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The Role of Middle Powers in Moving Global Trade Forward

September 21, 2022 [Workshop]

Sam Lowe (Partner and Head of Trade and Market Access Practice, Flint Global) / Dr. Taeho Bark (President, Lee & Ko Global Commerce Institute) / Rem Korteweg (Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute)

The Future of Japan and Singapore (Video)

September 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

U.S. Trade Deficits and Exchange Rates

September 16, 2022 [Policy Update]

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

The latest US tariff sanctions on Russia: A sectoral analysis

September 8, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Christian LAU (Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP) / Kornel MAHLSTEIN (Senior Economist at Sidley Austin LLP) / Simon SCHROPP (Managing Economist at Sidley Austin LLP)

: Global Intelligence Series

We invite leading experts from Japan, the United States, Europe, and other Asian countries to give lectures about various global issues including economic security and regional affairs such as the U.S.-China conflict, the situation in the Middle East, the prospects of the Chinese economy, climate change, environmental and energy issues, the post-corona global trade system, supply chain risks, SDGs, etc. Many policy proposals are derived from information collected and discussed in these lectures.

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September 28, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Trust in Artificial Intelligence: The case of rehabilitation robots

MORITA Tamaki (J. F. Oberlin University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 28, 2022 [Symposiums]

Is Maternal Age Associated with Children’s Outcomes?

September 26, 2022 [Column]

Inflation and Fiscal Balance

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

Australia, Japan, ASEAN and Economic Security in Asia

September 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Future of Japan and Singapore (Video)

September 21, 2022 [Workshops]

The Role of Middle Powers in Moving Global Trade Forward

September 20, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Greenness and Nighttime Light Positively Affect Human Well-being: An empirical machine learning analysis

LI Chao (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 20, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Similarity and Connectivity of Industrial Networks of Japanese Prefecture Based on Firm-level Data

GOTO Hiromitsu (Kanazawa Gakuin University) / SOUMA Wataru (Rissho University)

September 16, 2022 [Symposiums]

Understanding and Countering Beijing’s Strategy of Economic Decoupling on Chinese Terms

September 16, 2022 [Symposiums]

APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook 8th Edition - Energy trends in the APEC region and Japan to 2050

September 16, 2022 [Policy Update]

U.S. Trade Deficits and Exchange Rates

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 16, 2022 [RIETI Report]

The size of micro-originated fluctuations in the macroeconomy

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University Business School)

September 15, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do Racial Cues Affect Attitudes toward Immigrants in a Racially Homogeneous Country? Evidence from a survey experiment in Japan

IGARASHI Akira (Osaka University) / MIWA Hirofumi (Gakushuin University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 15, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Roundtable on the White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2022: Economic Impacts of Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine

ITO Asei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SUZUKI Kazuto (Professor, the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OKADA Yo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

: September 13, 2022 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Annual Report 2021

September 28, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Trust in Artificial Intelligence: The case of rehabilitation robots

MORITA Tamaki (J. F. Oberlin University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 20, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Greenness and Nighttime Light Positively Affect Human Well-being: An empirical machine learning analysis

LI Chao (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 20, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Similarity and Connectivity of Industrial Networks of Japanese Prefecture Based on Firm-level Data

GOTO Hiromitsu (Kanazawa Gakuin University) / SOUMA Wataru (Rissho University)

September 15, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do Racial Cues Affect Attitudes toward Immigrants in a Racially Homogeneous Country? Evidence from a survey experiment in Japan

IGARASHI Akira (Osaka University) / MIWA Hirofumi (Gakushuin University) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 12, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of the Rapid Expansion of Renewable Energy on Electricity Market Price: Using machine learning and shapley additive explanation

SHIMOMURA Mizue (Kyushu University) / KEELEY Alexander Ryota (Kyushu University) / MATSUMOTO Ken'ichi (Toyo University) / TANAKA Kenta (Musashi University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 9, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firms' Knightian Uncertainty during the COVID-19 Crisis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

September 9, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Floods and Loan Reallocation: New evidence

