Discussion Papers (full text in English)

Aug 25, 2010

"Use of FTAs in Australia"
Richard POMFRET (School of Economics, the University of Adelaide), Uwe KAUFMANN (School of Economics, the University of Adelaide) and Christopher FINDLAY (School of Economics, the University of Adelaide)

Aug 13, 2010

"Repayment Enforcement and Informational Advantages: Empirical determinants of trade credit use"
UCHIDA Hirofumi (Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University), UESUGI Iichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and HOTEI Masaki (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance)

Jul 29, 2010

"Productivity, Markup, Scale Economies, and the Business Cycle: Estimates from firm-level panel data in Japan"
KIYOTA Kozo (Faculty of Business Administration, Yokohama National University)

Discussion Papers (abstract in English, text in Japanese)

Aug 30, 2010

"Firms are Creating Negative Stereotypes of Female Employees: Theoretical analyses of two kinds of self-fulfilling prophecies and their counter measures"
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Aug 18, 2010

"Empirical Analysis of the Functions of the National University System: For appropriate allocation of subsidies"
SHIMA Kazunori (Hiroshima University)

Aug 2, 2010

"Meaning of FDI toward Emerging Economies - An analysis of firm heterogeneity model -"
ITO Koji (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Jul 20, 2010

"Macro-econometric Models and the Outline of the MEAD-RIETI Model"
FUKUYAMA Mitsuhiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI), OIKAWA Keita (Consulting Fellow, RIETI), YOSHIHARA Masayoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) and NAKAZONO Yoshiyuki (Research Assistant, RIETI)

"An Analysis of Foreign Policies of the Obama Administration: From January 2009 to May 2010"
KUBO Fumiaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Policy Discussion Papers (abstract in English, text in Japanese)

Aug 17, 2010

"Evaluation and Future Direction of Intellectual Property Strategy - Setting out a new intellectual property policy -"
KUGAI Takashi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Aug 18, 2010

Newspapers & Magazines
Gödel's Money : The future of freedom and civilization
Sixteenth Installment  "Toxic Assets and the Disappearance of Inside Money (Part 2)" by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Aug 16, 2010

BBL Seminar - Summary
"Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Policy in EU" with Lars BRUCKNER (Chairman of the Environmental Committee, Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) / Senior Advisor, NEC Europe)

Aug 12, 2010

BBL Seminar - Summary
"Next Steps for APEC: Options and Prospects" with Vinod AGGARWAL (Director and Professor, Berkeley APEC Study Center, University of California at Berkeley)