and Its Macroscopic Implications for Regional Policies

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 14, 2021 [Symposiums]

The Creation of a Future Society and Security Measures through the Fusion of Culture and Science

June 14, 2021 [Policy Update]

How Tariffs Affect China's Exports

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effects of Subsidies for Small and Medium-sized Firms: Matching and DID Analysis Based on Project Location and Type of Application

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / HIRASAWA Toshihiko (University of Tokyo)

June 10, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Heterogeneous Effects of COVID-19 on Labor Markets: People's Movement and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

HOSHI Kisho (University of British Columbia) / KASAHARA Hiroyuki (University of British Columbia) / MAKIOKA Ryo (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / SUZUKI Michio (Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office / Tohoku University) / TANAKA Satoshi (University of Queensland)

June 9, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Starting New Businesses from an Economics Approach Provides a Look at Epicenters of "Change"

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

June 8, 2021 [Symposiums]

SDGs and Business Contribution in Southeast Asia (Summary)

June 8, 2021 [Symposiums]

Towards carbon neutrality -Challenge of Japanese & EU industry and system-

June 8, 2021 [Policy Update]

The Price Surge in the Japanese Wholesale Electricity Market in January and the Lessons for Market Design

ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

June 7, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Subsidies for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Service Sectors

MAKIOKA Ryo (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

June 4, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Why rich parents have rich children

Sreevidya AYYAR (Research Assistant, University College London) / Uta BOLT (PhD candidate, University College London) / Eric FRENCH (Professor of Economics, University College London; Co-Director, the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) at IFS; Fellow, CEPR) / Jamie Hentall MAcCUISH (PhD researcher, University College London) / Cormac O'DEA (Assistant Professor in Economics, Yale University)

June 3, 2021 [Symposiums]

Socio-Life Science Interdisciplinary Seminar: Stakes of COVID-19 vaccination

June 3, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 4]
The Role of Institutional Investors

June 3, 2021 [Symposiums]

The Economics of Competition Policy: Population decline, digitalization and industrial policy

June 2, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Resilience of FDI to Natural Disasters through Industrial Linkages

KATO Hayato (Osaka University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

June 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Cash Transfers on Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Special Cash Payments

HATTORI Takahiro (University of Tokyo) / KOMURA Norihiro (Kyoto University) / UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 1, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Who Does Not Want to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19? - An Internet Survey in Japan

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / HASHIMOTO Sora (United Health Communications, Co., Ltd.) / DENDA Kenzo (Hiramatsu Memorial Hospital) / OCHI Sae (Jikei University School of Medicine) / SO Mirai (Tokyo Dental College)

May 31, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Uncertainty of Firms' Economic Outlook During the COVID-19 Crisis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

May 31, 2021 [Symposiums]

SDGs and Business Contribution in Southeast Asia (Handouts)

May 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Socio-Life Scientific Survey on COVID-19

HIROTA Shigeru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SETOH Kazuya (Kyoto University) / YODO Masato (Kyoto University) / YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)

May 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Study on China's Institutional Design for "Doing Business"——Discussion about Governance System & Structure along the Trial-and-Error Process of Policy Diffusion

MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / PAN Motao (Tsinghua University)

May 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Sources of Growth and Stagnation in the Japanese Economy: An Analysis Based on Data on Listed Firms Spanning More Than Five Decades

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 27, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 3]
Ownership of the New Corporation: the Role of Activist Funds (Handouts and Video)

May 27, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Machine learning as a natural experiment: Application to fashion e-commerce

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / AIHARA Shunsuke (Co-founder, Hanjuku-Kaso, Inc.; Endowed Assistant Professor, Jichi Medical University) / MATSUTANI Megumi (Director, ZOZO Research) / SAITO Yuta (Undergraduate student, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

May 26, 2021 [Symposiums]

Where next for the World Trade Organization and Global Trade Rules?

