RIETI - What's New (FY2020)

Harry X. WU (National School of Development, Peking University / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) / Zhan LI (National School of Development, Peking University)

March 25, 2021 [Symposiums]

Towards an Asia-Pacific Digital Economy Governance Regime (Handouts and Video)

: March 24, 2021 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight Vol.84

March 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

New Indicator of Science and Technology Inter-Relationship by Using Text Information of Research Articles and Patents in Japan

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KOSHIBA Hitoshi (NISTEP / AIST) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Working from Home: Its Effects on Productivity and Mental Health

KITAGAWA Ritsu (Waseda University) / KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Doshisha University) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 23, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Sources of Labor Productivity Growth in the Service Sector: An Industry-Level Empirical Analysis Using the JIP Database, 1955-2015

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MAKINO Tatsuji (Research Assistant, RIETI)

March 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Foreign Direct Investment in China and Domestic Activities of Japanese Firms

OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

March 18, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Management and Utilization of Data Generated in Firms: Understanding the Actual Situation Using Questionnaire Surveys

WATANABE Toshiya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HIRAI Yuri (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) / YOSHIOKA-KOBAYASHI Tohru (Hitotsubashi University) / KANAMA Daisuke (Kanazawa University) / TATSUMOTO Hirofumi (The University of Tsukuba) / FURUYA Maho (Japan Intellectual Property Association) / NAGANUMA Manaka (Hitachi, Ltd.)

March 18, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

E-Commerce, Firm Performance and Economic Dynamism: Empirical analysis using the Economic Census

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 18, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Establishment Size, Workforce Composition and the College Wage Gap in Japan

IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Cristiano PERUGINI (University of Perugia / IZA)

March 18, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of AI and Robot Technology on Firm Productivity and Employment

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University)

March 18, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation
[Part 1] The Purpose of the Corporation and Its Implication for Law and Business in Japan (Handouts and Video)

March 17, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Regional Banking and Plant Survival in Japan

NISHIOKA Shuichiro (West Virginia University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University) / TANAKA Mari (Hitotsubashi University)

March 17, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Exposure of French and South Korean Firms to Exchange Rates and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 17, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Macroeconomic Effects of Global Policy and Financial Risks

OGAWA Eiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Pengfei LUO (Setsunan University)

March 17, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Global Monetary System and the Use of Local Currencies in ASEAN+3

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAI Masahiro (University of Tokyo / ERINA)

March 17, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Business Dynamism and Productivity Growth under Abenomics: An Empirical Analysis Based on Micro Data from Japan's Economic Census for Business Activity

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 16, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Reassessing China's GDP Growth Performance: an Exploration of The Underestimated Price Effect

Harry X. WU (National School of Development, Peking University / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) / Zhan LI (National School of Development, Peking University)

March 16, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Firm exit patterns and the post-Covid cleansing mechanism: Evidence from Japan

Gee Hee HONG (Economist, IMF) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

March 16, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Inequality between Long-Term Foreign Residents in Japan and Japanese People: Focusing on the Unemployment Rate

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

March 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Determinants of Investment in Tangible Fixed Capital in Japan: Evidence from Firm Level

FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of IT on Firm TFP Growth and Resource Reallocation within Firms

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University)

March 15, 2021 [Symposiums]

Changing Course: Multilateral Cooperation toward Green Growth and Digital Transformation (Handouts and Video)

March 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Exposure of French and South Korean Firms to Exchange Rates and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 12, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Fiscal Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan: The First Six Months

ANDO Michihito (Rikkyo University) / FURUKAWA Chishio (Yokohama National University) / NAKATA Daigo (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SUMIYA Kazuhiko (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Impact of M&A by foreign companies on innovation activities of acquired companies

SUZUKI Shinya (Musashi University) / INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University) / IKEDA Yuya (NISTEP)

March 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Employment and Productivity Dynamics and Patent Applications Related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution

IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

March 11, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Dollar, the Yen, or the RMB? A Survey Data Analysis of Invoicing Currencies among Japanese Overseas Subsidiaries

ITO Takatoshi (Columbia University) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) / SHIMIZU Junko (Gakushuin University) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Chuo University)

March 11, 2021 [Symposiums]

Mongolia Long-term Vision 2050 and Expectations for Japan, spoken by Former Chairman of National Development Agency of Mongolia

March 10, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Economic Impact Analysis of COVID-19 in Japan Using a Regional Input-Output Table

TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OCHIAI Katsuaki (Japan Center for Economic Research) / KAWASAKI Kazuyasu (Chuo University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

March 10, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

In Search of Lost Time: Firm Vintage and Macroeconomic Dynamics

HAMANO Masashige (Waseda University) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

March 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Production: Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms

ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

March 9, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Economic Analysis of Forestry Policy

YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

March 5, 2021 [Symposiums]

Towards an Asia-Pacific Digital Economy Governance Regime

March 2, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

No Successor, No Success? The Impact of a Little Son on Business Performance

KODAMA Naomi (Research Associate, RIETI) / MURAKAMI Yoshiaki (Osaka University of Commerce) / TANAKA Mari (Hitotsubashi University)

March 2, 2021 [Symposiums]

A New Concept of the Corporation
[Part 1] The Purpose of the Corporation and Its Implication for Law and Business in Japan

March 2, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of Nadeshiko Brands on Short-run Stock Returns

SUMIYA Kazuhiko (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

February 26, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Designing a Tourism Stimulus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University) / SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University)

February 26, 2021 [China in Transition]

Deep-rooted Causes behind the China-U.S. Friction
—Similarities to and Differences from the Japan-U.S. Friction

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

February 25, 2021 [RIETI Report]

A New Working Style in a Post-COVID-19 Era—Will Working from Home Spread in Japan?

KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 25, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Situation-dependency of Vaccination Intention: Policy Implications Based on Willingness-to-pay for the COVID-19 Vaccine

SASAKI Shusaku (Tohoku Gakuin University) / SAITO Tomoya (Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Institute of Infectious Diseases) / OHTAKE Fumio (Osaka University)

February 25, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Productivity of Firms Using Relief Policies During the COVID-19 Crisis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

February 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Stakeholder Participation in a Company's Success and Resilience Against Shocks

OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University) / Alexander F. WAGNER (University of Zurich) / YAMADA Kazuo (Ritsumeikan University)

February 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Do Real Wages Stagnate in Japan and Korea?

