RIETI - What's New (FY2023)

Amitabh KANT (sherpa of the G20) / URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI) / FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Professor, the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University) / TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman of JEF)

March 15, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Security Exceptions and WTO Reform

NAKATOMI Michitaka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

March 15, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Effect of a European carbon border adjustment mechanism on Asia and the Pacific

Aline MORTHA (Waseda University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 13, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Are Firms Able to Take Advantage of Academic Advances?

OROKU Masahiro (Recruit Co., Ltd.)

March 12, 2024 [Workshops]

Securing access to critical metals – is US and EU collaboration possible? Supply, demand and contrasting approaches to security in critical metals

March 12, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Much of Merit is Due to Luck? Evidence on the Butterfly Effect of luck

KOIZUMI Hideto (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 11, 2024 [Symposiums]

ASEAN Prospects from ERIA's Perspective: What role should ERIA and Japan play

: March 8, 2024 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight Vol.99

March 6, 2024 [Symposiums]

Occupational Skills and Gender Inequality, and a New RIETI Project on Gender Inequality in Workplaces and Labor Markets

March 6, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Road traffic flow and air pollution concentrations: Evidence from Japan

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / Paul BURKE (Professor and Head of the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at Australian National University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 5, 2024 [Symposiums]

Connecting the EU, Japan and the World by GAIA-X, CATENA-X and Japan's Data Strategy

March 5, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The tide has turned: EU firm-level productivity growth has started to suffer from Chinese import competition

Klaus S. FRIESENBICHLER (Senior Economist at Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Deputy Director at Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria) / Agnes KÜGLER (Senior Economist at Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Board Member at Supply Chain Intelligence Institute Austria) / Andreas REINSTALLER (Senior Principal Economist at Office of the Austrian Productivity Board)

March 5, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unraveling the Determinants of Overemployment and Underemployment among Older Workers in Japan: A machine learning approach

ZHANG Meilian (Chinese University of Hong Kong) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / USUI Emiko (Hitotsubashi University) / OSHIO Takashi (Hitotsubashi University) / ZHANG Yi (Central University of Finance and Economics)

March 5, 2024 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation: Challenges of the regulatory sandbox and beyond

Written and edited by NAKAHARA Hirohiko, IKEDA Yoko

March 4, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Examination of Data Localization: A focus on its impact on businesses and policy objectives

KONNO Yukiko (Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)

March 4, 2024 [Symposiums]

Current Trend of Chinese OEM Going Overseas

March 4, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Investigating Japan’s Machinery and Equipment Exports after the Global Financial Crisis

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 1, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Rise in Wage Inequality between Firms: Evidence from Japan 1995-2013

KAMBAYASHI Ryo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TANAKA Satoshi (University of Queensland) / YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (University of Tokyo)

March 1, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

WTO’s Further Actions for SDGs

UMEJIMA Osamu (Takasaki City University of Economics)

February 29, 2024 [Column]

Reskilling and Human Capital

ADACHI Daisuke (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

February 28, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Using High-dimensional Corporate Governance Variables to Predict Firm Performance

Nicholas BENES (BDTI) / Ben GARTON (BDTI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / YAMANOI Junichi (Waseda University)

February 27, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Effect of a European carbon border adjustment mechanism on Asia and the Pacific

Aline MORTHA (Waseda University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 26, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Security Exceptions and WTO Reform

NAKATOMI Michitaka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

February 22, 2024 [Symposiums]

The State of the Art in Generative AI for Manga Production: Spring 2024

February 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Empirical Estimation of the Propagation of Investment Spikes over the Production Network

NIREI Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 22, 2024 [Column]

Overseas EBPM Situation: Focusing on United States and United Kingdom

UCHIYAMA Yu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Rise and Fall of Cities under Declining Population and Diminishing Distance Frictions: The case of Japan

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MURAKAMI Daisuke (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)

February 21, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

A Tough Path to a Virtuous Price-Wage Circle

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 21, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Dynamics of Ecosystem Governance on a Technology Platform: Network analysis of Siemens MindSphere partners

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Alireza EMAMI JAVID (Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc.)

February 21, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Negotiation for Transfer Prices under the Arm's Length Principle

OKOSHI Hirofumi (Okayama University)

February 20, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Cascades of Tax Policy through Production Networks: Evidence from Japan

KOIZUMI Hideto (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

February 20, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenging Times for International Trade: Decarbonization is the key to supply chain building

ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 20, 2024 [Symposiums]

Recent US Trends in Economic Security (Handout and Video)

February 20, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Network externality and tax competition

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

February 19, 2024 [Symposiums]

Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation: Challenges of the Regulatory Sandbox and beyond

February 16, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Right to Regulate and Japan’s Major International Investment Agreements

FUKUNAGA Yuka (Waseda University)

February 16, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Hidden Exposure: Measuring U.S. supply chain reliance

Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics at IMD Business School, Lausanne, VoxEU Founder & Editor-in-Chief at VoxEU.org)

February 15, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenging Times for International Trade: Realigning supply chains to overcome stagnation

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 15, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unleashing Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Ripple effects of employment protection reforms

KATAGIRI Mitsuru (Hosei University)

February 15, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Fundraising of AI Startups: Evidence from web data

ZHU Chen (University of Tokyo) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 8, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Labor Union Effects on Wage Dispersion: Evidence from panel data of Japanese listed companies

SAITO Takashi (Meiji Gakuin University) / MATSUURA Tsukasa (Chuo University) / OKAMOTO Hisashi (Kobe Gakuin University)

February 8, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firms' Internationalization Decisions and Demand Learning

TANI Naoki (Kyoto University / Ministry of Finance) / OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 7, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Mainstream Formation and Competitive Dynamics in the Computer Graphics Industry: Topic modeling analysis of US patents

WATANABE Ichiro (University of Tokyo) / SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Waseda University)

February 7, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Utilization of Well-being Indices in Policy Making: Usefulness and concerns

KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 7, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Postmaterialist Values Contribute to and Alleviate Global Well-being Disparities: Evidence from Gallup World Poll data

YOO Sunbin (Kyushu University) / KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / Thierry COULIBALY (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 6, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Role of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

TAKAGI Seiji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

February 6, 2024 [Symposiums]

Challenges and Possibilities for Japan as Seen in the IMD World Competitiveness Rankings

February 6, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Release from Restricted Environmental and Social Investing: Evidence from agreements between asset owners and asset managers

SHIRASU Yoko (Aoyama Gakuin University) / SUZUKI Katsushi (Hitotsubashi University) / Sadok EL GHOUL (University of Alberta)

February 6, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

R&D Subsidies and Multi-product Firms

Rikard FORSLID (Stockholm University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

February 5, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The ITO Charter Model for “Sustainable Development”: A framework for a self-evolving transnational economic order by “middle powers”

KOMETANI Kazumochi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

February 5, 2024 [Workshops]

Hitotsbuashi-Gakushuin Conference on International Trade & FDI 2023

February 5, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

China is the world’s sole manufacturing superpower: A line sketch of the rise

Richard BALDWIN (Professor of International Economics at IMD Business School, Lausanne, VoxEU Founder & Editor-in-Chief at VoxEU.org)

February 2, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Japanese Economy and Policy Issues after COVID-19

February 2, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Recovery from Earthquake Disasters: Turning devastation into creative destruction

YAMADA Takahiro (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

February 1, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Economic Growth through Basic Research by Firms: A science linkage approach

NIREI Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OIKAWA Koki (Waseda University) / OROKU Masahiro (Recruit Co., Ltd.)