May 26, 2021 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook and Asia Pacific Region-Managing Divergent Recoveries

May 26, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Machine learning as a natural experiment: Application to fashion e-commerce

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / AIHARA Shunsuke (Co-founder, Hanjuku-Kaso, Inc.; Endowed Assistant Professor, Jichi Medical University) / MATSUTANI Megumi (Director, ZOZO Research) / SAITO Yuta (Undergraduate student, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

May 25, 2021 [Workshops]

Open Strategic Autonomy: Navigating the new direction of EU trade policy

May 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Enhancing Team Productivity through Shorter Working Hours: Evidence from the Great Recession

Ruo SHANGGUAN (Waseda University) / Jed DEVARO (California State University, East Bay) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 21, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Are Applying for and Receiving Subsidy Worth for Small Enterprises? Evidence from the Government Support Program in Japan

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / TAKAHASHI Kohei (Waseda University)

May 21, 2021 [Symposiums]

SDGs and Business Contribution in Southeast Asia

May 20, 2021 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Will Artificial Intelligence Enrich Our Lives? The economics of artificial intelligence II

Written and edited by MANAGI Shunsuke

May 19, 2021 [Symposiums]

The Xi Jinping Administration and Science & Technology: The international order transformed by his "Chinese Dream"

May 19, 2021 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Economics of COVID-19 Shocks

Written and edited by MIYAGAWA Tsutomu

May 19, 2021 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Why Connecting with "Outsiders" is the Most Effective to Achieve Economic Growth and Resilience: An introduction to network economics as a survival strategy

Written by TODO Yasuyuki

May 18, 2021 [Symposiums]

International Politics and Economics Surrounding Southeast Asia: Perspectives on its relationship with the US and China

May 17, 2021 [Symposiums]

2021 White Paper on Small, Medium, and Micro-sized Enterprises in Japan

May 14, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Change in Eating Habits and Avoidance of Cash Becoming Clearer—Consumption Trends Evidenced by Big Data

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

May 13, 2021 [Symposiums]

The Geopolitics of Biden's Green Deal

May 13, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Innovation for Tax Avoidance: Product Differentiation and the Arm's Length Principle

OKOSHI Hirofumi (Okayama University)

May 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Subjective Uncertainty in Firms' Economic Outlook during the COVID-19 Crisis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

May 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Analysis of the Effect of Compact Cities on Travelling Distance and Time by Various Means of Transportation

KUTSUZAWA Ryuji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / AKAI Nobuo (Osaka University) / TAKEMOTO Toru (Nihon University)

May 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Nudge for COVID-19 Vaccination: Toward a Nudge-based Message that Does Not Impede Autonomous Decision-making

SASAKI Shusaku (Tohoku Gakuin University) / SAITO Tomoya (Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Institute of Infectious Diseases) / OHTAKE Fumio (Osaka University)

May 11, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Inflation in the aftermath of wars and pandemics

Kevin DALY (Managing Director and Senior Economist within Goldman Sachs’ Global Macro Research department) / Rositsa D. CHANKOVA (Analyst, Global Macro Research, Goldman Sachs)

May 10, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 2]
Fiduciary Duties under the New Conception of the Corporation (Video)

May 7, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Understanding the Transmission of COVID-19 News to French Financial Markets

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

May 7, 2021 [Symposiums]

Towards an Asia-Pacific Digital Economy Governance Regime (Summary)

May 6, 2021 [Column]

Economic Characteristics of Inter-Industry and Inter-Regional Spread of COVID-19 Shocks

TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 6, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Impacts of Cash Transfers on Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Special Cash Payment

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KOMURA Norihiro (Kyoto University) / HATTORI Takahiro (University of Tokyo)

May 6, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Bangladesh – Graduation from Least Developed Countries Status and Its Implications

USAMI Takashi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) / FUKUOKA Noriyoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

April 27, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Supply chains and the economic effects of lockdowns

INOUE Hiroyasu (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo) / MURASE Yohsuke (Research Scientist, RIKEN Advanced Institute of Computational Science) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 27, 2021 [Symposiums]

Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General (Handouts and Video)

April 27, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

How high-speed rail changes the spatial distribution of economic activity: Evidence from Japan's Shinkansen