Hyunbae CHUN (Sogang University) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Jungsoo PARK (Sogang University)

February 24, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Epidemic and Economic Consequences of Voluntary and Request-based Lockdowns in Japan

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 22, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Robots and employment: Evidence from Japan, 1978-2017

ADACHI Daisuke (Visiting Scholar, RIETI) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

February 22, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Determinants of Labor Share in Japan

HANEDA Sho (Nihon University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IJIRI Naohiko (Nihon University)

February 22, 2021 [Column]

U.S. Dollar Reliance and International Monetary System in East Asia

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

February 19, 2021 [Column]

R&D policy evaluation system at NEDO, a national R&D agency (An example of the introduction of quantitative evaluation indicators for technology standards)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Selection on Welfare Gains: Experimental Evidence from Electricity Plan Choice

ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / IDA Takanori (Kyoto University) / TANAKA Makoto (GRIPS)

February 19, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

How Regional Revitalization Should Be Promoted to Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 19, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Difference of Interregional Productivity and Allocation of Production Factors

KAWASAKI Kazuyasu (Chuo University)

February 18, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Highly Uncertain Prospects for the Japanese Economy and Policy Challenges

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

February 18, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Appropriate Use of Teleworking is the Key—The COVID-19 Crisis and Productivity

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

February 17, 2021 [Symposiums]

Changing Course: Multilateral Cooperation toward Green Growth and Digital Transformation

February 17, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Resolving "Misunderstandings Concerning the Setting of KPIs" as Key to Promoting EBPM

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IKEDA Takaaki (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.)

February 16, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

The Japanese Economy in 2021: Invest in People

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 12, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Do Japanese Firms Evaluate the Impacts of ESG Activities? A Survey Analysis

SASAKI Takafumi (Chuo University) / HANAEDA Hideki (Hitotsubashi University)

February 12, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

A New Working Style in a Post-COVID-19 Era—Will Working from Home Spread in Japan?

KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 12, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Overcome the Coronavirus Crisis and Seize the Opportunity for Business Succession

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

February 10, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Korean Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Information, Intervention and Social Costs

KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YoungGak KIM (Senshu University)

February 9, 2021 [Column]

Integration of Arts and Sciences

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

February 9, 2021 [Column]

Summary of the Results of the Survey on Standardization Activities (2018) (Standardization Activities, Management Guidelines, and Organizational Design)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 8, 2021 [Symposiums]

Policy Trends Related to the Application of Mobile Payments in China - From restaurant DX to SME credit ratings

February 5, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Behavioral Change and Design and Symbol Standards

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 5, 2021 [Symposiums]

Evaluation of China's Innovation Power: Seen in patent macro data

February 2, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Medical Care System in Japan: Status Report and Summary of Related Issues

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

February 2, 2021 [Symposiums]

Understanding the Turbulent Situation in the Middle East: Turkey's strategy and approach as a clue

February 1, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Revitalizing Japan by Promoting Tub Bathing and Hot Spring Bathing as Means of Stress Relief and Preventive Medicine

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

February 1, 2021 [Symposiums]

Going Digital: Implications of the COVID-19 crisis on digital transformation (Handout and Video)

February 1, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Human capital in OECD countries: A new measure and its policy drivers

Jarmila BOTEV (Economist, OECD) / Balázs ÉGERT (Senior Economist, OECD) / Zuzana SMIDOVA (Economist, OECD) / David TURNER (Head, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, OECD)

January 29, 2021 [RIETI Report]

Is Japan the least attractive country?

KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI)

January 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Estimating the Effects of the Minimum Wage Using the Introduction of Indexation

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MORI Yuko (Tsuda University)

January 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Dual Labor Market and the "Phillips Curve Puzzle"

AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Corrado DI GUILMI (University of Technology Sydney) / FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 28, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Money Flow Network Among Firms' Accounts in a Regional Bank of Japan

FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / YAMAGUCHI Takayuki (Shiga University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TANAKA Takuma (Shiga University) / KIKUCHI Kentaro (Shiga University)

January 28, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Regression Discontinuity Design As a Policy Impact Assessment Methodology - Assumptions, Key Points of Interpretation and Limitations for Practical Application -

KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

January 27, 2021 [BBL Seminars]

Considerations on How Japan Can Unlock Its Full Potential in a Rapidly Evolving World

André ANDONIAN (Senior Partner, Chairman and Former Managing Partner of Japan, McKinsey & Company, Inc.)

January 26, 2021 [Policy Update]

Overview of the new EBPM program in RIETI’s Fifth Medium-Term Plan Policy Evaluation Program: Evidence-Based Policy Making

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 26, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

Characteristics of Firms Transmitting Data across Borders: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / KANG Byeongwoo (Hitotsubashi University)

January 26, 2021 [BBL Seminars]

SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and VSS (Voluntary Sustainability Standards)

NAKAGAWA Junji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI/ Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Chuo Gakuin University / Director, Research Institute of Social System, Chuo Gakuin University)

January 26, 2021 [Symposiums]

SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and VSS (Voluntary Sustainability Standards)

January 26, 2021 [VoxEU Column]

Commuting zones in Japan

ADACHI Daisuke (Visiting Scholar, RIETI) / FUKAI Taiyo (Project Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

January 25, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Resolving ESG Challenges Unique to Japan
—Proposal for a "Trinity" Model of Management

NAKAGAMI Yasunori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

January 25, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Can Aromatherapy Improve Cognitive Function in the Healthy Elderly Subjects?
—A Randomized Double Blinded Placebo-Controlled Study

SO Mirai (Tokyo Dental University) / KOSUGI Ryoko (Keio University) / SHINJO Tokiko (Juntendo University) / ODAGI Yui (Keio University) / KOSHI Misaki (Keio University) / HASHIMOTO Sora (United Health Communication Co., Ltd.) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Fumie (Keio University) / KONISHI Mika (Keio University) / MORI Eri (The Jikei University School of Medicine) / FUNAYAMA Michitaka (Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital) / TABUCHI Hajime (Keio University) / MIMURA Masaru (Keio University)

January 25, 2021 [BBL Seminars]

Multi-Risk Governance--International and Domestic Response to Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

SHIROYAMA Hideaki (Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy / Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Institute for Future Initiatives)

January 25, 2021 [Symposiums]

Multi-Risk Governance--International and Domestic Response to Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

January 22, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Ｈow Will Covid-19 Reshape Cities in Japan?

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 22, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Promotion of Telecommuting under the Influence of COVID-19 and Gender Inequality in Opportunities

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / OSAWA Machiko (Japan Women's University)

January 22, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Covid-19 and Output in Japan

FUJII Daisuke (Research Associate, RIETI) / NAKATA Taisuke (University of Tokyo)

January 22, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

High-speed Rail and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: Evidence from Japan's Shinkansen

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies) / Hans R.A. KOSTER (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, HSE University, Tinbergen Institute, and CEPR) / TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Jacques-François THISSE (Institute of Developing Economies, HSE University, and CEPR)

January 21, 2021 [Symposiums]

European AI Strategy for Digital Economy: What Japan should learn from the EU

January 21, 2021 [Column]

New Year Special Column: Predicting the Japanese Economy in 2021 Third Wave of COVID-19 and the Prospects for the Japanese Economy

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting fellow, RIETI)

January 21, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Firm Survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

January 20, 2021 [Policy Update]

Getting America back in the Game: A Multilateral Perspective

WATANABE Tetsuya (Vice President, RIETI)

January 20, 2021 [Symposiums]

Autonomous Driving, Driver Assistance, MaaS and ITS

January 19, 2021 [Symposiums]

Basis & Practice of Management Accounting in the Public Sector

January 19, 2021 [Symposiums]

In Order to Practice Evidence-Based Policymaking

January 19, 2021 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Progress of Digital Platforms and their Impact on Japan's Industrial Competitiveness

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 18, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Don't Forget Lessons of the ‘Great Inflation’ Decade

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 18, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Help Americans to quit jobs in zombie companies

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 18, 2021 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2021 (January 2021)]

Is Japan the least attractive country?

