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Widening Deviation among East Asian Currencies
Download paper [PDF:291KB]OGAWA Eiji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
YOSHIMI Taiyo
(Hitotsubashi University)
March 2008
08-E-010
Offshoring and Trade in East Asia: Statistical Evidence
Download paper [PDF:277KB]WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
ITO Banri
(Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
March 2008
08-E-009
IT Management of Chinese Firms: Quantitative Analysis by Using Survey Data
Download paper [PDF:159KB]Xiaoyang FENG
(Tianjin University)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
March 2008
08-E-008
Comparative Analysis of IT Management and Productivity between Japanese and U.S. Firms
Download paper [PDF:119KB]MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
March 2008
08-E-007
The Adoption of Poison Pills and Managerial Entrenchment: Evidence from Japan
Download paper [PDF:363KB]ARIKAWA Yasuhiro
(Waseda University)
MITSUSADA Yosuke
(SANNO University)
February 2008
08-E-006
Regional Electric Power Demand in Japan
Download paper [PDF:197KB]HOSOE Nobuhiro
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
AKIYAMA Shu-ichi
(Kushiro Public University)
February 2008
08-E-005
Emissions Standard System: A monetary regime for provision of global public goods
Download paper [PDF:259KB]KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
February 2008
08-E-004
Banking Crisis and Borrower Productivity
Download paper [PDF:3.03MB]KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
YANAGAWA Noriyuki
(the University of Tokyo)
February 2008
08-E-003
On the Use of FTAs by Japanese Firms
Download paper [PDF:157KB]TAKAHASHI Katsuhide
(Kobe University)
URATA Shujiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
January 2008
08-E-002
Moore's Law, Increasing Complexity, and the Limits of Organization: The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers' DRAM Business
Download paper [PDF:1.17MB]CHUMA Hiroyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
HASHIMOTO Norikazu
(Former research director of Hitachi Central Research Laboratory)
January 2008
08-E-001
Foreign Direct Investment, Intra-Regional Trade and Production Sharing in East Asia
Download paper [PDF:147KB]Nathalie AMINIAN
(University of Le Havre)
K. C. FUNG
(University of California / University of Hong Kong)
IIZAKA Hitomi
(University of Hong Kong)
December 2007
07-E-064
International Production/Distribution Networks and Domestic Operations in terms of Employment and Corporate Organization: Microdata Analysis of Japanese Firms
Download paper [PDF:166KB]ANDO Mitsuyo
(Keio University)
KIMURA Fukunari
(Keio University)
December 2007
07-E-063
Collateralized capital and News-driven cycles
Download paper [PDF:175KB]KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
NUTAHARA Kengo
(the University of Tokyo / JSPS)
December 2007
07-E-062
Business Cycle Accounting for the Japanese Economy Using the Parameterized Expectations Algorithm
Download paper [PDF:178KB]INABA Masaru
(Research Assistant, RIETI)
November 2007
07-E-061
Technical appendices [PDF:130KB]
Dissecting Offshore Outsourcing and R&D: A Survey of Japanese Manufacturing Firms
Download paper [PDF:163KB]ITO Banri
(Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
November 2007
07-E-060
Consolidation of Banks in Japan: Causes and Consequences
Download paper [PDF:667KB]HOSONO Kaoru
(Gakushuin University)
SAKAI Koji
(Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
TSURU Kotaro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
October 2007
07-E-059
How Do Relationship Lenders Price Loans to Small Firms?: "Hold-Up" Costs, Transparency, and Private and Public Security
Download paper [PDF:302KB]WATANABE Wako
(Keio University)
October 2007
07-E-058
Non-Self-Averaging in Macroeconomic Models: A Criticism of Modern Micro-founded Macroeconomics
Download paper [PDF:267KB]AOKI Masanao
(University of California, Los Angeles)
YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi
(Research Counselor, RIETI / the University of Tokyo)
September 2007
07-E-057
The Comparative Features and Economic Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan
Download paper [PDF:356KB]MIYAJIMA Hideaki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
September 2007
07-E-056
Product Cycle and Industrial Hollowing-out: The Case of the Electrical and Electronics Sector of Taiwan
Download paper [PDF:182KB]Tzu-Han YANG
(National Taipei University)
Yueh-Po LIAO
(Deloitte & Touche)
September 2007
07-E-055
Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Markets: Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, Germany, France, the UK and USA
Download paper [PDF:252KB]Gregory JACKSON
(King's College London)
MIYAJIMA Hideaki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
September 2007
07-E-054
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Free Trade Agreements: A Computable Equilibrium Model Approach
Download paper [PDF:217KB]ABE Kazutomo
(Tokyo Denki University)
August 2007
07-E-053
The Impacts of Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows: An Application of the Gravity Model Approach
Download paper [PDF:227KB]URATA Shujiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
OKABE Misa
(Kyoto Gakuen University)
August 2007
07-E-052
Foreign Aid and Recurrent Cost: Donor Competition, Aid Proliferation and Budget Support
Download paper [PDF:205KB]ARIMOTO Yutaka
(JSPS Research Fellow / the University of Tokyo)
KONO Hisaki
(Institute of Developing Economies, Japan)
August 2007
07-E-051
The Millennium Development Goals and Aid Allocation: Which donors give high-quality aid?