February 1, 2024 [Symposiums]

Flexible Regional Management: Delivering sustainability over growth

February 1, 2024 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2024 (January 2024)]

Corporate Pensions and the Initiative to Turn Japan into a Leading Asset Management Center: Toward resolving the public’s anxiety

IKARI Hiroshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 31, 2024 [Column]

Recovery from Earthquake Disasters: Turning devastation into creative destruction

YAMADA Takahiro (Fellow (Policy Economist))

January 31, 2024 [Symposiums]

Recent US Trends in Economic Security

January 30, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

SBIR, Startups, and Subsequent Technological Development: Laser diodes in the United States and Japan

SHIMIZU Hiroshi (Waseda University) / WAKUTSU Naohiko (Nagoya City University)

January 30, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Folly of the income tax reduction triggered the “Kishida shock”

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 29, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Using Supply Chain Network Information and High-frequency Mobility Data to Forecast Firm Dynamics

KATO Rui (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / YANAOKA Masaki (Tokyo Shoko Research, Ltd.) / YUKIMOTO Shinji (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.)

January 29, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Business Restructuring and Corporate Governance: Evidence from survey data

TAKAHASHI Hidetomo (Hosei University) / XU Peng (Hosei University)

January 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

Friend-Shoring Security Trumps Economics? : A European perspective (Handouts and Video)

January 26, 2024 [RIETI Report]

The Japanese Economy's Position Viewed from a Historical Perspective

WATANABE Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Information Sharing with the Private Sector under Anti-money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Regulations

ISHII Yurika (National Defense Academy of Japan)

January 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Resurgence of the Social Clause?: A critical analysis of labor provisions in RTAs in the Asia-Pacific region

NAKAGAWA Junji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Asymmetric Exchange Rate Pass-through between Unexpected Yen Appreciation and Depreciation: The case for Japanese machinery exports

LIU Nan (Yokohama National University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University)

January 24, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Presence of Europe in a Global Trend of Decarbonization - Lessons from Europe, leading role in energy transition

January 23, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

2021 RIETI Survey on Currency Risk Management and Invoice Currency Choice of Japanese Listed Manufacturing Firms

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

January 23, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

“Stealth Price Hikes” Spreading among Services

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

January 23, 2024 [Policy Update]

Application of Future Design to Policies: Insights from the practices adopting "Imaginary Future Generations"

HARA Keishiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Choice of Invoice Currency and Exchange Rate Risk Management: FY2022 questionnaire survey with Japanese overseas subsidiaries

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

January 17, 2024 [Symposiums]

Unlocking the Voice of the Future: Innovations and Applications of AI Voice Analysis Engines

January 17, 2024 [Symposiums]

An Overview of Economic Security (5): From an Industrial Policy Perspective (Handout and Video)

January 16, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

A Study on the Digital Economic Partnership Agreement (DEPA) - Focusing on the impact on the formation of multilateral rules for digital trade

WATANABE Shota (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)

January 15, 2024 [From IZA]

Multiple job-holding: Career pathway or dire straits?
Moonlighting responds to economic needs, but can generate new skills and careers

Konstantinos POULIAKAS (Cedefop, and University of Aberdeen, UK, and IZA, Germany) / Wieteke S. CONEN (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

January 15, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Determinants and Consequences of Bank Borrowings of Small Businesses: Is the COVID-19 crisis special?

TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University)

January 15, 2024 [Symposiums]

Revitalizing the Local Economy Through Medical Tourism: Towards a high-value, high-profit model

January 15, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Inflation and its demons define Japan’s precarious 2023

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 12, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Proposal for Establishment of an Independent Fiscal Institution and Importance of Ex-Post Review

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 12, 2024 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2024 (January 2024)]

Japan to Cut Off Japanese? Protecting the ties between Japan and the Japanese citizens who are successful overseas

TAKEUCHI Maiko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 12, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

On the Trends of Technology, Family Formation, and Women's Time Allocation

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / NAKAKUNI Kanato (University of Tokyo)

January 12, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Effect of Silent Eating during Lunchtime at Schools on the COVID-19 Outbreaks

TAKAHASHI Ryo (Waseda University) / IGEI Kengo (Keio University) / TSUGAWA Yusuke (UCLA) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 11, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Expansion of Schooling Years and Changes in Enrollment Rates: Reform of compulsory education in Japan

OKANIWA Fusae (Yamagata University) / IBUKA Yoko (Keio University) / MARUYAMA Shiko (Jinan University)

January 11, 2024 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2024 (January 2024)]

The Japanese Economy’s Position Viewed from a Historical Perspective

WATANABE Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 11, 2024 [Symposiums]

New Directions in American Economic Statecraft

January 11, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Global Risk Factors and Their Impacts on Interest Rates and Exchange Rates: Evidence from ASEAN+4 economies

OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / LUO Pengfei (Setsunan University)

January 11, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Lack of recovery of the post-‘ice age’ cohorts in Japan

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Outlook on the 2024 Problem: Seizing the chance to change the low-pricing model

KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 10, 2024 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2024 (January 2024)]

Fiscal Policy Should Be Freed from the Deflationary Mindset

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 10, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The new economics of industrial policy

Réka JUHÁSZ (Co-Founder of The Industrial Policy Group and Assistant Professor of Economics at University Of British Columbia) / Nathaniel LANE (Associate Professor, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Associate Professor at University Of Oxford) / Dani RODRIK (Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University)

January 9, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Granular Origins of Agglomeration

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT) / Daniel G. O'CONNOR (MIT)

January 9, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Exchange rates exert limited influence on China’s exports

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 9, 2024 [Workshops]

Changing Dynamics of the Global Trade Landscape

January 9, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What Can Be Done to Combat the Declining Total Fertility Rate: Stable employment and income should be given top priority

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

January 5, 2024 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2024 (January 2024)]

Proposal for Establishment of an Independent Fiscal Institution and Importance of Ex-Post Review

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 5, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How do Classmates Matter for the Class-size Effects?

