Environmental Standards under International Oligopoly

ISHIKAWA Jota  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OKUBO Toshihiro  (Kobe University)
February 2010  10-E-018

Stakeholder-Oriented Corporate Governance and Firm-Specific Human Capital:
Wage analysis of employer-employee matched data

ODAKI Kazuhiko  (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
KODAMA Naomi  (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
March 2010  10-E-014

Management Practices and Firm Performance in Japanese and Korean Firms
-An Empirical Study Using Interview Surveys-

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
Keun LEE  (Seoul National University)
KABE Shigesaburo  (Japan Center for Economic Research)
Junhyup LEE  (Seoul National University)
Hyoungjin KIM (Seoul National University)
YoungGak KIM (Hitostubashi University / Research Assistant, RIETI)
EDAMURA Kazuma (Hitotsubashi University / Institute of Intellectual Property)
February 2010  10-E-013

Firm Size and Business Startup Reasons of Japanese Workers

TSUCHIYA Ryuichiro  (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
March 2010  10-E-012

Environmental Product Standards in North-South Trade

ISHIKAWA Jota  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OKUBO Toshihiro  (Kobe University)
March 2010  10-E-011

Does Material and Service Offshoring Improve Domestic Productivity? Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries

ITO Keiko  (Associate professor, School of economics, Senshu university)
TANAKA Kiyoyasu  (Research Assistant, RIETI/Institute of Economic Research COE, Hitotsubashi University)
February 2010  10-E-010

Entropy Characterisation of Insurance Demand: Theory and Evidence

NAKATA Hiroyuki  (University of Essex)
SAWADA Yasuyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
TANAKA Mari  (The University of Tokyo)
February 2010  10-E-009

Asking Retrospective Questions in Household Surveys: Evidence from Vietnam

NAKATA Hiroyuki  (University of Essex)
SAWADA Yasuyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
TANAKA Mari  (the University of Tokyo)
February 2010  10-E-008

Trade Creation and Diversion Effects of Regional Trade Agreements on Commodity Trade

URATA Shujiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OKABE Misa  (Wakayama University)
January 2010  10-E-007

A Macrocounterfactual Analysis of Group Differences: An application to an analysis of the gender wage gap in Japan

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo  (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
January 2010  10-E-006

Stock Ownership and Corporate Performance in Japan: Corporate governance by institutional investors

SHINADA Naoki  (Development Bank of Japan, Inc.)
January 2010  10-E-005

Pension Benefit and Hours Worked

MIYAZAWA Kensuke  (Assistant Researcher, RIETI)
January 2010  10-E-004

Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk-reeling Industry, 1909-1916

ARIMOTO Yutaka  (The University of Tokyo )
NAKAJIMA Kentaro  (Tohoku University)
OKAZAKI Tetsuji  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
January 2010  10-E-003

Knowledge Spillover on Complex Networks

KONNO Tomohiko  (The University of Tokyo)
January 2010  10-E-002

A Stochastic Model of Labor Productivity and Employment

FUJIWARA Yoshi  (ART Kyoto, Japan., Kyoto University)
AOYAMA Hideaki  (Kyoto University)
January 2010  10-E-001

Aid Effectiveness, Governance and Public Investment

KASUGA Hidefumi  (Kansai University)
MORITA Yuichi  (Nagoya City University)
November 2009  09-E-055

The Effect of Relaxation of Entry Restrictions for Large-Scale Retailers on SME Performance: Evidence from Japanese Retail Census

MATSUURA Toshiyuki  (Keio University)
SUGANO Saki  (the University of Tokyo)
October 2009  09-E-054

A Two-dimensional Analysis of the Impact of Outward FDI on Performance at Home: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms

OBASHI Ayako  (Keio University)
HAYAKAWA Kazuo  (Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies)
MATSUURA Toshiyuki  (Keio University)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
October 2009  09-E-053

