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Use of FTAs in Australia
Richard POMFRET
(School of Economics, the University of Adelaide)
Uwe KAUFMANN
(School of Economics, the University of Adelaide)
Christopher FINDLAY
(School of Economics, the University of Adelaide)
August 2010
10-E-042
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)
HOTEI Masaki
(Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance)
August 2010
10-E-041
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)
July 2010
10-E-040
Exporters' Response to FTA Tariff Preferences: Evidence from Thailand
Archanun KOHPAIBOON
(Thammasat University)
July 2010
10-E-039
Business Use of FTAs in Korea
Inkyo CHEONG
(Inha University)
Hansung KIM
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP))
Jungran CHO
(Inha University)
June 2010
10-E-038
Why Do Some Firms Persistently Outperform Others? An investigation of the interactions between innovation and export strategies
ITO Keiko
(Senshu University)
LECHEVALIER Sébastien
(L'Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) (Paris))
June 2010
10-E-037
Efficiency of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) when Fishers are able to Choose Vessel Sizes: An experimental approach
HIGASHIDA Keisaku
(Kwansei Gakuin University)
MANAGI Shunsuke
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
July 2010
10-E-036
Shared Renewable Resource and International Trade: Technical measures for fisheries management
TAKARADA Yasuhiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
June 2010
10-E-035
Determinants of Currency Invoicing in Japanese Exports: A firm-level analysis
ITO Takatoshi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
KOIBUCHI Satoshi
(Chuo University)
SATO Kiyotaka
(Yokohama National University)
SHIMIZU Junko
(Senshu University)
June 2010
10-E-034
Does Firm Boundary Matter? The effect of offshoring on productivity of Japanese firms
ITO Banri
(Fellow, RIETI)
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
June 2010
10-E-033
Offshoring and Corporate Headquarters: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
ITO Banri
(Fellow, RIETI)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
June 2010
10-E-032
Mark-up, Productivity and Imperfect Competition: An empirical analysis of the Japanese retail trade industry
KATO Atsuyuki
(Fellow, RIETI)
June 2010
10-E-031
Measuring Economic Localization: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data
NAKAJIMA Kentaro
(Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
SAITO Yukiko
(Fujitsu Research Institute)
UESUGI Iichiro
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
June 2010
10-E-030
Small Business Credit Scoring: Evidence from Japan
HASUMI Ryo
(Japan Center for Economic Research)
HIRATA Hideaki
(Hosei University / Japan Center for Economic Research)
June 2010
10-E-029
Output Quality, Skill Intensity, and Factor Contents of Trade: An empirical analysis based on microdata of the Census of Manufactures
FUKAO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
ITO Keiko
(Senshu University)
June 2010
10-E-028
Regional Monetary Coordination in Asia after the Global Financial Crisis: Comparison in regional monetary stability between ASEAN+3 and ASEAN+3+3
OGAWA Eiji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
May 2010
10-E-027
How Do Chinese Industries Benefit from FDI Spillovers?
ITO Banri
(Fellow, RIETI)
YASHIRO Naomitsu
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
XU Zhaoyuan
(Enterprise Research Institute of the Developing Research Center of the State Council)
CHEN Xiaohong
(Enterprise Research Institute of the Developing Research Center of the State Council)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
May 2010
10-E-026
Volatility, Nonstandard Employment, and Productivity: An empirical analysis using firm-level data
MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Vice President, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-025
The Dynamics of Knowledge Diversity and Economic Growth
Marcus BERLIANT
(Washington University)
FUJITA Masahisa
(President, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-024
Subsidies, Fisheries Management, and International Trade
JINJI Naoto
(Kyoto University)
April 2010
10-E-023
Managerial Entrenchment and Anti-takeover Provisions in Japan
HOSONO Kaoru
(Gakushuin University)
TAKIZAWA Miho
(Toyo University)
TSURU Kotaro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-022
Empirical Study of IPTV Diffusion: Comparison between Japan and Korea
KINUGASA Satoshi
(Bank of Japan)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
Yeong-Wha SAWNG
(Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute)
TERADA Shinichiro
(the University of Tokyo)
April 2010
10-E-021
Bargaining in Technology Markets: An empirical study of biotechnology alliances
KINUKAWA Shinya
(Komazawa University)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-020
Educational Support and Individual Ability with Endogenous Fertility
OGURO Kazumasa
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
OSHIO Takashi
(Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
TAKAHATA Junichiro
(Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
April 2010
10-E-019
Environmental Standards under International Oligopoly
ISHIKAWA Jota
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OKUBO Toshihiro
(Kobe University)
April 2010
10-E-018
Productivity Distribution, Firm Heterogeneity, and Agglomeration: Evidence from firm-level data
OKUBO Toshihiro
(Kobe University)
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-017
Industrial Relocation Policy and Heterogeneous Plants Sorted by Productivity: Evidence from Japan
OKUBO Toshihiro
(Kobe University)
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-016
Working Hours of Part-timers and the Measurement of Firm-level Productivity
MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Vice President, RIETI)
April 2010
10-E-015