TANAKA Ryuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / WANG Tong (Ritsumeikan University)

January 5, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A Long-run Consequence of Relaxation-Oriented Education on Labor Market Performance

BAI Yu (University of Tokyo) / TANAKA Ryuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 5, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Loud is a Soft Voice? Effects of positive screening of ESG performance on the Japanese oil companies

KEIDA Masayuki (Rissho University) / TAKEDA Yosuke (Sophia University)

January 5, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Imperfect Take-up of COVID-19 Business Support Programs

HONDA Tomohito (Kobe University) / HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / ONO Arito (Chuo University) / UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 5, 2024 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2024 (January 2024)]

Growing Uncertainties Worldwide and the Japanese Economy

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

January 4, 2024 [Symposiums]

Digital Reskilling: Challenges and Strategies (Handouts and Video)

January 4, 2024 [Workshops]

The Future of Digital Standards Setting

December 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Selection and Effects of Environmental and Social Engagement by Institutional Investors

LIN Kexin (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / KIMURA Yosuke (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / INOUE Kotaro (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

December 26, 2023 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

The Power of the Yen: Exchange rate fluctuations and currency strategies of Japanese firms

Written by SATO Kiyotaka

December 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Local Export Spillovers within and between Industries in Japan

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 22, 2023 [RIETI Report]

The "Annual Income Barrier" Issue: Careful discussion based on data is necessary

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 22, 2023 [Symposiums]

Hidden Exposure: Measuring U.S. supply chain reliance (Handout and Video)

December 22, 2023 [Policy Update]

China's Ban on Imports of Japanese Fishery Products is an Act of Economic Coercion—Japan Should Use MPIA and File a WTO Complaint

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 22, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: People are becoming familiar with consumption tax under the qualified invoice system

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

Friend-Shoring Security Trumps Economics? : A European perspective

December 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

Challenges in Advanced Talent Development: The quest for the revival of domestic semiconductors

December 21, 2023 [Column]

Japan Should Cooperate Constructively with the EU on CBAM

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 21, 2023 [China in Transition]

Collapse of the Housing Bubble in China
—A drag on economic recovery

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

: December 21, 2023 [CIP Database 2023]

CIP Database 2023

December 21, 2023 [Column]

With a Democratic Culture, It is Possible to Achieve High Productivity with Shorter Working Hours

KAMEI Kenju (Research Associate, RIETI)

December 20, 2023 [Symposiums]

What is “Supply Chain and Technological Basis for Economic Security”? - Securing the future of computing - (Video)

December 20, 2023 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

Restoring the Global Trading System with Collective Action

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

December 19, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do Firms Attain Internal and External Flexibility of Employment?

FUKAI Taiyo (University of Tsukuba) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YOKOYAMA Izumi (Hitotsubashi University)

December 18, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Anatomy of Out-of-court Debt Workouts for SMEs

HONDA Tomohito (Kobe University) / ONO Arito (Chuo University) / UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

December 18, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The U-shaped Law of High-growth Firms

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / MORI Katsuki (National Tax College)

December 15, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Green Transformation Innovation

KIMURA Yosuke (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

December 14, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Zipf's Law without the Stationarity Assumption

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI)

December 12, 2023 [Column]

The "Annual Income Barrier" Issue: Careful discussion based on data is necessary

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Behavior Change and Prosocial Decision Making

NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University) / INOUE Hiroki (Kurume University)

December 11, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Overview of Economic Security (4): Economic Statecraft for Economic Security (Video)

December 11, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Real Effects of Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan

HATTORI Masazumi (Hitotsubashi University) / FUJITANI Ryosuke (Hitotsubashi University) / NAKAJIMA Jouchi (Hitotsubashi University) / YASUDA Yukihiro (Hitotsubashi University)

December 8, 2023 [Symposiums]

What is “Supply Chain and Technological Basis for Economic Security”? - Securing the future of computing -

December 8, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Globalisation and servitisation of firms drive entry into cross-border data transfers

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 7, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Why protectionists sometimes win: The narrative power of economic nationalism

Marvin SUESSE (Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin)

December 7, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Characteristics of Relocated Firms: From the perspective of regional revitalization

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University)

December 6, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Current Status of Competition Policy: Judicial branch may hinder tightening of regulation

KAWAHAMA Noboru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 6, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Credit Allocation and Public Credit Guarantee Schemes for Small Businesses: Evidence from Japan

TSURUTA Daisuke (Nihon University)

December 5, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Reconsider Industrial Policy: a New Strategy Toward Sustainable Economic Development in Asia

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

December 4, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Key Strategies for Raising Sustainability of Asian Economic Growth in the Age of a Disrupted World Economy

YOSHINO Naoyuki (Professor Emeritus at Keio University) / WATANABE Mariko (Professor at Gakushuin University) / URATA Shujiro (Chairman, RIETI) / Moderator: TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman & CEO of the Japan Economic Foundation (JEF))

November 30, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Overview of Economic Security (3): From an academic perspective (U.S. version) (Video)

November 30, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Automation and the Disappearance of Routine Work in Japan

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT) / FUJIWARA Ippei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SHIROTA Toyoichiro (Aoyama Gakuin University)

: November 30, 2023 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow UNAYAMA Takashi was awarded the 45th Suntory Prize

November 29, 2023 [China in Transition]

Private Enterprises in China in Troubled Times
—The Need to Remove Entry Barriers and Strengthen Protection of Property Rights

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

November 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) (Summary)

November 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

The Economics of Human Resources for Japanese Companies: Key Points and Policy Implications

November 28, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Labor Supply of Married Women, Kink-points on Tax Schedule and Social Security Premium Notch: Evidence from municipality tax records in Japan

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUKAI Taiyo (Tsukuba University)

November 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

SMART-EXAM: Incorporating Participants' Welfare into Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials

Xinru WANG (Duke-NUS Medical School) / Nina DELIU (University of Cambridge / Sapienza University of Rome) / NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / Bibhas CHAKRABORTY (Duke-NUS Medical School / National University of Singapore / Duke University)

: November 24, 2023 [RIETI Report]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order

November 22, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Perspective on the Annual Income Barrier Problem: Excessive awareness of the 1.03-million-yen barrier

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 22, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Final Report of USMCA Arbitration, US – Automobile Rules of Origin － Failure of an attempt to impose a condition that was not obtained through USMCA negotiations －

UMEJIMA Osamu (Takasaki City University of Economics)

November 22, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

Globalisation and servitisation of firms drive entry into cross-border data transfers

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 21, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of News Shock of the Openings/Expansions of Large-scale Semiconductor Plants on Local Labor Market in Japan

YAMAGUCHI Akira (RIETI)

November 20, 2023 [Symposiums]

White Paper on the Labour Economy 2023

November 20, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

CEO Age, Firm Exit and Zombification amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kongphop WONGKAEW (Waseda University) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

November 17, 2023 [Symposiums]

Indo-Pacific Geoeconomics and the U.S.-China Rivalry for Global Hegemony: The Evolution of economic power in international politics

November 17, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

What is Needed to Raise Japan's Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the JIP Database 2023

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Gap between Researchers and Policy Makers on EBPM

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Cross-disciplinary Research for Building an Innovation Ecosystem

YANO Makoto (Kyoto University)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Japanese Working Styles Changed under COVID-19: Evaluation and prospects

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industrial Policy for the Future: Steering towards a sustainable economic society

OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry

NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Local Economy and Local Industrial Policy Issues

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Transformed after the COVID-19 Pandemic

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Policy Making Process

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

COVID-19 and the Japanese Economy: A retrospective and prospects

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

November 15, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A Reconsideration of Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomics

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI)

November 15, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Economics of Electricity System III: Nonconvexity in power generation and electricity market design

KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

November 14, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Growth Bound by Regulations and Rules

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

November 13, 2023 [Symposiums]

Hidden Exposure: Measuring U.S. supply chain reliance

November 13, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Countering Great-Power Trade Disruption

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

November 13, 2023 [Symposiums]

What Can We Conclude from the Evidence on Minimum Wages and Employment? - Recent progress (Handout and Video)

November 10, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 9, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Population Aging and Small Business Dynamics

XU Peng (Hosei University)

November 9, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Economic warfare: Lessons from two World Wars

Mark HARRISON (Emeritus Professor at University Of Warwick)

November 9, 2023 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Transforming Globalization and the World Economic Order: New structure of the U.S.-China conflict and the Ukraine crisis

Written and edited by UMADA Keiichi, URATA Shujiro, KIMURA Fukunari

November 9, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Tax Competition for Automation Capital

KATO Hayato (Osaka University) / Jonas LOEBBING (LMU Munich)

November 8, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity and Mobility of Labor

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

: November 7, 2023 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow UNAYAMA Takashi’s book was awarded the 66th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

Defense of Japan 2023 (Annual White Paper)

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) (Handouts and Video)

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order (Summary)

November 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

North Korea as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency (Summary)

November 2, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Survey on Individuals’ Preferences for Employee Entrepreneurship and Mobility

YOSHIDA Yukiko (NTT DOCOMO) / HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 1, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Paying Passive Managers to Engage Improve ESG Performance?

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

October 31, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How to Address Economic Coercion: China’s ban on Japanese seafood imports violates international law

NAKAGAWA Junji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 30, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Fate of the CPTPP: Effective use case as leader in free trade

KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

October 30, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Educational and Labor Market Outcomes of Single-sex High School Graduates

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

October 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Does Working from Home Change Individual Productivity?

KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University)

October 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Do Non-cognitive Skills Improve in Adulthood? An empirical analysis of the relationship between age and non-cognitive skills

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

October 27, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Are Workers with a Doctoral Degree Facing an Unfavorable Labor Market Situation? —Observations from the Employment Status Survey (2022) —

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

October 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unit Cost of Financial Intermediation in Japan, 1954 - 2020

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

October 27, 2023 [From IZA]

Do institutions matter for entrepreneurial development?
In post-Soviet countries, well-functioning institutions are needed to foster productive entrepreneurial development and growth

Ruta AIDIS (George Mason University, USA)

October 26, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Characteristics of Multiple Job Holdings Triggered by COVID-19 and Their Impact on Well-being

KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KUME Koichi (Toyo University)

October 26, 2023 [Column]

COVID-19 Spread and Business Entries/Exits

HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 26, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Workplace Environment and Infertility Treatment - An analysis using internet surveys –

KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MA Xin Xin (Hosei University)

: October 26, 2023 [Recent Activities]

Faculty Fellow YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi was elected as a Person of Cultural Merit

October 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

On the Trends of Technology, Family Formation, and Women's Time Allocation

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / NAKAKUNI Kanato (University of Tokyo)

October 25, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

South-East Asia Needs to Write a New Rule Book for the U.S. and China

Peter DRYSDALE (Emeritus Professor of economics and Head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and East Asia Forum at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University) / ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

October 25, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Japan Seeks to Ease US-China Tensions as G7 Chief

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

October 25, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Rule Book is the Winner in the China Trade War

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

October 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

On the Creation of Multidimensional Occupational-skill Scales and Their Linkage to the Data from Social and Economic Surveys: Methods and issues

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

October 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unveiling or Concealing Aspirations: How candidate gender influences voter response to political ambition

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

October 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Lease and Capital Investments: A technological feature of the leasing industry

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Waseda University) / YANAOKA Masaki (TOKYO SHOKO RESEARCH) / YAZAWA Hirotaka (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing) / YUKIMOTO Shinji (Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing)

October 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Gender Differences in Leadership Style Preferences

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 25, 2023 [Policy Update]

Exchange Rate Elasticities and Product Sophistication

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 24, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of a Mobile App-based Corporate Sleep Health Improvement Program on Productivity: Validation through a randomized controlled trial

KAWATA Yuji (Waseda University) / KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 24, 2023 [Symposiums]

RIETI-SAIS Reischauer Center Joint Seminar on Global Political-Economic Transformation

October 24, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation - Challenges of the Regulatory Sandbox -

NAKAHARA Hirohiko (Former Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI) / IKEDA Yoko (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / TANABE Kuniharu (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / URANO Ryoichi (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / HAGIWARA Naru (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / OGATA Hiroaki (Former Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat) / OTA Satoshi (Former Startup and New Business Promotion Office, METI) / NAKAMURA Masakatsu (Former Startup and New Business Promotion Office, METI) / SAKASHITA Hirotaka (Former Startup and New Business Promotion Office, METI) / MASUGUCHI Yutaka (Former Competition Enhancement Office, METI)

October 24, 2023 [Workshops]

Sustainable Economic Growth in the Post COVID Era: Prospects and Challenges

October 24, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

The decline in capital formation in Japan

ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics at Rissho University)

October 23, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Characteristics of Green Loan Users and the Green Policy Mix

Anna L. SOBIECH (University of Cologne / University of St Andrews) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University)

October 23, 2023 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: Navigating global divergences

October 23, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Column: Philosophy of Fallibility and Pragmatism

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 20, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Japan must Stop Crowding Out Its Entrepreneurs

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 20, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How Indonesia’s Commodities Boom Avoids the Dutch Disease

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 20, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

A perspective on the great reallocation of global supply chains

Laura ALFARO (Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University) / Davin CHOR (Associate Professor and Globalization Chair, Associate Professor at Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College)

October 19, 2023 [Symposiums]

Advanced country options to accelerate decarbonisation in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs)

October 18, 2023 [Symposiums]

What Can We Conclude from the Evidence on Minimum Wages and Employment? - Recent progress

October 17, 2023 [Symposiums]

Digital Reskilling: Challenges and Strategies

October 16, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO and International Trade Case Review Series No. 42] Korea – Labor Commitments: Impact of labor clauses in the free trade agreement

SEKINE Takemasa (Yokohama National University)

October 16, 2023 [Workshops]

WTO: Between Fragmentation and Globalisation

October 16, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Analysis of the Impact of Minimum Wages on Firm Dynamics

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

October 13, 2023 [Non Technical Summaries]

Sectoral Evidence on Indonesian Economic Performance after the Pandemic

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 13, 2023 [Symposiums]

Blockchain Kaigi 2023 (BCK23)

October 13, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Evolution of the European Union's China Strategy: Challenges in an era of economic security

TSURUOKA Michito (Keio University)

October 13, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Questionnaire Survey on Security Export Control Systems at Universities

TEZUKA Saori (Nanzan Univerisity) / IGARASHI Akira (Osaka University)

October 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Sectoral Evidence on Indonesian Economic Performance after the Pandemic