Resource Reallocation and Zombie Lending in Japan in the '90s

KWON Hyeog Ug  (Faculty Fellow)
NARITA Futoshi  (University of Minnesota)
NARITA Machiko  (University of Minnesota)
October 2009  09-E-052

Technological Externalities and Economic Distance: A case of the Japanese automobile suppliers

TAKEDA Yosuke  (Sophia University)
UCHIDA Ichihiro  (Aichi University)
October 2009  09-E-051

Optimal Monetary Policy When Asset Markets are Incomplete

R. Anton BRAUN  (the University of Tokyo)
NAKAJIMA Tomoyuki  (Kyoto University)
October 2009  09-E-050

International Production Networks and Export/Import Responsiveness to Exchange Rates: The case of Japanese manufacturing firms

ANDO Mitsuyo  (Keio University)
IRIYAMA Akie  (State University of New York at Buffalo)
September 2009  09-E-049

Globalization, Productivity and Plant Exit - Evidence from Japan -

INUI Tomohiko  (Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office and Nihon University)
Richard KNELLER  (Nottingham University)
MATSUURA Toshiyuki  (Keio University)
Danny McGOWAN  (Nottingham University)
September 2009  09-E-048

JSTAR First Results 2009 Report

ICHIMURA Hidehiko  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi  (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
HASHIMOTO Hideki  (the University of Tokyo)
September 2009  09-E-047
Note: Large file - download time will vary depending on connection.

Efficiency of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ) Systems and Input and Stock Controls

HIGASHIDA Keisaku  (Kwansei Gakuin University)
TAKARADA Yasuhiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
September 2009  09-E-046

Asset-Price Collapse and Market Disruption - A model of financial crises -

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro  (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
August 2009  09-E-045

Residential Rents and Price Rigidity: Micro structure and macro consequences

SHIMIZU Chihiro  (Reitaku University)
NISHIMURA Kiyohiko G.  (Bank of Japan)
WATANABE Tsutomu  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2009  09-E-044

Customer Relationships and the Provision of Trade Credit during a Recession

TSURUTA Daisuke  (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
August 2009  09-E-043

Employment and Wage Adjustments at Firms under Distress in Japan: An analysis based upon a survey

ARIGA Kenn  (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
KAMBAYASHI Ryo  (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
August 2009  09-E-042

Transboundary Renewable Resource and International Trade

TAKARADA Yasuhiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2009  09-E-041

Capacity Output and Possibility of Cost Reduction: Fishery management in Japan

MANAGI Shunsuke  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2009  09-E-040

Equity Markets and Institutions: The case of Japan

Julian FRANKS  (London Business School, CEPR and ECGI)
Colin MAYER  (Saïd Business School, CEPR and ECGI)
MIYAJIMA Hideaki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2009  09-E-039

Software Patent and its Impact on Software Innovation in Japan

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2009  09-E-038

Impacts of FTAs in East Asia: CGE Simulation Analysis

ANDO Mitsuyo  (Keio University)
July 2009  09-E-037

A Monetary Model of Banking Crises

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro  (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2009  09-E-036

Quantitative Significance of Collateral Constraints as an Amplification Mechanism

INABA Masaru  (The Canon Institute for Global Studies)
KOBAYASHI Keiichiro  (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2009  09-E-035

Who Invents?: Evidence from the Japan-U.S. inventor survey

John P. WALSH  (Georgia Institute of Technology)
NAGAOKA Sadao  (Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
July 2009  09-E-034

An Economic Theory of the SPS Agreement

JINJI Naoto  (Kyoto University)
July 2009  09-E-033

Is Minimum Wage an Effective Anti-Poverty Policy in Japan?