KIYOTA Kozo (Research Associate, RIETI)

January 18, 2021 [Symposiums]

The International Economic Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration (Handout and Video)

January 18, 2021 [BBL Seminars]

The International Economic Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration

Adam S. POSEN (President, Peterson Institute for International Economics)

January 15, 2021 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The political cost of reforms

Chris PAPAGEORGIOU (Chief of the Development Macroeconomics Division in the Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF))

January 15, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Cross-sectional Study about Risk Factors for Major Depression and Suicidal Ideation Following the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Just before the Arrival the of Third wave: The First Survey from "The Prospective Cohort Study of Physical and Mental Health under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan"

SO Mirai (Tokyo Dental University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / OCHI Sae (The Jikei University School of Medicine) / HASHIMOTO Sora (United Health Communication Co., Ltd.) / DENDA Kenzo (Hiramatsu Memorial Hospital)

January 14, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Holiday Travel and Risk of COVID-19 Infection: An Analysis of Individual Data before the Third Wave of Infection

NAKATA Daigo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 14, 2021 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Machine Learning as Natural Experiment: Method and Deployment at Japanese Firms

NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / AIHARA Shunsuke (Hanjuku Kaso Inc., ZOZO Technologies, Inc.) / SAITO Yuta (Hanjuku Kaso Inc., Tokyo Institute of Technology) / MATSUTANI Megumi (ZOZO Technologies, Inc.) / YATA Kohei (Yale University)

January 13, 2021 [China in Transition]

Will the Arrival of a Biden Administration Lead to a Better U.S.-China Relationship?
—Toward Cooperative Rivalry

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

January 13, 2021 [China in Transition]

"Dual Circulation" as China's New Development Strategy
—Toward a Virtuous Cycle between Domestic and International Circulations

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

January 12, 2021 [Non Technical Summaries]

How the Coronavirus Crisis is Affecting the Korean Economy: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

January 7, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Three Minds Equal Manjushari's Wisdom: An Anatomy of Informal Social Learning with Heterogenous Agents by the Hierarchical Bayesian Approach

SATO Masahiro (Tohoku University) / OTA Rui (Yokohama City University) / ITO Arata (Fellow, RIETI) / YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)

: January 6, 2021 [Recent Activities]

RIETI and the Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University Initiated International Collaborative Research on COVID-19
—The World's First Large-scale Epidemiological Study Combining Medical and Social Sciences

January 5, 2021 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Economic Effects of the Anti-COVID-19 Lockdowns in Different Regions Interact through Supply Chains?

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / MURASE Yohsuke (RIKEN Center for Computational Science) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

January 4, 2021 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Changing Relationship between a Company and an Individual due to the Crisis

OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 28, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

New Assessment of Economic Integration in East Asia: Application of Industry-Specific G-PPP Model

KAWASAKI Kentaro (Toyo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University)

December 28, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do People Accept Different Cultures?

NAKAGAWA Mariko (University of Tokyo) / SATO Yasuhiro (University of Tokyo) / TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAMOTO Kazuhiro (Osaka University)

December 24, 2020 [Symposiums]

Getting America Back in the Game: A multilateral perspective (Handout and Video)

December 24, 2020 [RIETI Report]

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Education Inequality?

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting fellow, RIETI) / NISHIHATA Masaya (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.)

December 23, 2020 [Column]

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Education Inequality?

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting fellow, RIETI) / NISHIHATA Masaya (Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.)

December 22, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Simulating the Impacts of Interregional Mobility Restriction on the Spatial Spread of COVID-19 in Japan

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 22, 2020 [Symposiums]

The International Economic Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration

December 21, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity of Firms Using COVID-19 Mitigation Policies as a Response to the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

December 21, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Was holiday travel in August or September 2020 associated with higher diagnosis of COVID-19?

OCHI Sae (The Jikei University School of Medicine) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SO Mirai (Tokyo Dental College)

December 21, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Japanese Companies Remaining in Long-term Stagnation Conditions for Post-COVID-19 Recovery

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 18, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How the Coronavirus Crisis is Affecting the Korean Economy: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

December 18, 2020 [Symposiums]

Biden's Climate Change Options in a Divided Congress (Handout and Video)

December 16, 2020 [Symposiums]

Build Back Better? The Future of the US-China Economic Relationship (Handout and Video)

December 16, 2020 [Symposiums]

Challenges and Opportunities for India-Japan Economic Partnership (Handouts and Video)

December 14, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Globalisation and pandemics

Pol ANTRÀS (Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University) / Stephen REDDING (Harold T. Shapiro Professor in Economics, Economics Department and School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; CEPR Research Fellow; NBER ITI Program Director) / Esteban ROSSI-HANSBERG (Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics, Princeton University)

December 11, 2020 [Symposiums]

Getting America Back in the Game: A multilateral perspective

: December 10, 2020 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Visiting Fellow Professor Kazuo YAMAGUCHI was selected as the Person of Cultural Merit

December 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

The COVID-19 Outbreak and Public Health Issues: an Interdisciplinary Approach

December 9, 2020 [Column]

Health Tourism in Japan: Evidence-based Hot Spring Healing

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior fellow, RIETI)

December 8, 2020 [Symposiums]

Challenges and Opportunities for India-Japan Economic Partnership

December 8, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Establish Numerical Targets in Tackling COVID-19

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

December 4, 2020 [Symposiums]

Israel Moves the World: How should Japan proceed?

December 1, 2020 [Symposiums]

US-China Conflict over Semiconductors and Japan: Japan's Position in the Deep 5G Era

December 1, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Keen Eyes for Economic Trends: Why the Special Account for Post-COVID-19 Crisis Reconstruction should be Made

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 30, 2020 [RIETI Report]

FCPA and Market Quality in Emerging Economies

Krishnendu Ghosh DASTIDAR (Jawaharlal Nehru University) / YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)

November 30, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Who Is Admitted? College Selectivity and the Role of Recommendation-Based Admission

ONOZUKA Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist, RIETI))

November 30, 2020 [Symposiums]

Modern Hot-spring Treatments and Health Tourism: Revitalization of human mind, body and regional economies with the powers of hot-springs

November 30, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Geo-Political Tensions between the US-China: ASEAN caught in the middle, the future of the Japan and ASEAN cooperation and the prospects of semiconductor supply chains (Video)

November 27, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.35] Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification Requirements for Radionuclides (WT/DS495): Issues under the SPS Agreement regarding certain trade regulations by Korea on Japanese food products based on radioactive contamination concerns

SO Hongbum (University of Tokyo)

November 26, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Expansion of PCR Testing Is the Key to an Exit Strategy, But Which Is More Important – Sensitivity or Frequency of Tests?