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 12, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order (Handouts and Video)

October 12, 2023 [Symposiums]

De-risking the economic relationship with China: Views from the Indo-Pacific (Video)

October 11, 2023 [Non Technical Summaries]

Macroeconomic Shocks and Economic Performance in Malaysia: A sectoral analysis

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 10, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Macroeconomic Shocks and Economic Performance in Malaysia: A sectoral analysis

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 10, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Long Working Hours on Mental Health Status in Japan: Evidence from a National Representative Survey

MA Xinxin (Hosei University) / KAWAKAMI Atushi (Toyo University) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHAO Meng (KONISHI Moe) (Gakushuin University)

October 10, 2023 [Workshops]

Disruption of Supply Chains (Focus on Resilience of Supply Chains)

: October 6, 2023 [RIETI Report]

RIETI Annual Report 2023

October 5, 2023 [Symposiums]

Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit (Summary)

October 4, 2023 [Symposiums]

North Korea as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency (Handouts and Video)

October 4, 2023 [Column]

Are Workers with a Doctoral Degree Facing an Unfavorable Labor Market Situation? — Observations from the Employment Status Survey (2022) —

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

October 3, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Employee Aging on Innovation and Productivity

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

October 2, 2023 [Symposiums]

Hitachi's Business Transformation and Future Value Creation

October 2, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industry-University Collaboration and Corporate Research Performance

INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / EDAMURA Kazuma (Kanagawa University) / Russell THOMSON (Swinburne University of Technology)

October 2, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Labor-market Valuation of “SK skill” and “SS skill” in Occupations, and Their Relationship with the Gender Wage Gap and an Underutilization of the Skills among Irregular Employees

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

September 29, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effect of Silent Eating during Lunchtime at Schools on the COVID-19 Outbreaks

TAKAHASHI Ryo (Waseda University) / IGEI Kengo (Keio University) / TSUGAWA Yusuke (UCLA) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 29, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Europe’s Response to the U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act

Speaker: Jeromin Zettelmeyer (Director, Bruegel)

September 28, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Advice from a Neutral Standpoint is Important for Improving Financial Literacy

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 27, 2023 [Symposiums]

Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance 2023 - Prices and wages begin to move

September 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

AI Adoption and Productivity of Japanese Firms: Spillover and innovation effects

IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University)

September 27, 2023 [Symposiums]

Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality: Messages of the Innovation Cool Earth Forum (ICEF)

September 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Free Cancer Screening Make a Difference? Evidence from the effects of a free-coupon program in Japan

ZHAO Meng (KONISHI Moe) (Gakushuin University)

September 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Wage Differentials between For-profit and Non-profit Companies - Exploring interworker heterogeneity using supervised learning -

YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KAWADA Keisuke (University of Tokyo)

September 25, 2023 [Symposiums]

Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit (Handouts and Video)

September 25, 2023 [Workshops]

Sanctions and Screening

September 22, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

100 Years after the Great Kanto Earthquake: Examining post-disaster policy responses

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

The Digital Divide and Business Opportunities in ASEAN – Insights from the ASEAN regional fact-finding survey

September 21, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Origins and Evolution of Japan's Technical Intern Training Program

Hiroshi FUKUYAMA (Former Immigration Services Agency) / HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

September 21, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 23: Will Superhumans Eradicate Ordinary Human Beings?

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 20, 2023 [Symposiums]

De-risking the economic relationship with China: Views from the Indo-Pacific

: September 15, 2023 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Annual Report 2022

September 13, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Academic Achievement of Elementary and Junior High School Students: Analysis using administrative data from Amagasaki City

ASAKAWA Shinsuke (Saga University / Osaka University) / OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SANO Shinpei (Kobe University)

September 13, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

When State Becomes the Only Buyer: Effects of national volume-based procurement of cardiac stents in China

SUN Jessica Ya (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) / YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / LIU Zhiyong (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

September 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Returning to the City Center: The spread of teleworking and urban structure

IHARA Ryusuke (Asia University)

September 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Building for Babies: Impacts of childcare expansion on fertility rates and marriage

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 11, 2023 [Symposiums]

Europe’s Response to the U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act (Summary)

September 8, 2023 [RIETI Report]

From just-in-time to just-in-case: Global sourcing and firm inventory after the pandemic

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA))

September 6, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Yen Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Japan's International Investment Position

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

September 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

North Korea as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency

September 6, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Many Japanese sectoral stocks yet to recover from COVID-19 shocks

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 5, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The actual effect of China’s “Made in China 2025” initiative may have been overestimated

Lee BRANSTETTER (Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Carnegie Mellon University, Nonresident Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)) / LI Guangwei (Assistant Professor at Shanghaitech University)

September 5, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Optimal Government Debt Policy in the Overlapping Generations Model with Idiosyncratic Capital Return Risk

HIRAGUCHI Ryoji (Meiji University)

September 5, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Securing the Multilateral Rules-based Economic Order

September 4, 2023 [Policy Update]

Leverage Effect – What are the conditions for institutions to work to resolve dilemmas?

KAMEI Kenju (Research Associate, RIETI)

September 4, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Learning the right lessons from Chinese sanctions on Australian imports

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

September 1, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

From just-in-time to just-in-case: Global sourcing and firm inventory after the pandemic

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / DOAN Thi Thanh Ha (Economist at Economic Research Institute For Asean And East Asia (ERIA))

September 1, 2023 [Column]

Trends and Issues in Standardization Activities: Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities (2020)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 31, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities in 2021 (an overview of standardization activities and the administration system)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 30, 2023 [Symposiums]

Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and Biodiversity in Japan 2023

August 30, 2023 [Column]

Are Employment Support Programs for Public Assistance Recipients Effective?

MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

August 30, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Changes of Regional Consumption Structure and Its Impact on Local Economies Due to Advancements in E-Commerce

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

August 29, 2023 [Symposiums]

An Overview of Economic Security (1): From an academic perspective

August 28, 2023 [Workshops]

Semiconductors, trade and high-tech cooperation

August 25, 2023 [China in Transition]

China's Auto Industry Catching Up with Japan by Leveraging the EV Shift
—The Emergence of Private Carmakers and the Modularization of Production Acting as Favorable Factors

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

August 25, 2023 [China in Transition]

Decoupling proceeding amid lingering U.S.-China tensions
—Rising Concerns about the Impact on Japanese Companies

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

August 25, 2023 [Column]

Are Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computers General Purpose Technology? Advanced Technologies Creating a New Era and Their Economic Significance (Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities 2020)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 25, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Regain the Power to Grow: Maximize companies’ growth potential

SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

August 25, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Japan in the Middle: The geo-economic conflict between China and the United States

Speaker: C. Fred Bergsten (Nonresident Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE))

August 24, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

U.S. Sense of Distance from China: Competitive structure may remain unchanged despite repeated dialogues

SAHASHI Ryo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 21, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Sources of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Incorporating Manufacturing Kohsetsushi: Evidence from panel data of technology extension

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

August 21, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Survival, Emergence, and Disappearance of Manufacturing Firms in the First Phase of Regional Revitalization

NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 21, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Documenting Three Years of Daily Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Consumption Big Data

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IGEI Naoya (INTAGE Research, Inc.) / MIYASHITA Yutaka (INTAGE, Inc.) / YAMAMOTO Naoto (INTAGE, Inc.)

