Research Seminars

RIETI held the following Research Seminars from 2001 through 2004 to facilitate interchange and study with researchers in and out of RIETI.

Past Seminars' Reports and Summaries

  • April 15, 2004

    "The Choices of Debt Restructuring in Japan : Workouts vs Bankruptcies"

    • XU Peng (Faculty Fellow, as of March 31, 2004 )
  • March 24, 2004

    "Is it Effective to a Change of Occupation to Acquire a Qualification and Receive a General Training?"

    • ABE Masahiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 18, 2004

    • TANIKAWA Hiroya (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 04, 2004

    "A Study on China's Sub-National Fiscal Mechanism"

    • TSUGAMI Toshiya (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 04, 2004

    • TSUGAMI Toshiya (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 26, 2004

    "Comparative Analysis of Entry Methods Among Japan, the U.S. and Europe"

    • HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 12, 2004

    "Bank-firm Relationship in the 1990s Japan: Changing Main Bank System, Corporate Investment and Restructuring"

    • MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • ARIKAWA Yasuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • January 29, 2004

    "Depositor Discipline on Banks: International Comparison by Using Bank-level
    Data of 67 Countries"

    • TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • January 22, 2004

    "TAMA from the Viewpoint of Modularity"

    • KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • January 15, 2004

    "Platforms and Nonprofit Organizations on the Internet"

    • IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • December 25, 2003

    • WATANABE Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • December 16, 2003

    "Coordination Costs, Organizational Design, and Modularity"

    • TAKIZAWA Hirokazu (Deputy Director of Research, Fellow)
  • November 13, 2003

    "Transition of North Korean Economy and the Agenda for Unification"

    • FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • November 06, 2003

    • YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 15, 2003

    "Quantitative Analysis of Industry - University Collaborative Research:
    The Role of High-tech Startups in Japanese Innovation System Reform"

    • MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 02, 2003

    "Secure Implementation Experiments:
    Do Strategy-proof Mechanisms Really Work?"

    • SAIJO Tatsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • September 25, 2003

    "The Semiconductor as a General-purpose Technology"
    "Unbundling Policy of Network Elements"

    • IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • September 11, 2003

    "A Theory of Banking Crises"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 31, 2003

    "Development of Tools for Social System Design - An Example of Housing Supply System"

    • YOKOYAMA Yoshinori (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 24, 2003

    "Development of Multi-sector General Equilibrium Model for Policy Evaluation: Development and Analysis Application of the Government Budget Module of the Model"

    • KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 17, 2003

    "The Models of Competitive Electricity Markets and
    Liberalization of the Electric Power Industry in Japan"

    • HATTA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 10, 2003

    "Legalization of International Economic System - Reality and Prospect"

    • KOTERA Akira (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 03, 2003

    "Small Japanese Firms in China"

    • SEKI Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • June 26, 2003

    "China's Regional Innovation System: Science Parks and Incubation Centers in Beijing and Shanghai"

    • SUNAMI Atsushi (Fellow, RIETI)
  • June 11, 2003

    "Some Determinants of Cross-National Diversity in Corporate Ownership:
    A Fuzzy Sets Approach"

    • Gregory JACKSON (Fellow, RIETI)
  • June 05, 2003

    "Design and Development of Industrial Structure Database"

    • SHIMPO Kazushige (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 28, 2003

    • FUJIMOTO Masayo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 22, 2003

    "Vertical Intra-Industry Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia"

    • FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 08, 2003

    "Japan's Banking Crisis: Who has the Most to Lose?"

    • MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 24, 2003

    • SAKURAUCHI Fumiki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 17, 2003

    • MENG Jianjun (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 10, 2003

    • KAWAGOE Toshiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 03, 2003

    • WATANABE Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 27, 2003

    • IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 20, 2003

    • SAWAKI Kiyoshi (Reseach Associate, RIETI)
  • March 13, 2003

    • KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • HASUIKE Katsuhito (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
    • FUJIWARA Toru (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
  • March 05, 2003

    "On the Relationship Between the Very Short Forward and the Spot Interest Rate"

    • UESUGI Iichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 27, 2003

    • MEKATA Motoko (Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 20, 2003

    • TAMADA Schumpeter (Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 12, 2003

    "New Institutional Arrangements for Product Innovation in Silicon Valley"

    • TAKIZAWA Hirokazu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 06, 2003

    • KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
  • January 30, 2003

    "Debt Deflation and Bank Recapitalization"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • January 23, 2003

    "The Spectrum as Commons"

    • IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • December 19, 2002

    • SAGARA Nozomi (Fellow, RIETI)
  • December 12, 2002

    "U.S.-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement:
    A Geostragetic Economic Relationship"

    • Rovert C. FAUVER (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
    • Devin T. STEWART (Research Associate, RIETI)
  • December 05, 2002

    • SUNAMI Atsushi (Fellow, RIETI)
  • November 28, 2002

    • TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • November 21, 2002

    • NISHIMURA Kiyohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • MINETAKI Kazunori (Fujitsu Research Institute)
    • KUROKAWA Futoshi (The University of Tokyo)
  • November 14, 2002

    • OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • SAWADA Mitsuru (Hitotsubashi University)
  • October 31, 2002

    • FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 24, 2002

    "The Cross-National Diversity of Corporate Governance:
    Dimensions and Determinants"

    • Gregory JACKSON (Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 18, 2002

    • NISHIMURA Kiyohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • NAKAJIMA Takanobu (Keio University)
    • KIYOTA Kozo (Yokohama National University)
  • October 10, 2002

    • MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 03, 2002

    • FUJIMOTO Masayo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • September 26, 2002

    • KITAMI Tomitaro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
  • September 19, 2002

    "Inefficiency of Japanese Manufacturing Sectors Under the Depression"

    • KAWAI Hiroki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • September 12, 2002

    • NAKAIZUMI Takuya (Research Associate, RIETI)
  • September 05, 2002

    "Systemic Bank Insolvency and Policy Responses"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 25, 2002

    • TAMADA Schumpeter (Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 18, 2002

    • IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • July 04, 2002

    • ARAKI Ichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • June 20, 2002

    • NAKAYAMA Ichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • June 13, 2002

    "Foreign Direct Investment in Japan:
    Empirical Analysis Based on Establishment and Enterprise Census"

    • FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • June 06, 2002

    • SUGAYA Akiko (Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 30, 2002

    "Forbearance Impedes Confidence Recovery"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 23, 2002

    • MEKATA Motoko (Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 16, 2002

    • WATANABE Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • May 09, 2002

    • NAKABAYASHI Mieko (Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 25, 2002

    "Corporate Governance in Germany and Japan: Liberalization Pressures and Responses During the 1990s"

    • Gregory JACKSON (Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 18, 2002

    "Deposit Money Creation in Search Equilibrium"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • April 11, 2002

    • KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
    • HASUIKE Katsuhito (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
    • FUJIWARA Toru (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
  • April 04, 2002

    • TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 28, 2002

    "University-Industry Collaboration and Business Partnerships in Technology Advanced Metropolitan Area (TAMA)"

    • KODAMA Toshihiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • March 14, 2002

    "Coordination Costs and the Optimal Partition of a Designing Organization"

    • TAKIZAWA Hirokazu (Professor of Economics, Toyo University)
  • March 12, 2002

    "The Political Economy and Social Costs of Agricultural Protectionism"

    • HONMA Masayoshi (Seikei University)
  • February 28, 2002

    "Reform of China's Innovation System"

    • SUNAMI Atsushi (Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 21, 2002

    "Structural Adjustments in Korea and Implications for Japan"

    • FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 14, 2002

    "A Prologue to Diachronic Comparative Institutional Analysis of the Conversion of National Research Institutions to Independent Administrative Institutions"

    • FUJIMOTO Masayo (Post-Doctoral Fellow, RIETI)
  • February 08, 2002

    "The Spectrum as Commons"

    • IKEDA Nobuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • January 10, 2002

    "Correction of Trade Relief Measures Such as Anti-Dumping and Treatment of Regional Agreements"

    • SAGARA Nozomi (Fellow, RIETI)
  • December 21, 2001

    "Comparative Institutional Analysis of the Japan-Korea Economic System"

    • IKEO Kazuhito (Professor of Economics, Keio University)
  • December 14, 2001

    "Liability Experiments: Seller's or Buyer's?"

    • SAIJO Tatsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, ISER, Osaka University)
  • December 13, 2001

    "Complementary Japan-China Relationship: Verification by Import Products from the U.S."

    • C.H. KWAN (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • November 30, 2001

    "The Role of Fiscal Policy in Price Stability - Are Inflation and Deflation Always Currency Phenomena?"

    • KIMURA Takeshi (Bank of Japan)
  • November 22, 2001

    "Use of Plant-Level Micro-Data for SME Innovation Policy Evaluation in Japan"

    • MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / METI)
  • November 15, 2001

    "Measurement of Price Adhesion"

    • WATANABE Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
  • November 01, 2001

    "Professor Krugman's Inflation Policy Proposal and Fiscal Policy for Price Levels"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 25, 2001

    "Careers of and Incentives for Japanese 'Fast-Track' Bureaucrats"

    • TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 18, 2001

    "Current Situation and Problems of Research and Development in Biotechnology"

    • NAKAMURA Yoshiaki (Fellow, RIETI)
  • October 11, 2001

    "Measuring the Liquidity Effect: The Case of Japan"

    • UESUGI Iichiro (Macroeconomic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
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  • October 04, 2001

    "Corporate Selection and Management Efficiency in the Banking Sector - From the Historical Point of View"

    • OKAZAKI Tetsuji (University of Tokyo)
  • September 27, 2001

    "Tournament of Multiple Venders in the Face of the Hold-Up Problem"

    • NAKAIZUMI Takuya (RIETI)
  • September 19, 2001

    "Bank Relationships and Firm Performance: Evidence from Seleced Japanese Firms in the Electrical Machinery Industry"

    • TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
  • September 14, 2001

    "Sources of Machine-tool Industry Leadership in the 1990s - Overlooked Intra Firm Factors"

    • CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI/Professor, Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research )
  • September 06, 2001

    "Debt Disorganization"

    • KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Fellow, RIETI)