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

November 26, 2020 [Symposiums]

Enhancing Intelligence: How AI changes the view of the world

November 24, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Role of Study Abroad Returnees in China's Economic Development - China's success and challenges in global human resource competition

November 24, 2020 [Workshops]

Current Issues in the World Economy: Exchange Rate, Invoice Currency, Price Transmission and Localization

November 24, 2020 [Symposiums]

Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance 2020

November 24, 2020 [Symposiums]

Online Education in the Coronavirus Era

November 20, 2020 [Non Technical Summaries]

Product Complexity, Exports, and Exchange Rates: Evidence from the Japanese Chemical Industry

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou)

November 19, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

FCPA and Market Quality in Emerging Economies

Krishnendu Ghosh DASTIDAR (Jawaharlal Nehru University) / YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)

November 19, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Progress of Digital Platforms and Their Impact on Japan's Industrial Competitiveness

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 18, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Local Industry Influence on Commercialization of University Research by University Startups

KANG Byeongwoo (Hitotsubashi University) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 17, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Product Complexity, Exports, and Exchange Rates: Evidence from the Japanese Chemical Industry

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou)

November 16, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Geo-Political Tensions between the US-China: ASEAN caught in the middle, the future of the Japan and ASEAN cooperation and the prospects of semiconductor supply chains

November 13, 2020 [Column]

Is the decline in savings rates caused by an aging population?

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 12, 2020 [Symposiums]

Survival Tools for 100 Year Lifespan - What are the Risks and Opportunities for an "Ultra-Aging Society" in the New Normal Era?

November 12, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Congestion Management—Implications of the European Experience for Japan's Electricity Market Reform

HATTA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 11, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Transforming the three C's into Urban Advantages: Population concentration and infection risks

FUJITA Masahisa (Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University) / HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Program director / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 10, 2020 [Workshops]

Industrial Policy Directions and Challenges in the Post Covid-19 Era

November 10, 2020 [Symposiums]

3rd: The COVID-19 crisis, labor markets and safety nets

November 10, 2020 [Symposiums]

2nd: COVID-19 and medical / drug discovery

November 10, 2020 [Symposiums]

1st: Economic policy for the COVID-19 crisis

November 10, 2020 [Symposiums]

US Sanctions Policy

November 9, 2020 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Large-Scale Disaster Risk and Regional Companies' Business Continuity Plans—Enhancement of SMEs' Resilience and Support by Regional Financial Institutions

Written and edited by YAMORI Nobuyoshi, HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki, NODA Kentaro

November 9, 2020 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Economics of the COVID-19 crisis - Proposals and analyses

Written and edited by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro, MORIKAWA Masayuki

November 9, 2020 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

People are reborn - Living post COVID-19 with the mindset of the Jomon people

Written by FUJI Kazuhiko

November 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

Support for Restricting Liberty for Safety: Evidence during the Covid-19 pandemic from China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States (Handout and Video)

November 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

Support for Restricting Liberty for Safety: Evidence during the Covid-19 pandemic from China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States

November 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Mood of the American Voter on the Eve of the 2020 Presidential Election (Handout and Video)

November 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Mood of the American Voter on the Eve of the 2020 Presidential Election

November 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

Looking back at ICEF and TCFD Summit 2020 -Future Climate Change Action

November 5, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Peer Effects on Job Satisfaction from Exposure to Elderly Workers

KAWATA Yuji (Waseda University) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

November 5, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Analysis of the Decline in JEPX Day-Ahead Prices: Some Impacts of RES Supply and the COVID-19-Induced Demand Downturn

IKEDA Shin Suke (Otaru University of Commerce)

November 4, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

A Study on Financial Verification and Public Pension Finance in 2019―Evaluation of the TFP Growth Rate, an Economic Assumption

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

November 2, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Overview from a Firm Survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

October 30, 2020 [From IZA]

Sports at the vanguard of labor market policy
Lessons from sports can allow managers to develop better policies at "normal" workplaces

Kerry L. PAPPS (University of Bath, UK, and IZA)

October 30, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.34] China – Tariff Rate Quotas for Certain Agricultural Products (WT/DS517): The Interpretation of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China, and the Relationship between this Dispute and the U.S.-China Phase One Deal

HIRAMI Kenta (Waseda University)

October 29, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The US excess mortality rate from COVID-19 is substantially worse than Europe's

Janine ARON (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for New Economic Thinking; Associate Member, Nuffield College; Member of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) / John MUELLBAUER (Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College; Professor of Economics, Oxford University; Senior Fellow, Institute for New Economic Thinking)

October 29, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Exchange Rates, International Outsourcing, and Firm Export Dynamics

INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University) / Young Gak KIM (Senshu University)

October 27, 2020 [RIETI Report]

Export trade fairs and Coronavirus

MAKIOKA Ryo (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

October 27, 2020 [China in Transition]

U.S.-China Confrontation Intensifying on All Fronts amid COVID-19
—Would Tensions Ease after U.S. Presidential Election?

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

October 26, 2020 [Symposiums]

A Political Scientist's Look at the 2020 US Elections (Handouts and Video)

October 23, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Servicification of Japanese Manufacturing Firms

ITO Keiko (Chuo University) / INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University) / TANG Heiwai (University of Hong Kong and Johns Hopkins University) / FURUSAWA Taiji (University of Tokyo)

October 23, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Stagnation of markups and (non-)existence of superstar firms in Japan

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

October 22, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Implementation of Nudges in Public Policy in Japanese Local Governments: Suggestions from a Case-study on the Structure and Promotion Strategies of YBiT

TAKAHASHI Yuta (Yokohama Behavioral insights and Design Team (YBiT)) / UETAKE Kaori (Yokohama Behavioral insights and Design Team (YBiT)) / TSUDA Hirokazu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / OHYAMA Kohei (Yokohama Behavioral insights and Design Team (YBiT)) / SASAKI Shusaku (Tohoku Gakuin University)

October 21, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

We Must Identify Key Skills in the Era of AI

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

October 21, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Measuring Business-Level Expectations and Uncertainty: Survey Evidence and the COVID-19 Pandemic

CHEN Cheng (Clemson University) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 20, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firm Growth, Financial Constraints, and Policy-Based Finance

Tim E. DORE (Federal Reserve Board) / OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ONISHI Ken (Federal Reserve Board) / WAKAMORI Naoki (University of Tokyo)

October 16, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

[WTO Case Review Series No.33] China – Domestic Support for Agricultural Producers (DS511): Calculation of Market Price Support