Download paper [PDF:238KB]KASUGA Hidefumi
(Kansai University)
August 2007
07-E-050
Choice for FDI and Post-FDI Productivity
Download paper [PDF:324KB]ITO Yukiko
(Tokyo Keizai University)
August 2007
07-E-049
Intertemporal Distribution of Foreign Aid
Download paper [PDF:131KB]TAKASE Koichi
(Waseda University)
August 2007
07-E-048
A Comparative Analysis of Japanese, U.S., and Korean Firms on IT and Management
Download paper [PDF:183KB]MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
August 2007
07-E-047
Productivity in Japan, the US, and the Major EU Economies: Is Japan Falling Behind?
Download paper [PDF:208KB]FUKAO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University)
MIYAGAWA Tsutomu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Gakushuin University)
August 2007
07-E-046
On the Role of Technical Cooperation in International Technology Transfers
Download paper [PDF:391KB]SAWADA Yasuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
MATSUDA Ayako
(Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)
KIMURA Hidemi
(Fellow, RIETI)
July 2007
07-E-045
Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
Download paper [PDF:422KB]KIMURA Hidemi
(Fellow, RIETI)
SAWADA Yasuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
MORI Yuko
(Hitotsubashi University)
July 2007
07-E-044
Credit Contagion and Trade Credit Supply: Evidence from Small Business Data in Japan
Download paper [PDF:275KB]TSURUTA Daisuke
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and CRD Association)
June 2007
07-E-043
Understanding the M&A boom in Japan: What drives Japanese M&A?
Download paper [PDF:281KB]ARIKAWA Yasuhiro
(Waseda University, NIFS)
MIYAJIMA Hideaki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University, NIFS)
June 2007
07-E-042
Impacts of Japanese FTAs/EPAs: Post Evaluation from the Initial Data
Download paper [PDF:177KB]ANDO Mitsuyo
(Keio University)
June 2007
07-E-041
Research Digest No.15 (Japanese)
Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Domestic Inflation: A Comparison between East Asia and Latin American Countries
Download paper [PDF:1.60MB]ITO Takatoshi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo)
SATO Kiyotaka
(Yokohama National University)
June 2007
07-E-040
Bank Restructuring in Asia: Crisis management in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis and prospects for crisis prevention -Malaysia-
Download paper [PDF:1.45MB]ITO Takatoshi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo)
HASHIMOTO Yuko
(Toyo University)
June 2007
07-E-039
Bank Restructuring in Asia: Crisis management in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis and prospects for crisis prevention -Korea-
Download paper [PDF:734KB]ITO Takatoshi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo)
HASHIMOTO Yuko
(Toyo University)
June 2007
07-E-038
Bank Consolidation and Soft Information Acquisition in Small Business Lending
Download paper [PDF:419KB]OGURA Yoshiaki
(Hitotsubashi University)
UCHIDA Hirofumi
(Wakayama University)
June 2007
07-E-037
Lending Competition, Relationship Banking, and Credit Availability for Entrepreneurs
Download paper [PDF:404KB]OGURA Yoshiaki
(Hitotsubashi University)
June 2007
07-E-036
Debt-Ridden Equilibria - A Simple Theory of Great Depressions -
Download paper [PDF:626KB]KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
INABA Masaru
(RIETI)
June 2007
07-E-035
Revised March 19, 2008
Intangible Investment in Japan: Measurement and Contribution to Economic Growth
