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Impact of Greater Longevity on Pension Financing
Download paper [PDF:542KB] (Japanese)NAKATA Daigo
(Fellow, RIETI)
HASUMI Ryo
(Japan Center for Economic Research)
March 2009
09-J-004
A State of Necessity as an Economic Safeguard Clause under Investment Treaties: Limitations and implications as seen in the Argentine economic crisis
Download paper [PDF:647KB] (Japanese)KAWASE Tsuyoshi
(Fellow, RIETI)
January 2009
09-J-003
The Software Industry's Multilayered Subcontracting Structure: Empirical analysis of innovation and productivity
Download paper [PDF:349KB] (Japanese)MINETAKI Kazunori
(Kansai University)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
January 2009
09-J-002
Economic Study Regarding the System of Cost Measures for the Transmission and Storage of Renewable Electricity
Download paper [PDF:5.22MB] (Japanese)KAINOU Kazunari
(Fellow, RIETI)
January 2009
09-J-001
Is Aid Allocation Consistent with Global Poverty Reduction?: A Cross-donor comparison
Download paper [PDF:275KB] (Japanese)SAWADA Yasuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
YAMADA Hiroyuki
(International Monetary Fund)
KUROSAKI Takashi
(Hitotsubashi University)
December 2008
08-J-065
A Simulation Analysis of Electricity Markets: Cournot oligopoly and new entry of large-scale generators in the extra-high voltage commercial electricity market
Download paper [PDF:326KB] (Japanese)TANAKA Makoto
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
KANEMOTO Yoshitsugu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
December 2008
08-J-064
Forward and Spot Markets for Electricity and Emissions Trading
Download paper [PDF:302KB] (Japanese)TANAKA Makoto
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
December 2008
08-J-063
Corporate Organizational Reform and Corporate Performance: Empirical analysis based on interviews with Tokyo-area firms
Download paper [PDF:555KB] (Japanese)MIYAGAWA Tsutomu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OZAKI Masahiko
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
KAWAKAMI Atsushi
(Gakushuin University)
EDAMURA Kazuma
(Hitotsubashi University)
December 2008
08-J-062
Dynamic Analysis of Price Pass-Through Accompanying Events Such as Steep Rises in Crude Oil Prices
Download paper [PDF:11.8MB] (Japanese)KAINOU Kazunari
(Fellow, RIETI)
November 2008
08-J-061
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Fairness Today: From the perspective of organizational justice
Download paper [PDF:459KB] (Japanese)MORISHIMA Motohiro (Hitotsubashi University)
October 2008
08-J-060
The Impact of Expectations of the Transfer of Agricultural Land to Other Uses on the Management Scale and Productivity of Rice Cultivation
Download paper [PDF:562KB] (Japanese)SAITO Keiji
(National Institute of Science and Technology Policy)
OHASHI Hiroshi
(Faculty Fellow)
October 2008
08-J-059
The Productivity Dynamics of Japanese Commerce: An empirical analysis based on microdata from the basic survey of Japanese business structure and activities
Download paper [PDF:440KB] (Japanese)KWON Hyeog Ug
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
Kim Young Gak
(Hitotsubashi University)
November 2008
08-J-058
The Stickiness of Firm Shipping Prices: Analysis based on questionnaire and scanner data
Download paper [PDF:862KB] (Japanese)ABE Naohito (Hitotsubashi University)
TONOGI Akiyuki (Hitotsubashi University)
WATANABE Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
October 2008
08-J-057
The Reform of Labor Market Institutions from the Perspectives of Law and Economics
Download paper [PDF:424KB] (Japanese)HIGUCHI Yoshio
(Keio University)
October 2008
08-J-056
The Decline in Capital Utilization and TFP in the 1990s
Download paper [PDF:219KB] (Japanese)MIYAZAWA Kensuke
(the University of Tokyo)
October 2008
08-J-054
Regional Disparities in the Effects of Trade Liberalization: Computable general equilibrium analysis based on an inter-regional input-output table
Download paper [PDF:467KB] (Japanese)TAKEDA Shiro
(Kanto Gakuen Univeristy)
BAN Kanemi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
September 2008
08-J-053
Statistical Analysis of Price Fluctuations in the Online Market
Download paper [PDF:357KB] (Japanese)MIZUNO Takayuki
(Hitotsubashi University)
WATANABE Tsutomu
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
September 2008
08-J-052
Overemployment: The structure, determinants, and countermeasures of involuntarily long work hours
Download paper [PDF:406KB] (Japanese)YAMAGUCHI Kazuo
(Visiting Fellow)
September 2008
08-J-051