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Overseas Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies) / Hans KOSTER (Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) / TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Jacques-François THISSE (Professor of Economics and Regional Science, Université catholique de Louvain and CEPR Research Fellow)

April 26, 2021 [Symposiums]

Preparing for Earthquakes Directly Beneath Metropolitan Tokyo: Amazing economic effects of seismic motion prediction technology

April 26, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Supply chains and the economic effects of lockdowns

INOUE Hiroyasu (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo) / MURASE Yohsuke (Research Scientist, RIKEN Advanced Institute of Computational Science) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 26, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 3]
Ownership of the New Corporation: the Role of Activist Funds

April 26, 2021 [Policy Update]

Towards an Asia-Pacific Digital Economy Governance Regime

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / Rebecca Fatima STA MARIA (Executive Director, APEC Secretariat, Singapore) / WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

April 23, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Spread and Effectiveness of Work Style Reforms

TAKAHASHI Kohei (Waseda University) / AIRTA Kentaro (Mizuho Research & Technologies) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAZAMA Haruka (Mizuho Research & Technologies) / KODAMA Naomi (Research Associate, RIETI) / SAKAI Saisuke (Mizuho Research & Technologies) / TAKEUCHI Masaya (Mizuho Research & Technologies)

April 23, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Wake Not a Sleeping Lion: Free Trade Agreements and Decision Rights in Multinationals

MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Gakushuin University) / OKOSHI Hirofumi (Okayama University)

April 20, 2021 [Workshops]

Socio-life Science: Public Health and COVID-19 Outbreak

April 20, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Declining Capital Formation in Japan and the Role of Intangibles—Empirical Studies using Industry-level Data

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Hitotsubashi University)

April 20, 2021 [Symposiums]

COVID-19 and the Japanese Economy: How well we have survived and how the economy will recover

April 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Centrality Bias in Inter-city Trade

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Jens WRONA (University of Duisburg-Essen)

April 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Curse of Democracy: Evidence from 2020

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / SUDO Ayumi (Yale University)

April 19, 2021 [Column]

The Role and Historical Development of Standards

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 14, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do ESG Performance and Awareness Affect Firm Value and Corporate Overinvestment?

Denny IRAWAN (Australian National University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

April 14, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Competition, Productivity and Trade, Reconsidered

ARA Tomohiro (Fukushima University)

April 14, 2021 [Symposiums]

Changing Course: Multilateral Cooperation toward Green Growth and Digital Transformation (Summary)

April 13, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

China's Investment in Intangible Assets by Industry: A Preliminary Estimation in an Extended Sources-of-Growth Framework

Janet X. HAO (The Conference Board, New York) / Harry X. WU (National School of Development, Peking University / The Conference Board China Center, Beijing / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

April 13, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effects of Higher Education on Productivity and Innovation

INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University) / IKEDA Yuya (NISTEP) / KAKINO Shingo (Gakushuin University)

April 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Conditional Capital Surplus and Shortfall across Resource Firms

Denny IRAWAN (Australian National University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

April 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Carbon Tax and Border Tax Adjustments with Technology and Location Choices

Haitao CHENG (Hitotsubashi University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

China's Investment in Intangible Assets by Industry: A Preliminary Estimation in an Extended Sources-of-Growth Framework

Janet X. HAO (The Conference Board, New York) / Harry X. WU (National School of Development, Peking University / The Conference Board China Center, Beijing / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

April 8, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation [Part 2]
Fiduciary Duties under the New Conception of the Corporation

April 7, 2021 [Symposiums]

Revitalising Multilateralism: Pragmatic Ideas for the New WTO Director-General

April 6, 2021 [JIP Database 2021]

JIP Database 2021

April 5, 2021 [China in Transition]

The Outlook for the Chinese Economy in 2021
—Can China Achieve Double-Digit Growth for the First Time in 11 Years?

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

April 1, 2021 [Recent Activities]

The 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

April 1, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Immigrant Performance under the Strict Selective Immigration Policy in Japan

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI) / HAGIWARA Risa (Meikai University)