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Commercialization and Other Uses of Patents in Japan and the U.S.: Major findings from the RIETI-Georgia Tech inventor survey
Download paper [PDF:2.08MB]NAGAOKA Sadao
(Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
John P. WALSH
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
March 2009
09-E-011
The R&D Process in the U.S. and Japan: Major findings from the RIETI-Georgia Tech inventor survey
Download paper [PDF:673KB]NAGAOKA Sadao
(Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
John P. WALSH
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
March 2009
09-E-010
Productivity, Returns to Scale and Product Differentiation in the Retail Trade Industry: An empirical analysis using Japanese firm-level data
Download paper [PDF:138KB]KATO Atsuyuki
(Fellow, RIETI)
March 2009
09-E-009
IT, R&D and Productivity of Chinese Manufacturing Firms
Download paper [PDF:271KB]MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
YUAN Yuan
(the University of Tokyo)
February 2009
09-E-007
Can East Asia be an Engine of Growth for the World Economy?
Download paper [PDF:95KB]THORBECKE, Willem
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
February 2009
09-E-006
Technology Spillovers from Multinationals to Local Firms: Evidence from Automobile and Electronics Firms in China
Download paper [PDF:275KB]MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
YUAN Yuan
(the University of Tokyo)
February 2009
09-E-005
Productivity Shocks and National Food Security for Japan
Download paper [PDF:483KB]TANAKA Tetsuji
(University of London)
HOSOE Nobuhiro
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
January 2009
09-E-004
TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s
Download paper [PDF:743KB]Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL
(the University of Tokyo)
NAKAJIMA Ryo
(University of Tsukuba)
TANAKA Ryuichi
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)
January 2009
09-E-003
Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation
Download paper [PDF:561KB]Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL
(the University of Tokyo)
NAKAJIMA Ryo
(University of Tsukuba)
TANAKA Ryuichi
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)
January 2009
09-E-002
On the Role of Policy Interventions in Structural Change and Economic Development: The Case of Postwar Japan
Download paper [PDF:725KB]Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL
(the University of Tokyo)
SAWADA Yasuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
January 2009
09-E-001
Changes in Agglomeration Economies and Linkage Externalities for Japanese Urban Manufacturing Industries:1990 and 2000
Download paper [PDF:480KB]NAKAMURA Ryohei
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
December 2008
08-E-040
Aid Allocation across Sectors: Does aid fit well with recipients' development priorities?
Download paper [PDF:235KB]KASUGA Hidefumi
(Kansai University)
November 2008
08-E-039
The Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on China's Labor-Intensive Manufacturing Exports
Download paper [PDF:220KB]THORBECKE, Willem
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Hanjiang ZHANG
(University of Texas)
November 2008
08-E-038
The Effects of Collateral on SME Performance in Japan
Download paper [PDF:132KB]ONO Arito
(Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.)
SAKAI Koji
(Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
UESUGI Iichiro
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
October 2008
08-E-037
The Internationalization of Japanese Firms: New Findings Based on Firm-Level Data
Download paper [PDF:314KB]WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
SATO Hitoshi (Institute of Developing Economies)
NISHIOKA Shuichiro (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
MATSUURA Toshiyuki
(Fellow, RIETI)
ITO Banri
(Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
TANAKA Ayumu
(Kyoto University and RIETI)
October 2008
08-E-036
Productivity Dispersion: Facts, Theory, and Implications
Download paper [PDF:552KB]AOYAMA Hideaki
(Kyoto University)
YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
IYETOMI Hiroshi
(Niigata University)
FUJIWARA Yoshi
(NiCT/ATR CIS, Applied Network Science Lab.)