August 21, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 22: Fallibility and Freedom

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 18, 2023 [Symposiums]

Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit

August 17, 2023 [Symposiums]

Japan in the Middle: The geo-economic conflict between China and the United States (Summary)

August 17, 2023 [Column]

Promote Multifaceted Japan-EU Cooperation on Supply Chain Resilience

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

August 15, 2023 [Symposiums]

Is an Evidence-based Policymaking Approach Necessary for Good Policymaking?

August 15, 2023 [BBL Seminars]

Innovation: A key pathway to Europe's green deal and economic security

H.E. Jean-Eric PAQUET (Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Japan)

August 15, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Trade with Search Frictions: Identifying New Gains from Trade

ARA Tomohiro (Fukushima University)

August 14, 2023 [Workshops]

Food Security and Global Trade

August 14, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Short-term Economic Effect of EU-CBAM on Japanese Industries

SUGINO Makoto (Hosei University)

August 10, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Aim for an Investment-based Virtuous Cycle to Lift Up Potential Growth

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 10, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Industrial Policy Fit for the 21st Century

Alessio TERZI (Economist / Author / Lecturer)

August 9, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Industrial Policy Fit for the 21st Century

Alessio TERZI (Economist / Author / Lecturer)

August 9, 2023 [Workshops]

THE ROLE OF ASEAN IN GLOBAL TRADE

August 8, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

When artificial intelligence becomes a central banker

Jon DANIELSSON (Director, Systemic Risk Centre at London School Of Economics And Political Science)

August 7, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Digital Transformation on Productivity and Resource Reallocation within Firms

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

August 7, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of Resource Reallocation within Business Groups on Macroeconomic Total Factor Productivity

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

August 7, 2023 [Column]

Japan must Lead the World in Circular Economy Initiatives and Rule Making, in Partnership with EU

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

August 4, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Geographic Distribution of the Foreign-born and Japanese Populations (2005-2022)

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / ITO Hiroki (Yokohama National University) / CHIKAMOTO Kairu (Hitotsubashi University)

August 4, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Intergenerational Problems Can Be Overcome

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 4, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Aggregation of Information and Communications Industry and Self-organization Simulation Using an Agent-based Model

NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAGAMUNE Takeshi (Niimi University) / HAYASHI Syuusei (Tohoku University)

August 3, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Entry and Exit of Firms in the First Phase of Regional Revitalization: Revolving door economy and creative destruction

NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 3, 2023 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Impact of Monetary Policy on the U.S. Stock Market since the Pandemic

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 2, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Backfired Deregulation of Foreign Ownership Restrictions under Fiscal Competition for Foreign Direct Investment

OKOSHI Hirofumi (Okayama University) / Kyikyi Thar (Okayama University)

August 2, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Effect of a European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the APAC Region: A structural gravity analysis

Aline MORTHA (Waseda University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKEDA Shiro (Kyoto Sangyo University) / Tatyana CHESNOKOVA (Waseda University)

August 2, 2023 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

12 Premier Lessons from the World's Leading Economists

Written and edited by HIRONO Ayako

August 2, 2023 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Consumption Analysis in Contemporary Japan: Where we are now in life cycle theory

Written by UNAYAMA Takashi

August 1, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Immigrant–native Differentials in Commuting and Residential Preferences in Japan

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI) / KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 1, 2023 [Symposiums]

Europe’s Response to the U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act (Handout and Video)

August 1, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

China Eximbank's "Two Concessional Facilities": Current status and issues

KITANO Naohiro (Waseda University) / MIYABAYASHI Yumiko (Former staff of Japan International Cooperation Agency)

August 1, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Foreign Direct Investment Regulations under the US-China Conflict: Developments in the US Congress

SUGINOHARA Masako (Ferris University)

July 31, 2023 [Symposiums]

RIETI-ERIA Session "Changing Global Situation and the Roles of ASEAN and Japan" (Summary)

July 31, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Trade Tensions and US Soft Power

Speaker: WEI Shang-Jin (Professor of Finance and Economics, Professor of International Affairs, and N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Columbia University) / Commentator: SAHASHI Ryo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Commentator: ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow and Policy Advisor, RIETI) / Moderator: YIN Ting (Fellow (Specially Appointed) and Policy Advisor, RIETI)

July 27, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Work-life Conflicts of Native and Immigrant Women in Japan

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

July 26, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Sending Teachers Abroad Enhance Their Quality and Ability?

NISHIHATA Masaya (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) / TAHARA Hidenori (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting / Hitotsubashi University) / KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

July 26, 2023 [Symposiums]

Innovation: A key pathway to Europe's green deal and economic security (Handout and Video)

July 25, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 21: AI and Anti-Data Monopoly Policy

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Monetary Policy on the U.S. Stock Market since the Pandemic

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

July 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Determinants of Commercialization Modes of Science: Evidence from panel data of university technology transfer in Japan

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University)

July 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

Societal Impacts of Generative AI and Strategic Approaches to the AI Era

July 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

Japan in the Middle: The geo-economic conflict between China and the United States (Video)

July 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

Trade Tensions and the US Soft Power (Handouts and Video)

July 20, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 3 on food security

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

July 20, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 2 on rural areas and environment

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

July 20, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Appropriate Revision of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas: Problems in the mid-term report by the panel of the policy council on food, agriculture and rural areas for the verification of the basic law on food, agriculture and rural areas Part 1 on food and agriculture

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

July 19, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firm-level Determinants of Cross-border Data Flows: An econometric analysis based on a variable selection technique

ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 18, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Occupational Reallocation Within and Across Firms: Implications for labor-market polarization

MUKOYAMA Toshihiko (Georgetown University) / TAKAYAMA Naoki (Hitotsubashi University) / TANAKA Satoshi (University of Queensland)

July 18, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Political Visits and Firm Value: Evidence from central leaders’ local tours in China

ITO Asei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

July 18, 2023 [From IZA]

How to support adult caregivers?
Caregiving for older adults is detrimental to caregivers’ well-being and requires policy interventions to support them

Joan COSTA-FONT (LSE, UK, and IZA, Germany)

July 14, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Is There a Trade-off between Research and Teaching at Universities? An economic perspective

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

July 13, 2023 [Workshops]

BRAZIL

July 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Till Death Do Us Part: Relationship shocks, supply chain organization and firm performance

Timothy DESTEFANO (Georgetown University) / ITO Keiko (Chiba University) / Richard KNELLER (University of Nottingham) / Jonathan TIMMIS (World Bank)

July 12, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Gender Wage Transparency Policy: Discussion on disclosure of wage differentials between men and women based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace

HARA Hiromi (Meiji University)

July 11, 2023 [Symposiums]

Hydropower Utilization of Flood Control Dams - Decarbonizing Investments for the future of dam watersheds