Why Has Japan's TFP Growth Recovered?: An empirical analysis based on the basic survey of Japanese business structure and activities
Download paper [PDF:1.34MB] (Japanese)KWON Hyeog Ug
(Faculty Fellow)
Kim YoungGak
(Hitotsubashi Univeristy)
FUKAO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow)
September 2008
08-J-050
How Does FDI in East Asia Affect Performance at Home?: Evidence from electrical machinery manufacturing firms
Download paper [PDF:588KB] (Japanese)MATSUURA Toshiyuki
(Fellow, RIETI)
MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
HAYAKAWA Kazunobu
(Institute of Developing Economies)
September 2008
08-J-049
The Impact of Deregulation in the Retail Sector: Implications for the aging society
Download paper [PDF:201KB] (japanese)UNAYAMA Takashi
(Kobe University)
KEIDA Masayuki
(the University of Tokyo)
September 2008
08-J-047
The Internationalization of Japanese Firms: New findings based on firm-level data
Download paper [PDF:494KB] (Japanese)WAKASUGI Ryuhei
(Research Counselor, RIETI)
TODO Yasuyuki (the University of Tokyo)
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)
September 2008
08-J-046
Gasoline Tax Rates from the Perspective of Optimal Taxation Theory: Comparison among Japan, the U.S., and the UK
Download paper [PDF:388KB] (Japanese)KAWASE Akihiro
(Toyo University)
September 2008
08-J-045
Reform of Governance in Cooperative Financial Institutions: The scale of shinkin banks' boards of directors and management performance
Download paper [PDF:430KB] (japanese)YAMORI Nobuyoshi
(Nagoya University)
TOMIMURA Kei
(Nagoya University)
HARIMAYA Kozo
(Sapporo Gakuin University)
September 2008
08-J-044
Why the Female Labor Force Participation Rate in Metropolitan Areas is Low: A reexamination of the current situation and of the issues
Download paper [PDF:699KB] (Japanese)HASHIMOTO Yuki
(the University of Tokyo)
MIYAGAWA Shuko
(Research Assistant, RIETI)
September 2008
08-J-043
Demand Fluctuations and Productivity of Service Industries
Download paper [PDF:599KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
August 2008
08-J-042
Dynamic Applied General Equilibrium Analysis for Fiscal Reconstruction Based on a Multi-sector Overlapping Generations Model
Download paper [PDF:521KB] (Japanese)KIMURA Shin
(Hokkaido University)
HASHIMOTO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2008
08-J-041
Reform of the labor market
Download paper [PDF:329KB] (Japanese)YASHIRO Naohiro
(International Christian University)
August 2008
08-J-040
Structural Modeling of the Value of Patent
Download paper [PDF:486KB] (Japanese)SUZUKI Jun
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
August 2008
08-J-039
Number of Backward Patent Citations as a Quantitative Indicator of Prior Art
Download paper [PDF:268KB] (Japanese)WADA Tetsuo
(Gakushuin University)
August 2008
08-J-038
Structure of Economic Globalization: Multiple games among firms, sovereign states, and international organizations
Download paper [PDF:281KB] (Japanese)SHIRAISHI Shigeaki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2008
08-J-037
The Efficiency versus Equity Trade-off: Observations from survey data
Download paper [PDF:401KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow)
July 2008
08-J-036
Impacts of Aid-Funded Technical Assistance Programs: Firm-level evidence from the Indonesian foundry industry
Download paper [PDF:340KB] (Japanese)TODO Yasuyuki
(the University of Tokyo)
July 2008
08-J-035
Tax and Insurance Premiums as Financial Resources for Social Security
Download paper [PDF:366KB](Japanese)IWAMOTO Yasushi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
July 2008
08-J-034
Estimation of Future Tax Revenue
Download paper [PDF:1.0MB] (Japanese)HASHIMOTO Kyoji
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
OH Sunchung
(Kansai University)
July 2008
08-J-033
Attribution of Conduct to a State in Investment Disputes: Conditions under which a state is responsible for the conduct of local governments, para-statal entites and public corporations
Download paper [PDF:309KB] (Japanese)NISHIMURA Yumi
(Sophia University)
October 2008
08-J-032
How to Enhance the Productivity of Service Industries: Suggestions from recent studies and agenda for future research
Download paper [PDF:1.26MB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow)
July 2008
08-J-031
What Do Japanese Unions Do for Productivity?: An empirical analysis using firm-level data
Download paper [PDF:281KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2008
08-J-030
Productivity and Survival of Family Firms in Japan: An analysis using firm-level microdata
Download paper [PDF:399KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