KAWAGUCHI Daiji  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
MORI Yuko  (Hitotsubashi University)
June 2009  09-E-032

How are Hours Worked and Wages Affected by Labor Regulations?: The white-collar exemption and 'name-only managers' in Japan

KURODA Sachiko  (the University of Tokyo)
YAMAMOTO Isamu  (Keio University)
June 2009  09-E-031

The Role of Investment Wedges in the Carlstrom-Fuerst Economy and Business Cycle Accounting

INABA Masaru  (The Canon Institute for Global Studies)
NUTAHARA Kengo  (Senshu University)
June 2009  09-E-030

Redistributional View of Trade Credit Revisited: Evidence from micro data of Japanese small firms

OGAWA Kazuo  (Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)
Elmer STERKEN  (University of Groningen)
TOKUTSU Ichiro  (Kobe University)
June 2009  09-E-029

On the Use of FTAs by Japanese Firms: Further evidence

TAKAHASHI Katsuhide  (Kokugakuin University)
URATA Shujiro  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
June 2009  09-E-028

Productivity and Characteristics of Firms: An application of a bootstrapped data envelopment analysis to Japanese firm-level data

KATO Atsuyuki  (Fellow, RIETI)
June 2009  09-E-027

Intra-firm Trade and Contract Completeness: Evidence from Japanese affiliate firms

MATSUURA Toshiyuki  (Keio University)
ITO Banri  (Fellow, RIETI)
June 2009  09-E-026

Firm Heterogeneity and FDI with Matching Frictions

SATO Hitoshi  (Institute of Developing Economies)
June 2009  09-E-025

Firm Heterogeneity and the Choice of Internationalization Modes: Statistical Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data

WAKASUGI Ryuhei  (Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
TANAKA Ayumu  (Kyoto University)
June 2009  09-E-024

Consumption Insurance against Unforeseen Epidemics: The case of avian influenza in Vietnam

TAMURA Sakuya  (Boston Consulting Group)
SAWADA Yasuyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
May 2009  09-E-023

How "Open" is Innovation in the U.S. and Japan?: Evidence from the RIETI-Georgia Tech inventor survey

John P. WALSH  (Georgia Institute of Technology)
NAGAOKA Sadao  (Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
May 2009  09-E-022

Estimates of Multifactor Productivity, ICT Contributions and Resource Reallocation Effects in Japan and Korea

FUKAO Kyoji  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
MIYAGAWA Tsutomu  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
Hak K. PYO  (Seoul National University)
Keun Hee RHEE  (Korea Productivity Center)
May 2009  09-E-021

The Impact of Immigration on the Japanese Economy: A multi-country simulation model

SHIMASAWA Manabu  (Akita University)
OGURO Kazumasa  (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
May 2009  09-E-020

Quantitative Evaluation of Determinants of Export and FDI: Firm-level evidence from Japan

TODO Yasuyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
May 2009  09-E-019
Revised July 2009

Analysis on β and σ Convergences of East Asian Currencies

OGAWA Eiji  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
YOSHIMI Taiyo  (Hitotsubashi University)
May 2009  09-E-018

Mergers, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms

HOSONO Kaoru  (Gakushuin University)
TAKIZAWA Miho  (Toyo University)
TSURU Kotaro  (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
April 2009  09-E-017

Do Banks Have Private Information? Bank screening and ex-post small firm performance

HOSONO Kaoru  (Gakushuin University)
XU Peng  (Hosei University)
April 2009  09-E-016

Measurement of the Consumer Benefit of Competition in Retail Outlets

MATSUURA Toshiyuki  (Keio University)
SUNADA Mitsuru  (Competition Policy Research Center, Japan Fair Trade Commission)
April 2009  09-E-015

Optimal Monetary Policy with Imperfect Unemployment Insurance

NAKAJIMA Tomoyuki  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2009  09-E-014

Financial Crisis, Firm Dynamics and Aggregate Productivity in Japan

HOSONO Kaoru  (Gakushuin University)
April 2009  09-E-012

Greenhouse-Gas Emission Controls and International Carbon Leakage through Trade Liberalization

ISHIKAWA Jota  (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OKUBO Toshihiro  (Kobe University)
April 2009  09-E-008