Download paper [PDF:110KB]FUKAO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University)
HAMAGATA Sumio
(Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
MIYAGAWA Tsutomu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Gakushuin University)
TONOGI Konomi
(Hitotsubashi University / RIETI)
May 2007
07-E-034
Research Digest No.11 (Japanese)
Traditional and Innovative Approaches to Legal Reform: 'The New Company Law'
Download paper [PDF:502KB]Joseph A. McCAHERY
(Tilburg University Faculty of Law)
Erik P.M. VERMEULEN
(Tilburg University Faculty of Law)
HISATAKE Masato
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
SAITO Jun
(Nikon Corporation)
May 2007
07-E-033
Debt Structure and Bankruptcy of Financially Distressed Small Businesses
Download paper [PDF:560KB]TSURUTA Daisuke
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies / CRD Association)
Peng XU
(Faculty of Economics, Hosei University)
May 2007
07-E-032
Enforceability in Trade Credit: Financial Aspects of Transactions with FDI
Download paper [PDF:273KB]ITOH Seiro
(Institute of Developing Economies)
WATANABE Mariko
(Institute of Developing Economies)
YANAGAWA Noriyuki
(the University of Tokyo)
May 2007
07-E-031
Does Corporate Culture Matter? An Empirical Study on Japanese Firms
Download paper [PDF:170KB]HIROTA Shinichi
(Waseda University)
KUBO Katsuyuki
(Waseda University)
MIYAJIMA Hideaki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Waseda University)
May 2007
07-E-030
Metanational Learning in TFT-LCD Industry: An Organizing Framework
Download paper [PDF:155KB]ASAKAWA Kazuhiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Keio University)
May 2007
07-E-029
Do Larger Firms Have More Interfirm Relationships?
Download paper [PDF:316KB]SAITO (UMENO) Yukiko
(Fujitsu Research Institute)
WATANABE Tsutomu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University)
IWAMURA Mitsuru
(Waseda University)
May 2007
07-E-028
Multiple Bank Relationships and the Main Bank System: Evidence from a Matched Sample of Japanese Small Firms and Main Banks
Download paper [PDF:135KB]OGAWA Kazuo
(Osaka University)
Elmer STERKEN
(University of Groningen)
TOKUTSU Ichiro
(Konan University)
April 2007
07-E-027
Did U.S. Safeguard Resuscitate Harley Davidson in the 1980s?
Download paper [PDF:288KB]KITANO Taiju
(the University of Tokyo)
OHASHI Hiroshi
(the University of Tokyo)
April 2007
07-E-026
R&D and Export Intensities in Automotive Parts Firms in China, Malaysia, Philippines and Taiwan: Does Ownership Matter?
Download paper [PDF:156KB]Rajah RASIAH
(University of Malaya)
April 2007
07-E-025
Global Sourcing, Technology, and Factor Intensity: Firm-level Relationships
Download paper [PDF:131KB]TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2007
07-E-024
Oligopolistic Competition in the Japanese Wholesale Electricity Market: A Linear Complementarity Approach
Download paper [PDF:138KB]TANAKA Makoto
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2007
07-E-023
The Effect of Imports and Exports on Total Factor Productivity in Korea
Download paper [PDF:531KB]Sangho KIM
(Honam University)
Hyunjoon LIM
(University of Rochester)
Donghyun PARK
(Nanyang Technological University)
April 2007
07-E-022
Does Foreign Direct Investment Have an Impact on the Growth in Labor Productivity of Vietnamese Domestic Firms?
Download paper [PDF:224KB]LE Thanh Thuy
(Foreign Trade University, Hanoi)
April 2007
07-E-021
