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Deep-seated Value Creation in Japanese Manufacturing Firms: Accumulation of Organizational Capabilities and Management of Non-functional Premium Value
Download paper [PDF:428KB] (Japanese)NOBEOKA Kentaro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
March 2008
08-J-006
Assessment and Prospects of Intellectual Property Rights Provisions in RTAs
Download paper [PDF:485KB] (Japanese)SUZUKI Masabumi
(Professor, Nagoya University)
March 2008
08-J-005
Measuring Effects of Competition on Retail Power Charges in Public Procurement Bidding
Download paper [PDF:435KB] (Japanese)TAKAGI Shingo
(Hokkaido University)
HOSOE Nobuhiro
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
February 2008
08-J-004
Analysis of Joint Patent Applications by Universities or Public Research Institutes and Private-Sector Firms
Download paper [PDF:201KB] (Japanese)TAMADA Schumpeter
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
INOUE Hiroyasu
(Doshisha University)
February 2008
08-J-003
Legitimacy and Transparency of the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures: An analysis of the present state of the DSU negotiations using private-interest/public-interest models
Download paper [PDF:393KB] (Japanese)KOBAYASHI Kenichi
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
February 2008
08-J-002
Quantitative Evaluation and Analysis of the Internal Price Gap in the Town Gas Industry in Japan
Download paper [PDF:17MB] (Japanese)KAINOU Kazunari
(Fellow, RIETI)
February 2008
08-J-001
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Homogeneity of Law in the European Economic Area: A Case of Integration of Multiple Regional Communities and Implementation of Common Rules in the Integrated Community
Download paper [PDF:470KB] (Japanese)OBASE Takuma
(Research Assistant, RIETI)
December 2007
07-J-051
Competition and Coordination in Dispute Settlement Procedures between WTO and Regional Economic Communities: Comparative Review of Forum-choice Clauses
Download paper [PDF:1.63MB] (Japanese)KAWASE Tsuyoshi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
December 2007
07-J-050
What Kinds of Company Have High Productivity? Company Characteristics and TFP
Download paper [PDF:385KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
December 2007
07-J-049
Is Productivity in the Service Industries Low? An Analysis Using Firm-level Data on the Dispersion and the Dynamics of Productivity
Download paper [PDF:922KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
December 2007
07-J-048
Increasing Complexity of Artifacts and the Response of Manufacturing Firms: Design of control systems and integration of mechanism, electronics, and software
Download paper [PDF:661KB] (Japanese)FUJIMOTO Takahiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
November 2007
07-J-047
Innovation Process in Japan: Findings from the RIETI Inventors Survey
Download paper [PDF:696KB] (Japanese)NAGAOKA Sadao
(Research Counselor and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
TSUKADA Naotoshi
(Research Assistant, RIETI / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
November 2007
07-J-046
Empirical Analysis of Administrative and Financial Systems for Utilizing Infrastructure Assets of Local Governments: A study of the governance systems in operation at regional airports
Download paper [PDF:1.24MB] (Japanese)AKAI Nobuo
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
UEMURA Toshiyuki
(Toyo University)
SAWANO Koichiro
(Nagoya City University)
TAKEMOTO Toru
(Meikai University)
YOKOMI Muneki
(Osaka University of Commerce)
November 2007
07-J-045
Evaluation and Analysis of Economic Welfare in the Wholesale Electric Power Market Using an Optimal Model of the Composition of Electric Power Sources
Download paper [PDF:24.75MB] (Japanese)KAINOU Kazunari
(Fellow, RIETI)
November 2007
07-J-044
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Development of a Multiregional Dynamic Applied General Equilibrium Model for the Japanese Economy - Regional economic analysis based on a forward-looking perspective
Download paper [PDF:673KB] (Japanese)BAN Kanemi
(Faculty Fellow)
November 2007
07-J-043
Quantitative Policy Evaluation of the Energy-Conservation Judgement Standards Regulations for Commercial Buildings under the Energy Conservation Act in Japan by Cost-benefit Analysis
Download paper [PDF:8.96MB] (Japanese)KAINOU Kazunari
(Fellow, RIETI)
October 2007
07-J-042
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Relationships between Investor-State Arbitration and Local Remedy Procedures in Bilateral Investment Treaties/Economic Partnership Agreements
Download paper [PDF:407KB] (Japanese)ABE Yoshinori
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University)
October 2007
07-J-040
Current status of tariff liberalization under regional trade agreements and the implications for the clarification of the discipline of GATT Article XXIV
Download paper [PDF:463KB] (Japanese)UENO Asako
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
September 2007
07-J-039
A Way to Resolve the Gender Inequality in Wage: Economic irrationality of statistical discrimination
Download paper [PDF:452KB] (Japanese)YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
(Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
September 2007
07-J-038
Comparison of the Economic Partnership Agreements Concluded by Japan: Features Regarding Institutional Arrangement
Download paper [PDF:668KB]KOBAYASHI Tomohiko
(Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University)
September 2007
07-J-037
Denial of Benefit Provisions in FTAs Accompanying the Liberalization of Trade in Services: Does the "Backdoor" Open for Signatory Countries Faced with FTA Inflexibility?