SEKINE Takemasa (NUCB Business School)

October 16, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Emissions Trading and International Trade

ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIYONO Kazuharu (Waseda University) / YOMOGIDA Morihiro (Sophia University)

October 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Month-of-Birth Effects on Skills and Skill Formation

YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (University of Tokyo) / ITO Hirotake (Keio Research Institute at SFC) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University)

October 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Information Acquisition and Price Setting under Uncertainty: New Survey Evidence

CHEN Cheng (Clemson University) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / SUN Chang (University of Hong Kong) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Policies to Reduce Excess Capacity in the Chinese Iron and Steel Industry: Industrial Policy as a Coordination Process

KAWABATA Nozomu (Tohoku University) / YIN Di (Tohoku University)

October 13, 2020 [Policy Update]

Export trade fairs and Coronavirus

MAKIOKA Ryo (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

October 12, 2020 [Symposiums]

A Political Scientist's Look at the 2020 US Elections

October 12, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Turbulence of Indo-Pacific Regional Order and Japan-ASEAN Relationship

October 7, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Moving Out of China? Evidence from Japanese Multinational Firms

Changyuan LUO (Fudan University) / Chunxiao SI (Fudan University) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

October 5, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

What Do People Say When They become "Future People"? - Positioning Imaginary Future Generations (IFGs) in General Rules for Good Decision Making

HIROMITSU Toshiaki (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance) / KITAKAJI Yoko (Hiroshima University) / HARA Keishiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / SAIJO Tatsuyoshi (Research Institute for Future Design, Kochi University of Technology / Research Institute of Humanity and Nature)

October 2, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How did Japan cope with COVID-19? Big Data and purchasing behavior

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takashi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / ISHIKAWA Toshiki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IGEI Naoya (Intage Research Inc.)

October 2, 2020 [Column]

Toward Enhancing SMEs' Resilience against Large-Scale Disasters―Requirements for Increasing the Effectiveness of the SME Resilience Enhancement Act

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Professor, Kobe University)

October 1, 2020 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Relationship between Product Complexity and Exchange Rate Elasticities: Evidence from the People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Industries

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Suzhou) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Suzhou)

October 1, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Local Product Relatedness and Export Behavior at the Firm Level in Japan

HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute for Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University)

October 1, 2020 [Symposiums]

Deep Tech AI Startup Business Environment

October 1, 2020 [Symposiums]

Will the 21st Century be "Asia's Century"? -Perspectives on the International Order in the Coronavirus Era

September 30, 2020 [Symposiums]

World Economies Surviving and Thriving through COVID-19 and beyond (Summary)

September 30, 2020 [RIETI Report]

Detecting the impact of policy uncertainty on foreign direct investment

INADA Mitsuo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Miyazaki Municipal University) / JINJI Naoto (Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University)

September 29, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Relationship between Product Complexity and Exchange Rate Elasticities: Evidence from the People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Industries

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Suzhou) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Suzhou)

September 28, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Designing Regulatory and Institutional Systems through Public-Private Cooperation—Industrial Policy for the 21st Century

OHASHI Hiroshi (Program director / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 25, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Detecting the impact of policy uncertainty on foreign direct investment

INADA Mitsuo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Miyazaki Municipal University) / JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

September 25, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

US Stock Capital Market Reform through the Jobs Acts and Lazy Japan

TADOKORO Hajime (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)

September 18, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Results of Survey on Standardization Activities for 2018 (State of Implementation, Advanced Technologies, and Organizational Design)

TAMURA Suguru (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 17, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effect of Computer Assisted Learning on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Cambodia

NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University) / ITO Hirotake (Keio University)

September 14, 2020 [Symposiums]

Efforts for Increasing the Number of Female Engineers in the IT Industry and the Necessity of such Efforts

September 11, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Institutional Sources of Energy Transitions: From the oil crises to climate policy (Handout and Video)

September 11, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Institutional Sources of Energy Transitions: From the oil crises to climate policy

September 11, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The potential for teleworking in Europe and the risk of a new digital divide

Santo MILASI (Economist, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) / Martina BISELLO (Research Officer, Eurofound) / John HURLEY (Senior Research Manager, Eurofound) / Matteo SOSTERO (Researcher, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) / Enrique FERNÁNDEZ-MACÍAS (Researcher, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission)

September 10, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from an Employee Survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

September 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

World Economies Surviving and Thriving through COVID-19 and beyond (Handouts and Video)

September 9, 2020 [Symposiums]

World Economies Surviving and Thriving through COVID-19 and beyond

September 8, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Beauty Matters: Candidates' Facial Appearance and Electoral Success

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ASANO Masahiko (Takushoku University)

September 7, 2020 [Symposiums]

Effect of COVID-19 on Global Value Chains and Future Prospects (Handouts and Video)

September 7, 2020 [Symposiums]

Effect of COVID-19 on Global Value Chains and Future Prospects

September 7, 2020 [Symposiums]

Where is Education Reform Headed? Economic Education as the Strongest Growth Strategy

September 7, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Development of new treatment/causal effect evaluation methodology with synthetic control group Difference In Difference where stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) may not hold

KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)

September 4, 2020 [Symposiums]

Global Catastrophes: Before, During, and After Covid (Handout and Video)

September 4, 2020 [Symposiums]

Global Catastrophes: Before, During, and After Covid

September 4, 2020 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook and the Asia Pacific Region -The Great Lockdown: A crisis like no other

September 4, 2020 [Symposiums]

Development of North Korean International Interests -- Status of UN sanctions implementation, challenges they face, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

September 4, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Rewiring supply chain networks

GOTO Hiromitsu (Lecturer, Kanazawa Gakuin University) / FUJITA Yuji (CEO, Turnstone Research Institute) / SOUMA Wataru (Associate Professor of Physics, Nihon University)

September 3, 2020 [Symposiums]

Evidence Based Policy Making: An example of the effect of new technology on employment

September 3, 2020 [Symposiums]

Global Value Chains in the Aftermath of the Corona Shock

September 3, 2020 [Symposiums]

The Economics of Luck and Chance

September 2, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Promotion of Health Tourism in which Hot Springs are Utilized for Medical Treatment and Accumulation and Dissemination of Empirical Evidence

SEKIGUCHI Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

September 2, 2020 [Policy Update]

Digital Transformation of SMEs in Japan

IWAMOTO Koichi (Research Associate, RIETI)

September 1, 2020 [Symposiums]

Small Business under the COVID-19 Crisis: Expected short- and medium-term effects of anti-contagion and economic policies

August 27, 2020 [RIETI Report]

Globalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic: A spatial economics perspective

FUJITA Masahisa (Professor, Konan University; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University; Former President and Chief Research Officer, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry) / HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

: August 26, 2020 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Annual Report 2019

August 26, 2020 [Symposiums]

Macroeconomic Prospects and Policy Coordination in Asia to Overcome the Challenge of COVID-19 (Handouts and Video)