July 11, 2023 [Symposiums]

Innovation: A key pathway to Europe's green deal and economic security

July 11, 2023 [Symposiums]

Resilient supply chains in times of geopolitical tensions (Handouts and Video)

July 10, 2023 [Symposiums]

New Form of Capitalism in Japan and the Nordic Vision: Part 3 – Childcare and family policy (Video)

July 10, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Economic Security in the WTO Agreement: Balancing trade liberalization with protection of security interests

KOMETANI Kazumochi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

July 10, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Which Employers Share Rents? A firm-level analysis for Japan

IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Cristiano PERUGINI (University of Perugia and IZA) / Fabrizio POMPEI (University of Perugia)

: July 10, 2023 [JIP Database 2023]

JIP Database 2023

July 10, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Robot Imports on the Performance of Chinese Firms

YANG Qizhong (Toyo University) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM Young Gak (Senshu University)

July 7, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The 'bystander effect' of the US-China trade war

Pablo FAJGELBAUM (Professor of Economics at Princeton University) / Pinelopi GOLDBERG (Elihu Professor of Economics at Yale University) / Patrick KENNEDY (Graduate Research Fellow at National Science Foundation, PhD Candidate in Economics at University Of California, Berkeley) / Amit KHANDELWAL (Dong-Soo Hahn Professor of Global Affairs and Economics at Yale University) / Daria TAGLIONI (Research Manager, Trade and International Integration, Development Research Group at The World Bank)

July 6, 2023 [From IZA]

Trust in management in organizations
Employee trust in their managers allows a firm to delegate decision-making, aiding both productivity and profitability

Kieron MEAGHER (Australian National University, Australia) / Andrew WAIT (University of Sydney, Australia)

July 6, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Future of Dollar Key Currency System: Dollar’s position as key currency rock-solid due to unrivaled liquidity

OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 5, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Policy Agenda and Trajectory of the Xi Jinping Administration: Textual Evidence from 2012 to 2022

LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University) / ITO Asei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

July 5, 2023 [Workshops]

SUBSIDY WARS: Is the Climate Agenda driving a wedge through Global Trade Cooperation?

July 5, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Decline of Labor Share and New Technology Diffusion: Implications for markups and monopsony power

KUSAKA Shoki (Yale University) / OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ONISHI Ken (Hitotsubashi University) / WAKAMORI Naoki (Hitotsubashi University)

July 5, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

Partial ownership, financial constraints, and foreign direct investment

Michael RYAN (Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics at Western Michigan University) / ITO Tadashi (Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences at Gakushuin University) / TANAKA Ayumu (Research Associate, RIETI)

July 4, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Econometric Analysis on the Impact of China Shock on Employment in Japan

HANEDA Sho (Nihon University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 4, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Comparison of TFP Growth Rates and Dynamics between China, Korea and Japan Using the East Asian Listed Companies (EALC) Database

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM Young Gak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

July 3, 2023 [Symposiums]

White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2023

July 3, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impacts of Bilateral Value Chains between Japan and Korea on Value-added Creation of Manufacturing Firms

HUR Jung (Sogang University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SONG Hangeul (IBK Securities)

June 30, 2023 [Symposiums]

Japan in the Middle: The geo-economic conflict between China and the United States

June 30, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Study on the History of Making Industrial Competitiveness Policies

WATANABE Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 29, 2023 [Workshops]

WHAT TRAJECTORY FOR GLOBALISATION?

June 29, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Product Dynamics and Macroeconomic Shocks: Insights from a DSGE model and Japanese data

HAMANO Masashige (Waseda University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

June 29, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of E-commerce Development on Income Inequality: Evidence from rural China based on cross-county panel data

MA Xinxin (Hosei University) / KOMATSU Sho (Asian Growth Research Institute)

June 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

Europe’s Response to the U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act

June 28, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Servicification of Japanese Manufacturing Firms and Its Impact on Corporate Performance in the Export Market

MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University)

June 28, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Does Labor Mobility Encourage Growth?

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 27, 2023 [Symposiums]

Resilient supply chains in times of geopolitical tensions

June 23, 2023 [Symposiums]

Use Cases and Challenges Facing Generative AI in Medical DX

June 21, 2023 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

The New Australia–Japan Energy Relationship

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

June 21, 2023 [Column]

Is There a Trade-off between Research and Teaching at Universities? An economic perspective

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

June 21, 2023 [Symposiums]

What is Needed to Improve Japan’s Potential Growth Rate: Analysis using the 2023 JIP database

June 20, 2023 [Symposiums]

Consumption Analysis in Contemporary Japan: Our current status based on “Life Cycle Theory”

June 19, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 20: From the Quest for Infallibility to Fallibility

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 19, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Scars of the Job Market "Ice-Age"

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 15, 2023 [Policy Update]

Introducing METI's New Policy, “JECOP” (Japan and Emerging countries CO-creation Project)

SAKAMOTO Masazumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

June 13, 2023 [Column]

Study on the History of Making Industrial Competitiveness Policies

WATANABE Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 12, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

G7 Summit and World Economy: Restore growth potential to overcome crisis

YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Evaluating the Robustness of Off-Policy Evaluation

SAITO Yuta (Cornell University) / UDAGAWA Takuma (Sony Group Corporation) / KIYOHARA Haruka (Tokyo Institute of Technology) / MOGI Kazuki (Stanford University) / NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / TATENO Kei (Sony Group Corporation)

June 12, 2023 [Symposiums]

RIETI-ERIA Session "Changing Global Situation and the Roles of ASEAN and Japan" (Handouts and Video)

June 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Price Setting of Firms under Cost Uncertainty

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

June 9, 2023 [Symposiums]

New Form of Capitalism in Japan and the Nordic Vision: Part 3 – Childcare and family policy

June 9, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Reviewing 3 Years of COVID-19 with Consumption Big Data

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 8, 2023 [Symposiums]

Japan’s Energy Policy Analysis based on the Energy White Paper: From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to GX

June 8, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Future of a World Divided into Economic Blocs: Multilateral trade contributes to economic security

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 7, 2023 [Column]

Reviewing 3 Years of COVID-19 with Consumption Big Data

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 6, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Progress of Digitalization and Industrial Revitalization: Employment and productivity dynamics of firms in Japan

IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / ITO Keiko (Chiba University) / KIM Younggak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 6, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Production and Ownership Networks

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

June 5, 2023 [Symposiums]

RIETI-ERIA Session "Changing Global Situation and the Roles of ASEAN and Japan"

June 2, 2023 [Symposiums]

The 2023 White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri)

June 1, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Is de-dollarisation happening?