September 2008
08-E-035
How Does FDI in East Asia Affect Performance at Home?: Evidence from Electrical Machinery Manufacturing Firms
Download paper [PDF:392KB]MATSUURA Toshiyuki
(Fellow, RIETI)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
HAYAKAWA Kazunobu
(Institute of Developing Economies)
September 2008
08-E-034
Corporate Investment and Uncertainty: An empirical analysis
Download paper [PDF:163KB]SHINADA Naoki
(Development Bank of Japan)
September 2008
08-E-033
Econometric Analysis of Irreversible Investment with Financial Constraints: Comparison of Parametric and Semiparametric Estimations
Download paper [PDF:139KB]ASANO Hirokatsu
(Asia University)
September 2008
08-E-032
Monetary Policy Surprises and Interest Rates: Choosing between the Inflation-Revelation and Excess Sensitivity Hypotheses
Download paper [PDF:139KB]THORBECKE, Willem
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Hanjiang ZHANG
(University of Texas)
August 2008
08-E-031
Demand Fluctuations and Productivity of Service Industries
Download paper [PDF:140KB]MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
August 2008
08-E-030
Cross-regional Variations in Offshore Outsourcing Choices: Evidence from Firm-level Data
Download paper [PDF:199KB]TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
ITO Banri
(Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
August 2008
08-E-029
Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data
Download paper [PDF:216KB]ITO Banri
(Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
TOMIURA Eiichi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2008
08-E-028
What Do Japanese Unions Do for Productivity?: An Empirical Analysis Using Firm-Level Data
Download paper [PDF:119KB]MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
August 2008
08-E-027
Productivity and Survival of Family Firms in Japan: An Analysis Using Firm-Level Microdata
Download paper [PDF:184KB]MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2008
08-E-026
Is Aid Allocation Consistent with Global Poverty Reduction?: A Cross-Donor Comparison
Download paper [PDF:286KB]SAWADA Yasuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
YAMADA Hiroyuki
(The University of Chicago)
KUROSAKI Takashi
(Hitotsubashi University)
July 2008
08-E-025
Impacts of Aid-Funded Technical Assistance Programs: Firm-Level Evidence from the Indonesian Foundry Industry
Download paper [PDF:377KB]TODO Yasuyuki
(the University of Tokyo)
July 2008
08-E-024
Economies of Density and Productivity in Service Industries: An Analysis of Personal-Service Industries Based on Establishment-Level Data
Download paper [PDF:178KB]MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2008
08-E-023
International Strategic Alliances for Local Market Entry: Direct Launches versus Marketing Alliances in Pharmaceuticals
Download paper [PDF:186KB]TAKECHI Kazutaka
(Hosei University)
July 2008
08-E-022
Industrial Development, Firm Dynamics and Patterns of Productivity Growth: The Case of the Cotton-spinning Industry in Prewar Japan, 1894-1924
Download paper [PDF:170KB]OKAZAKI Tetsuji
(Faculty Fellow and Committee on the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy, RIETI)
July 2008
08-E-021
Stable Wage Distribution in Japan, 1982-2002: A Counter Example for SBTC?
Download paper [PDF:403KB]KAWAGUCHI Daiji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
MORI Yuko
(Hitotsubashi University)
July 2008
08-E-020
Monetization of Public Goods Provision: A possible solution for the free-rider problem
Download paper [PDF:183KB]KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
NAKAJIMA Tomoyuki
(KIER, Kyoto University)
June 2008
08-E-019
Nominal Rigidities, News-Driven Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy
Download paper [PDF:271KB]KOBAYASHI Keiichiro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
NUTAHARA Kengo
(the University of Tokyo, and JSPS)
June 2008
08-E-018
Embodied Technological Progress and the Productivity Slowdown in Japan
Download paper [PDF:302KB]TOKUI Joji
(Shinshu University)
INUI Tomohiko
(Nihon University)
Young Gak KIM
(Research Assistant, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University)
June 2008
08-E-017
The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility on Fragmentation in East Asia: Evidence from the Electronics Industry
Download paper [PDF:196KB]THORBECKE, Willem
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
June 2008
08-E-016
On Equivalence Results in Business Cycle Accounting
Download paper [PDF:245KB]NUTAHARA Kengo
(the University of Tokyo, and JSPS)
INABA Masaru
(Research Assistant, RIETI)
May 2008
08-E-015
The evolution of the productivity dispersion of firms - A reevaluation of its determinants in the case of Japan
Download paper [PDF:307KB]ITO Keiko
(Senshu University)
Sébastien LECHEVALIER
(EHESS and Maison Franco-Japonaise)
May 2008
08-E-014
Does Trade Liberalization Reduce Pollution Emissions?
Download paper [PDF:1.42MB]MANAGI Shunsuke
(Yokohama National University)
HIBIKI Akira
(National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
TSURUMI Tetsuya
(Yokohama National University)
May 2008
08-E-013
Note: This is a revised version that replaces the original paper published May 2008
Do Competitive Markets Stimulate Innovation?: An Empirical Analysis Based on Japanese Manufacturing Industry Data
Download paper [PDF:3.12MB]INUI Tomohiko
(Nihon University)
KAWAKAMI Atsushi
(Gakushuin University)
MIYAGAWA Tsutomu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2008
08-E-012
Impact of the Debt Ratio on Firm Investment: A case study of listed companies in China
Download paper [PDF:276KB]YUAN Yuan
(the University of Tokyo)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2008
08-E-011