August 26, 2020 [Symposiums]

Macroeconomic Prospects and Policy Coordination in Asia to Overcome the Challenge of COVID-19

August 26, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Global Competition and Labor-intensive Production in SMEs: Evidence from Japan
(Previous title) Global Competition, Worker Retention, and Immigrant Employment in Manufacturing SMEs*

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow, RIETI)

August 25, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Work and Rest Patterns Affect Workers’ Mental Health: Evidence from Daily Attendance Records of a Japanese Firm

SATO Kaori (Kokushikan University) / KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 25, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Globalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic: A spatial economics perspective

August 21, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Regulating cross-border data flows: Firm-level analysis from Japan

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / Byeongwoo KANG (Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)

August 21, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Pressing Need for Introduction of a Monetary Solution for Employee Dismissal: Argument for Japanese Employment Reform

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 20, 2020 [Column]

COVID-19 Crisis and Employment Adjustment

ADACHI Daisuke (Yale University) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

August 19, 2020 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S. Economy: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 19, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Constructing the Customer Journey Map of Competitive Brands: A Complex Time-series Analysis

MIZUNO Makoto (Meiji University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo)

August 18, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Global politics from the view of the political-economy trilemma

Joshua AIZENMAN (Dockson Chair in Economics and International Relations, USC, and Research Associate, NBER) / ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

August 14, 2020 [Symposiums]

"Working" in a World that is Changing Drastically with DX: What are you working for?

August 14, 2020 [Symposiums]

White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2020 -- The corona crisis and globalization: supply chains, human interaction, international cooperation and interdependence

August 13, 2020 [Symposiums]

Management in the Software Engineering Age

August 13, 2020 [Symposiums]

Energy, Climate Change and Gender After COVID-19

August 13, 2020 [Symposiums]

Next-generation Human Resource Development -- The development of truly global HR leaders

August 13, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do Voters Evaluate the Age of Politicians?

Charles McCLEAN (University of California, San Diego) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 12, 2020 [Symposiums]

Energy White Paper 2020

August 12, 2020 [Symposiums]

Outline of the 2020 White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri): Transformative capabilities of manufacturing industries in an era of uncertainty (dynamic capabilities)

August 12, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S. Economy: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

August 11, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Winners, Losers, and Near-Rationality: Heterogeneity in the MPC out of a Large Stimulus Tax Rebate

Cameron LAPOINT (Yale University) / UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 11, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from an Employee Survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

August 6, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Unmasked! The effect of face masks on the spread of COVID-19

Timo MITZE (Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark) / Reinhold KOSFELD (Associate Professor and Head of Statistics, University of Kassel) / Johannes RODE (Postdoc, TU Darmstadt) / Klaus WÄLDE (Professor of Economics, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz)

August 4, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

People's Perception on the Impacts of Covid-19 and Policy Responses: Observations from a Survey for Individuals

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

August 4, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Structural changes in industries and the reduction of inequality: The world after coronavirus

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

August 3, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Twenty-First Century Industrial Policy Emphasizing Framework Design and Encouraging Competition

OKAZAKI Tetsuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 31, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Ignorance is Bliss? Age, Misinformation, and Support for Women's Representation

Barry C. BURDEN (University of Wisconsin-Madison) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 30, 2020 [RIETI Report]

What Are the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Firm Exit in Japan?

Gee Hee HONG (IMF) / KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

July 30, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Transfer pricing of intangible assets with the arm’s length principle

Jay Pil CHOI (University Distinguished Professor in Economics, Michigan State University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OKOSHI Hirofumi (Senior Assistant Professor, Okayama University)

July 29, 2020 [Policy Update]

Introduction of teleworking and corporate value during the coronavirus crisis

IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

July 29, 2020 [Column]

Do "September admissions" really contribute to the internationalization of universities?

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

July 28, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Firm Exit during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Japan

MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) / OIKAWA Koki (Waseda University) / UEDA Kozo (Waseda University)

July 21, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Fiscal Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan: The First Six Months

ANDO Michihito (Rikkyo University) / FURUKAWA Chishio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) / NAKATA Daigo (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SUMIYA Kazuhiko (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

July 20, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Who Suffers from the COVID-19 Shocks? Labor Market Heterogeneity and Welfare Consequences in Japan

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) / KITAO Sagiri (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIKOSHIBA Minamo (University of Tokyo)

July 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Ascriptive Characteristics and Perceptions of Impropriety in the Rule of Law: Race, Gender, and Public Assessments of Whether Judges Can Be Impartial

ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Michael A. ZILIS (University of Kentucky)

July 14, 2020 [Column]

What Are the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Firm Exit in Japan?

Gee Hee HONG (IMF) / KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

July 10, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Fact-checking reduces the propagation of false news in social networks

Emeric HENRY (Associate Professor of Economics, Sciences Po) / Ekaterina ZHURAVSKAYA (Professor of Economics, Paris School of Economics (EHESS); CEPR Research Fellow) / Sergei GURIEV (Professor of Economics, Sciences Po Paris; CEPR Research Fellow)

July 8, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Transfer pricing regulation and tax competition

Jay Pil CHOI (University Distinguished Professor in Economics, Michigan State University) / FURUSAWA Taiji (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

July 8, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An International Comparison of FDI Entry Mode

SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / TAKAYAMA Haruka (University of Virginia)

July 7, 2020 [Policy Update]

Essential workers' voices and their loyalty in the Covid-19 pandemic: Expectations for a transformation of the Japanese Employment System

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow , RIETI)

July 6, 2020 [Policy Update]

Digital transformation of the small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises after the novel coronavirus COVID-19

IWAMOTO Koichi (Research Associate, RIETI)

July 3, 2020 [RIETI Report]

Data Collection in Extraordinary Times: Thoughts on Universities Transitioning to Online Classes

ONOZUKA Yuki (Fellow, RIETI)

June 30, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Income Inequality in Japan: What is the Appropriate Policy Response?