Barry EICHENGREEN (George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at University Of California, Berkeley)

June 1, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Psychological Characteristics of Outside Directors: Their impact on board monitoring and advice and counsel provision

YAMANOI Junichi (Waseda University) / IGUCHI Hakaru (Kyoto Sangyo University) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 1, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Economic Disintegration and Multinational Production: Evidence from Brexit

HUANG Hanwei (City University of Hong Kong) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / Catherine THOMAS (London School of Economics and Political Science) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

May 30, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Analysis of Diverse Approaches to Facilitating “Data Free Frow with Trust” (DFFT): Through the introduction of the “OECD Mapping Report”

NEMOTO Taku (Nishimura & Asahi)

May 29, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Measures to Realize Sustainable Wage Hikes

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

May 29, 2023 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Economics of Public R&D Support: Toward evidence-based policy making

Written by OKAMURO Hiroyuki, NISHIMURA Junichi

May 26, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Reducing policy uncertainty attracts foreign direct investment in services: The role of regional trade agreements

INADA Mitsuo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities at Miyazaki Municipal University) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Time Trend and Life-cycle Profiles of Consumption

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / YAMADA Tomoaki (Meiji University)

May 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Uncertainty and Firm Price Setting

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

May 25, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Trends in Uncertainty Faced by Japanese Firms: A comparison of the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Crisis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

May 25, 2023 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Leading-edge Digital Technology to Solve Societal Problems

Edited by MANAGI Shunsuke

May 24, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Smoke from Cooking May Cause Health Damage: Biases in people's risk perceptions

YOKOO Hide-Fumi (Research Associate, RIETI)

May 24, 2023 [Symposiums]

Trade Tensions and the US Soft Power

May 24, 2023 [Non Technical Summaries]

International Economic Policy for Asia in an Era of Great Power Strategic Competition

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

May 23, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

International Economic Policy for Asia in an Era of Great Power Strategic Competition

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

May 23, 2023 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Was Elon Musk's Decision to Make All Employees Returning to the Office Correct? Working from Home or Returning to the Office? - Japanese business managers must urgently create a working style that improves productivity

Written by IWAMOTO Koichi

May 22, 2023 [Symposiums]

The Application of Origins of Capitalism in Japan for the New Era

May 22, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 19: Innovation and a New School of Economics

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 19, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

Reducing policy uncertainty attracts foreign direct investment in services: The role of regional trade agreements

INADA Mitsuo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities at Miyazaki Municipal University) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 18, 2023 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Digitalisation enhances productivity growth, but only for some firms

Robert ANDERTON (Research Associate at the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques (OFCE) at Sciences Po Paris) / Vasco BOTELHO (Senior Economist in the Directorate General Economics at European Central Bank) / Paul REIMERS (Economist at Deutsche Bundesbank)

May 17, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unsecured Loans and Intangible Investment

OGURA Yoshiaki (Waseda University) / UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IWAKI Hiromichi (Kanagawa University)

May 17, 2023 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

The Economics of Human Resources for Japanese Companies

Written by TSURU Kotaro

May 16, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Governance Challenge for Japanese Companies: A re-evaluation of equity block ownership by corporations

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 16, 2023 [Symposiums]

Entertainment Industry Strategy Based on Collaboration Among Government, Industry and Academia: Insights from METI’s two-year project to strengthen competitiveness for overseas expansion of Japanese content (media mix, anime, and mobile games)

May 15, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Roundtable on Labor Mobility & Human Capital Investment

OKINA Yuri (Chairperson, Japan Research Institute) / TOYAMA Kazuhiko (Chairman of IGPI Group, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.) / TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman & CEO, Japan Economic Foundation)

May 12, 2023 [RIETI Report]

The impact of export controls on international trade: Evidence from the Japan–Korea trade dispute in the semiconductor industry

MAKIOKA Ryo (Research Associate, RIETI) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

May 10, 2023 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region: A Rocky recovery

May 10, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Why modern supply-side economics is necessary

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 9, 2023 [Symposiums]

The Invisible Truth about the Japanese Economy - There is no simple “Growth Strategy”

May 9, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Foreign Direct Investment and Labor Market Flexibility in Host and Source Countries

KAMATA Isao (University of Niigata Prefecture / Kyoto University)

May 8, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

The impact of export controls on international trade: Evidence from the Japan–Korea trade dispute in the semiconductor industry

MAKIOKA Ryo (Research Associate, RIETI) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 28, 2023 [Symposiums]

2023 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan / 2023 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan

April 27, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Seek Knowledge and Human Resources Widely Toward Innovation

NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 27, 2023 [Symposiums]

The East Asian Electronics Sector: The roles of exchange rates, technology transfer, and global value chains (Handouts and Video)

April 27, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Potential for Wage Hikes: A good opportunity for wage system reform

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 26, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Export Experience and the Choice of Invoice Currency: Evidence from a questionnaire survey of Japanese SMEs

GOTO Mizuki (Hitotsubashi University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Chuo University)

April 26, 2023 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Renew the Pact for Collaboration between Fiscal and Monetary Policies

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 25, 2023 [Symposiums]

Asia's Response to the Collapsing Consensus on Trade (Handouts and Video)

April 25, 2023 [Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility]

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Philosophy of Fallibility
Part 18: Fallibility as a Reason for Guaranteeing Freedom—Hayek's Knowledge Theory

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 21, 2023 [RIETI Report]

Industry agglomeration and location choice of productive firms: The role of product markets in adverse selection

René BELDERBOS (Professor of Strategy at KU Leuven) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Professor, School of Economics at Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 19, 2023 [Symposiums]

A New Era of INVEST JAPAN - Case studies relating to the use of inbound M&A transactions (cases studies of Japanese companies that leveraged foreign capitals for corporate reforms, management enhancement and dramatic growth)

April 19, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Road Traffic Flow and Air Pollution Concentrations: Evidence from Japan

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / Paul J. BURKE (Australian National University) / ARIMURA Toshi H. (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 19, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How are Organizational Architectures of Corporate Social Responsibility Related to Corporate Performance? The case of Japanese listed companies

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

April 19, 2023 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Corporate Governance Reforms on Cross-shareholdings in Japan

MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takuji (Keio University)

April 18, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Does Official Development Assistance Benefit the Donor Economy? New evidence from Japanese overseas infrastructure projects

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI)

April 18, 2023 [VoxEU Column]

Industry agglomeration and location choice of productive firms: The role of product markets in adverse selection

April 18, 2023 [Workshops]

Changes in the Function of World Trade Governance

April 17, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Adoption of CEO Term Limit and Firm Performance

ISHIDA Souhei (Rikkyo University) / SUZUKI Katsushi (Hitotsubashi University) / NISHIMURA Yoichiro (Chuo University)

April 17, 2023 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Dollar Dominance in Cross-border Bank Loans and Its Response to Uncertainties

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / XU Ying (Australian National University)

April 12, 2023 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Resource Reallocation across Firms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of productivity dynamics using firm-level micro data

IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / KIM Young Gak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 11, 2023 [Symposiums]

Why is China Building a New System for Mobilizing Resources Nationwide for Scientific and Technological Innovation? A comparative study of the Chinese system and the EU system of scientific and technological innovation

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

April 6, 2023 [Symposiums]

Temperature, productivity, and income
Rising temperatures due to climate change could dampen productivity growth for decades

Olivier DESCHENES (University of California Santa Barbara, USA, and IZA, Germany)