OGURA Yoshiaki (Waseda University) / NGUYEN Duc Giang (Waseda University) / NGUYEN Thu Ha (Monash University)

September 8, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Compliance Costs of Regulations and Productivity

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President and CRO, RIETI)

September 8, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

What Impacts Do Human Mobility and Vaccination Have on Trends in COVID-19 Infections? Evidence from four developed countries

MASUHARA Hiroaki (Shinshu University) / HOSOYA Kei (Kokugakuin University)

September 6, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Trade Disruption and Risk Perception

KASHIWAGI Yuzuka (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 6, 2022 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Startup Support of Regional Financial Institutions and Regional Startup

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NAGATA Kunikazu (The University of Nagano) / KONDO Kazumine (Aichi Gakuin University) / OKUDA Masayuki (ichi Sangyo University)

September 5, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impact of Stay Abroad on Language Skill Development: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japanese university students

HIGUCHI Yuki (Sophia University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Carsten ROEVER (University of Melbourne) / SASAKI Miyuki (Waseda University) / YASHIMA Tomoko (Kansai University)

September 2, 2022 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Resilient and Innovative Supply Chains: Evidence-based policy and managerial implications

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 31, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Self-regulatory Resources and Institutional Formation: A first experimental test

KAMEI Kenju (Research Associate, RIETI)

August 31, 2022 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Japanese Firms' Markups and Firm-to-firm Transactions

NAKAMURA Tsuyoshi (Tokyo Keizai University) / OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 28, 2022 [Symposiums]

Is Maternal Age Associated with Children’s Outcomes?

September 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

Australia, Japan, ASEAN and Economic Security in Asia

September 22, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Future of Japan and Singapore (Video)

September 21, 2022 [Workshops]

The Role of Middle Powers in Moving Global Trade Forward

September 16, 2022 [Symposiums]

Understanding and Countering Beijing’s Strategy of Economic Decoupling on Chinese Terms

September 16, 2022 [Symposiums]

APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook 8th Edition - Energy trends in the APEC region and Japan to 2050

September 12, 2022 [Symposiums]

The COVID-19 Crisis - A Tale of Two Economists: Balancing economic activity with infection control measures

September 5, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Future of Japan and Singapore

August 26, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Potential of the Metaverse and Web3

August 24, 2022 [Symposiums]

Low Fertility in Japan: From the viewpoint of the second democratic transition (SDT) and gender equality

August 1, 2022 [Symposiums]

Growth and Capitalism in the Era of Climate Change (Handout and Video)

July 28, 2022 [Symposiums]

The Sword and the Shield: The economics of targeted sanctions (Handout and Video)

July 25, 2022 [BBL Seminars]

Carbon Pricing, From a Burden to an Opportunity? Testimony and shared vision from EDF, Europe’s leading electric utility

Vincent DUFOUR (Senior Vice President Japan & Korea, EDF International)

July 11, 2022 [Symposiums]

Growth and Capitalism in the Era of Climate Change

July 8, 2022 [Workshops]

FTAs, Values and ESG

September 26, 2022 [Column]

Inflation and Fiscal Balance

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 16, 2022 [Policy Update]

U.S. Trade Deficits and Exchange Rates

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 16, 2022 [RIETI Report]

The size of micro-originated fluctuations in the macroeconomy

ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University Business School)

September 15, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Roundtable on the White Paper on International Economy & Trade 2022: Economic Impacts of Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine

September 12, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Toward Agreement on IPEF: Asian Countries’ Appetite for Engagement Is Critical

KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

September 9, 2022 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Women-Supporting Policy Measures Turned into “Barriers” to Employment and Increasing Income: Labor market mobility is key to narrowing gender inequality

KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

September 8, 2022 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The latest US tariff sanctions on Russia: A sectoral analysis

Christian LAU (Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP) / Kornel MAHLSTEIN (Senior Economist at Sidley Austin LLP) / Simon SCHROPP (Managing Economist at Sidley Austin LLP)

September 5, 2022 [VoxEU Column]