INOUE Seiichiro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 30, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Reforming Inefficient Energy Pricing: Evidence from China

ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / ZHANG Shuang (University of Colorado, Boulder)

June 29, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Globalization as Civilizational Progress and the Covid-19 Pandemic

FUJITA Masahisa (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University) / HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 25, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

COVID-induced economic uncertainty and its consequences

Scott BAKER (Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) / Nicholas BLOOM (Professor of Economics at Stanford University) / Steven DAVIS (William H. Abbott Distinguished Service Professor of International Business and Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution) / Stephen TERRY (Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University)

June 25, 2020 [Symposiums]

How the Coronavirus Crisis is Affecting Japanese Businesses: Evidence from the Stock Market

June 25, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Firm age, productivity, and intangible capital

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Kagawa University)

June 24, 2020 [Non Technical Summaries]

How the Coronavirus Crisis Affected Japanese Industries: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 24, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Migration from Large Cities to Rural Areas -Poisson Gravity Model Analysis with Elastic Net Regression-

ARAKAWA Kiyoaki (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / NOYORI Shuhei (The University of Tokyo)

June 23, 2020 [Policy Update]

The WTO's Appellate Body Crisis and Roles to Be Played by Japan

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 22, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How the Coronavirus Crisis Affected Japanese Industries: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

June 22, 2020 [Column]

Data Collection in Extraordinary Times: Thoughts on Universities Transitioning to Online Classes

ONOZUKA Yuki (Fellow, RIETI)

June 17, 2020 [Policy Update]

Drug Repurposing for COVID-19: Exploiting Opportunities

NAGAOKA Sadao (Program Director / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 16, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Listing Advantages Around the World

UEDA Kenichi (University of Tokyo / TCER / CEPR) / Somnath SHARMA (University of Tokyo / Reserve Bank of India)

June 15, 2020 [From IZA]

Pandemics and the labor market—Then and now

Karen CLAY (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy)

June 15, 2020 [Column]

Coronavirus and climate change

ARIMA Jun (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

June 12, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

COVID-19: Governments must avoid creating additional uncertainty

Henrik MÜLLER (Professor of Economic Policy Journalism, TU Dortmund University)

June 12, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Who benefits from trade liberalisation? A case from Japan

Youngmin BAEK (Assistant Professor, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Overseas Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies) / TSUBOTA Kenmei (Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization) / URATA Shujiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAMANOUCHI Kenta (Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Kagawa University)

June 11, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Subsidies for Small and Medium-sized Firms in Japan: A Regression Discontinuity Design Approach

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / MAKIOKA Ryo (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / YAMAGUCHI Akira (Hitotsubashi University / current: NISTEP)

June 11, 2020 [Column]

How the Coronavirus Crisis is Affecting Japanese Businesses: Evidence from the Stock Market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior fellow, RIETI)

June 9, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

To What Degree are the Improvements to Lifestyle Behaviors that Mentioned in the Questionnaire for the Annual Specific Medical Examination Actually Associated with Improvements to BMI, Systolic Blood Pressure, and LDL-C?

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KIMURA Moriyo (The Public Health Institute) / NAWATA Kazumitsu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 9, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Heterogeneous relationships between automation technologies and skilled labour

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

June 4, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Cost Efficiency of Hotels and Japanese-Style Inns in Kyushu: Relationship to E-Commerce or Individual Business Activities

GOKAN Toshitaka (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)

June 4, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Machine learning against accounting fraud

KONDO Satoshi (Public Accountant, KPMG AZSA) / MIYAKAWA Daisuke (Associate Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University Business School (HUB)) / SHIRAKI Kengo (Data Scientist, KPMG AZSA) / SUGA Miki (Lead Specialist, KPMG US) / USUKI Teppei (Senior Manager, KPMG AZSA)

June 4, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Overinvestment and Macroeconomic Uncertainty: Evidence from Renewable and Non-Renewable Resource Firms

Denny IRAWAN (Australian National University) / OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

June 3, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Incentive or Disincentive for Disclosure of Research Data? A Large-Scale Empirical Analysis and Implications for Open Science Policy

KWON Seokbeom (University of Tokyo) / MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 3, 2020 [RIETI Books (English)]

Blockchain and Crypto Currency

Edited by YANO Makoto, Chris DAI, Masuda Kenichi, KISHIMOTO Yoshio

June 3, 2020 [Column]

COVID-19 and the Bipolarization of Working Hours: What We Can Do to Alleviate Overwork of Essential Workers

KURODA Sachiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

June 2, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Labor Market Flexibility and Inward Foreign Direct Investment

KAMATA Isao (University of Niigata Prefecture)

June 2, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Intermediaries in Transaction Networks: Location of Wholesalers' Headquarters and Other Establishments

ITO Tadashi (Gakushuin University) / OKAMOTO Chigusa (Rikkyo University) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

June 1, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the Set of Values of the Japanese People

HIROTA Shigeru (Kyoto Sangyo University) / YODO Masato (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) / YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)

June 1, 2020 [RIETI Report]

Global politics from the view of the political-economy trilemma

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

June 1, 2020 [RIETI Report]

Location choice and sales patterns of Japanese foreign affiliates

Francesca SPINELLI (Economist, OECD) / Dorothée ROUZET (Senior Economist, OECD) / ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)

June 1, 2020 [RIETI Report]

The Ideal Industrial Promotion in a (Super-aged) High-Death-Rate Society

FUJI Kazuhiko (Senior fellow, RIETI)

May 28, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Why Do Japanese MNEs Enter and Exit Foreign Markets?

Ivan DESEATNICOV (NRU Higher School of Economics) / FUJII Daisuke (Research Associate, RIETI) / Konstantin KUCHERYAVYY (University of Tokyo) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

May 26, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Central hubs in global value chains and knowledge creation

ITO Keiko (Professor in the Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University; Project Member, RIETI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI) / Chiara CRISCUOLO (Head of the Productivity and Business Dynamics Division in the Science Technology and Innovation Directorate at the OECD) / Jonathan TIMMIS (Research economist, IFC, World Bank Group and External Affiliate of University of Nottingham's research centre on Globalisation and Economic Policy) / Antonin BERGEAUD (Banque de France)

May 26, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Progress of Digital Trade & the Current Status of Rule-Making

ISHIKAWA Jota (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

May 25, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

What changes will COVID-19 bring to the Korean economy?

Ji-Sang CHANG (President, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade)

May 25, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

New Public Services Created by Diversity & Connections: Possibilities for Applications of New Technologies

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

May 22, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Migration of System Operation to a Public Organization: Issues in the separation of electric power generation and supply

ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

May 22, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Impact of Covid-19 on Taiwan’s Economy and Industry

Chien-Yi CHANG (President, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research)

May 22, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Estimating the Influence of Land Use Changes and Accessibility to Central Business Areas on property price in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

KUTSUZAWA Ryuji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

May 22, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

China's Impact on Regional Employment: Propagation through Supply Chains and Co-agglomeration Pattern

SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / KAINUMA Shuhei (University of Tokyo) / Michal FABINGER (University of Tokyo)

May 22, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Market Size on Firm Selection

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

May 21, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Policy

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

May 20, 2020 [Column]

Even once the pandemic is resolved, it will not be the "end": How do we prepare for the long-term impacts?