July 2008
08-J-029
Incentive Design of Investment Treaty Arbitration Procedures
Download paper [PDF:392KB] (Japanese)SHIMIZU Takashi
(the University of Tokyo)
June 2008
08-J-028
Regulations and Indirect Expropriation: Major criteria for deciding indirect expropriations in investment treaty arbitration
Download paper [PDF:488KB] (Japanese)MATSUMOTO Kayo
(Fellow, RIETI)
June 2008
08-J-027
"Fair and Equitable Treatment" in Investment Treaties: Function of general provisions
Download paper [PDF:282KB] (Japanese)KOTERA Akira
(Faculty Fellow)
June 2008
08-J-026
International Investment Arbitration and Parallel Proceedings: Focusing on regulation and coordination under national law
Download paper [PDF:327KB] (Japanese)NAKAMURA Tatsuya
(Kokushikan University)
June 2008
08-J-025
Applicable Laws in ICSID Arbitration: Direct application of international law and its implications
Download paper [PDF:9.92MB] (Japanese)KOMETANI Kazumochi
(Hosei University Law School / Nishimura & Asahi)
June 2008
08-J-024
Comparative Analysis of the Internal Price Gap in Community Gas and General Gas Businesses
Download paper [PDF:9.92MB] (Japanese)KAINOU Kazunari
(Fellow, RIETI)
June 2008
08-J-023
Age-Free Law and Policy: A labor market approach or an approach of guaranteeing human rights
Download paper [PDF:357KB] (Japanese)MORITO Hideyuki
(Sophia University)
May 2008
08-J-022
Dispute Resolution Systems and Collective Bargaining: From the perspective of disputes over dismissal
Download paper [PDF:328KB] (Japanese)KAMBAYASHI Ryo
(Hitotsubashi University)
May 2008
08-J-021
Issues for Labor Law and Changes in Corporate Organization
Download paper [PDF:228KB] (Japanese)SHIMADA Yoichi
(WASEDA University)
May 2008
08-J-020
Economic Analysis of Long Working Hours
Download paper [PDF:305KB] (Japanese)OHTAKE Fumio
(Osaka University)
OKUDAIRA Hiroko
(Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
May 2008
08-J-019
Basis and Direction of Labor Law Reform: Japan and the debate in Europe and the United States
Download paper [PDF:267KB] (Japanese)MIZUMACHI Yuichiro
(the University of Tokyo)
May 2008
08-J-018
Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity?: An analysis using Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities microdata
Download paper [PDF:599KB] (Japanese)OKUDAIRA Hiroko
(Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
TAKIZAWA Miho
(Toyo University)
TSURU Kotaro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
May 2008
08-J-017
Labor Market Reform and Labor Law
Download paper [PDF:426KB] (Japanese)KOJIMA Noriaki
(Graduate School of Law, Osaka University)
May 2008
08-J-016
Labor Market Institution Reform in Japan: Problems and recommendations
Download paper [PDF:568KB] (Japanese)TSURU Kotaro
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
May 2008
08-J-015
Breach of Contracts in Investor-State Arbitration Based on International Investment Agreements
Download paper [PDF:482KB] (Japanese)HAMAMOTO Shotaro
(Kobe University)
July 2008
08-J-014
Categories of Rulings on Compensation and Reparation in the International Investment Arbitration : A tentative reclassification of cases
Download paper [PDF:517KB] (Japanese)TAMADA Dai
(Okayama University)
June 2008
08-J-013
Objections to Jurisdiction and their Settlement in International Investment Arbitration
Download paper [PDF:610KB] (Japanese)IWATSUKI Naoki
(Rikkyo University)
July 2008
08-J-012
Types of Foreign "Investor" and "Investment" Covered by Arbitral Jurisdiction
Download paper [PDF:390KB] (Japanese)ITO Kazuyori
(University of Shizuoka)
May 2008
08-J-011
Chinese Foreign Exchange Policies and Asian Currencies
Download paper [PDF:328KB] (Japanese)ITO Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
April 2008
08-J-010
Currency Invoicing and Foreign Exchange Risk Management: A Case Study of Japanese Firms
Download paper [PDF:1.1MB] (Japanese)ITO Takatoshi
(Faculty Fellow, RIETI / the University of Tokyo)
KOIBUCHI Satoshi
(Chiba University of Commerce)
SASAKI Yuri
(Meiji Gakuin University)
SATO Kiyotaka
(Yokohama National University)
SHIMIZU Junko (Senshu University)
HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies)
YOSHIMI Taiyo (Hitotsubashi University)
April 2008
08-J-009
Economies of Density and Productivity in Service Industries: An analysis of personal service industries based on establishment-level data
Download paper [PDF:745KB] (Japanese)MORIKAWA Masayuki
(Senior Fellow, RIETI)
April 2008
08-J-008
International Trade in Cultural Goods: Survey and Prospects
Download paper [PDF:386KB] (Japanese)TANAKA Ayumu
(Kyoto University)
April 2008
08-J-007