Download paper [PDF:304KB]WATANABE Shintaro
(Attorney, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Law Office)
September 2007
07-J-036
The Rise of China and the Transformation of Southeast Asia - A preliminary study
Download paper [PDF:402KB] (Japanese)SHIRAISHI Takashi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
September 2007
07-J-034
Motivation for Adopting Takeover Defense Measures: Testing of entrenchment hypothesis for corporate managers
Download paper [PDF:395KB] (Japanese)TAKIZAWA Miho
(Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
TSURU Kotaro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
HOSONO Kaoru
(Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University)
August 2007
07-J-033
Regional Electric Power Demand in Japan
Download paper [PDF:349KB] (Japanese)AKIYAMA Shuichi
(Kushiro Public University)
HOSOE Nobuhiro
(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
July 2007
07-J-028
Choice of Capacity and Wholesale Transactions in an Electric Power Market Using the Third Party Access Method
Download paper [PDF:381KB] (Japanese)KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
June 2007
07-J-027
Economic Analysis of M&A in Japan: International Characteristics and Economic Role
Download paper [PDF:478KB]MIYAJIMA Hideaki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
June 2007
07-J-026
Design-Based Comparative Advantage: An Explanatory Analysis
Download paper [PDF:588KB] (Japanese)FUJIMOTO Takahiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OKUMA Shingo
(Manufacturing Management Research Center, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo / Fujitsu Research Institute)
June 2007
07-J-025
Macroeconomic Implications of Declines in Nominal Exchange Rate Pass-through Rates
Download paper [PDF:568KB] (Japanese)SHIOJI Etsuro
(Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
VU Tuan Khai
(International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)
TAKEUCHI Hiroko
(International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)
May 2007
07-J-024
Network Dynamics in the 12 Regional Clusters
Download paper [PDF:724KB] (Japanese)SAKATA Ichiro
(Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
KAJIKAWA Yuya
(Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
TAKEDA Yoshiyuki
(Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
HASHIMOTO Masahiro
(Policy Planning and Coordination Department, NEDO)
SHIBATA Naoki (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
MATSUSHIMA Katsumori (Institute of Engineering Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
May 2007
07-J-023
Entry and Exit of Companies and Establishments, and Productivity at the Industry Level
Download paper [PDF:984KB] (Japanese)KIM Young Gak
(Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
KWON Hyeog Ug
(Nihon University College of Economics)
FUKAO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
May 2007
07-J-022
Driving Force That Shifted the LCD Industry in Taiwan from Sustained Progress to Rapid Growth - The Metanational Management Viewpoint
Download paper [PDF:484KB] (Japanese)WANG Shwu-Jen
(the University of Kitakyushu)
May 2007
07-J-021
Simulation Analysis of the Revision of the Survivors' Pension System
Download paper [PDF:1.6MB] (Japanese)FUKAO Mitsuhiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
NAKATA Daigo
(Fellow, RIETI)
HASUMI Ryo
(Research Assistant, RIETI / Keio University Graduate School of Business and Commerce / Japan Center for Economic Research)
May 2007
07-J-020
Declining Fertility and Aging of Society, Lifecycle, and Public Pension Finance
Download paper [PDF:1.9MB] (Japanese)FUKAO Mitsuhiro
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
HASUMI Ryo
(Research Assistant, RIETI / Keio University Graduate School of Business and Commerce / Japan Center for Economic Research)
NAKATA Daigo
(Fellow, RIETI)
May 2007
07-J-019
Empirical Analysis of Industrial Structure and Productivity of the Japanese Software Industry
Download paper [PDF:300KB] (Japanese)MINETAKI Kazunori
(Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
May 2007
07-J-018
Japanese Competitiveness in Liquid Crystal Display Industry - Analysis of Causes of its Decline, and Proposal of "Core National Management"
Download paper [PDF:3.8MB] (Japanese)NAKATA Yukihiko
(Graduate School of Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
April 2007
07-J-017
Determinants of Japanese Companies' Financial Attitudes and Behavior - Analysis based on a survey of companies in the Kansai region
Download paper [PDF:614KB] (Japanese)YAMORI Nobuyoshi
(Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University)
April 2007
07-J-016
Impact of Machinery-manufacturing Industry on Globalization and Productivity
Download paper [PDF:688KB] (Japanese)MATSUURA Toshiyuki
(Fellow)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow)
FUJISAWA Mihoko
(Research Assistant, RIETI / Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)
April 2007
07-J-015
MEAs in WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings: Can They Become Applicable Law?
Download paper [PDF:476KB] (Japanese)TAIRA Satoru
(Osaka City University)
April 2007
07-J-014