NAKATA Daigo (Senior fellow, RIETI)

May 20, 2020 [Column]

Global politics from the view of the political-economy trilemma

ITO Hiroyuki (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

May 19, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Heterogenous Impacts of National Research Grants on Academic Productivity

ONISHI Koichiro (Waseda University) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 19, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Robots and Employment: Evidence from Japan, 1978-2017

ADACHI Daisuke (Yale University) / KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Program Director, RIETI) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

May 19, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Revitalization of Shrinking Cities: Lessons from the Japanese Service Sector

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University)

May 18, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Macroscopic Structure and Evolution in the Japanese Production Network

GOTO Hiromitsu (Nihon University) / SOUMA Wataru (Nihon University)

May 15, 2020 [China in Transition]

Coping with COVID-19
—A new challenge for the Chinese economy

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

: May 15, 2020 ［Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight Vol.79

May 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Characteristics of Firms Transmitting Data Across Borders: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data

TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / KANG Byeongwoo (Hitotsubashi University)

May 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Influence of the Market Potential of Industrial Agglomeration in Kyushu on Corporate Activities and Port Utilization Panel Data Analysis during the Inbound Rise Period

KAMEYAMA Yoshihiro (Saga University)

May 14, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Who Left and Who Stayed? The Selection of Brazilian Returnees from Japan

HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow, RIETI)

May 14, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Productivity of Offshore Affiliates and Distance from Headquarters: Evidence from Affiliate-Level Data of Japanese Multinationals

LU Yi (Tsinghua University) / TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHU Lianming (Osaka University)

May 14, 2020 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Innovation Activities in Prewar Japan: Patent Bibliographic Information Database

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / OKAZAKI Tetsuji (University of Tokyo) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Hitotsubashi University)

May 14, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Diplomatic Protest and Patriotism: The Effect of Foreign Voices on Japanese Public Opinion

KAGOTANI Koji (Osaka University of Economics) / ONO Yoshikuni (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 13, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Technological Competitiveness of China's Internet Platforms: Comparison of Google and Baidu Using Patent Text Information

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ZHU Chen (University of Tokyo)

May 13, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Supply-Chain Network Analysis of Kyoto's Traditional Craft Industry

SATO Daisuke (Kyoto University) / IKEDA Yuichi (Kyoto University) / KAWAI Shuichi (Kyoto University) / Maxmilian SCHICH (University of Texas at Dallas)

May 13, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Welfare Effects of Polarization: Occupational Mobility over the Life-cycle

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) / KITAO Sagiri (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

May 13, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

The art of central bank communication: Old and new

TAKEDA Yosuke (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Sophia University) / KEIDA Masayuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Rissho University)

May 13, 2020 [China in Transition]

China Aiming to Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency
—Expected Macro-Level Effects

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

May 12, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Reserve Requirements and Bubbles

ASAOKA Shintaro (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)

May 12, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Endogenous Business Cycles with Bubbles

ASAOKA Shintaro (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)

May 12, 2020 [Symposiums]

Economics in the Time of Covid-19: The economic impact on Asia (Summary)

May 8, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

A Study on the System Reform of Administrative Examination and Approval in China: A Comparative Analysis of the Concentrated Permit Model and the Lean Government Model

MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / PAN Motao (Tsinghua University)

May 8, 2020 [Newspapers & Magazines]

A Fourth-tier Supplier May Be a Critical Part of the Supply Chain

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

May 8, 2020 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Political risk and exchange rates: The lessons of Brexit

Paolo MANASSE (Professor of Macroeconomics and International Economic Policy, University of Bologna) / Graziano MORAMARCO (PhD in Economics, University of Bologna) / Giulio TRIGILIA (Assistant Professor, Simon Business School, University of Rochester)

May 7, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Covid-19 Pandemic and Politics: The Cases of Florida and Ohio

YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI)

April 27, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Heterogeneous Vulnerability to the COVID-19 Crisis and Implications for Inequality in Japan

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) / KITAO Sagiri (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIKOSHIBA Minamo (University of Tokyo)

April 27, 2020 [Policy Update]

Government as Investor to Individuals : Lessons from Australian "Income-Contingent Loans"

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)

April 24, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Effect of Exporting on Product Compositional Changes and a Manufacturing Plant's Average Product Characteristics in Japan

ITO Keiko (Chuo University) / Chin Hee HAHN (Gachon University)

April 23, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Energy Saving and Price Fluctuation of Home Appliances: Hedonic Regression by Panel Data (1996-2019)

KONISHI Yoko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Takashi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) / ISHIKAWA Toshiki (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

April 23, 2020 [Column]

Pandemics: Time Dimension and Uncertainty

NAKATA Hiroyuki (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

April 23, 2020 [BBL Seminars]

Collective Action in a Fragmented World

Jean PISANI-FERRY (Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics / Sciences Po, Paris / EUI, Florence / Bruegel, Brussels / Hertie School of Governance, Berlin)

April 22, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

COVID-19, teleworking, and productivity

MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)

April 21, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Propagation of Economic Impacts through Supply Chains: The Case of a Mega-city Lockdown to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo) / TODO Yasuyuki (Waseda University)

April 20, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Place-based Policies: Which Cities Should be Targeted?

FUJISHIMA Shota (Hitotsubashi University) / HOSHINO Tadao (Waseda University) / SUGAWARA Shinya (Tokyo University of Science)

April 20, 2020 [China in Transition]

Phase One of the US-China Economic and Trade Agreement Realized Through Chinese Concessions
—Expanding Imports into China from the US Alone Will Not End the Trade War

Chi Hung KWAN (Consulting Fellow, RIETI
Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research)

April 17, 2020 [Priorities for the Japanese Economy in 2020 (January 2020)]

Justice and transparency are prerequisites for rational decision-making in governance, but these prerequisites are fading and must be restored

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

April 17, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities on Wages in Japan

YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University) / SANO Shinpei (Chiba University) / KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 17, 2020 [Non Technical Summaries]

Non-traditional Monetary Policy and The Future of The Financial Industries

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 17, 2020 [VoxEU Column]

Location choice and sales patterns of Japanese foreign affiliates

Francesca SPINELLI (Economist, OECD) / Dorothée ROUZET (Senior Economist, OECD) / ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)

April 17, 2020 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

The coronavirus crisis calls for novel economic policy solutions

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Visiting Scholar)

April 16, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of Labor Regulation on Technology Use and Productivity of Japanese Companies

TANAKA Kenta (Musashi University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Transfer Pricing Regulation and Tax Competition

Jay Pil CHOI (Michigan State University) / FURUSAWA Taiji (University of Tokyo) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Gender Differences in Campaigning under Alternative Voting Systems: Evidence from a Quantitative Text Analysis of Election Manifestos in Japan

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

April 15, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Declining Demand and Product Quality: An Empirical Study of the Japanese PC Monitor Market

OTA Rui (Yokohama City University) / ZHANG Lili (Nissan Trading China Co., Ltd)

April 13, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Heterogenous Job Separations and the Balassa-Samuelson Effect

Noel GASTON (University of South Australia) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Chuo University)

April 10, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A Structural Estimation of the Disutility of Commuting

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

April 10, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Credit Spread Curve Distribution and Economic Fluctuations in Japan

OKIMOTO Tatsuyoshi (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / TAKAOKA Sumiko (Seikei University)

April 10, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Can IT Service Enhance the Productivity of Japanese Firms? - Cloud Computing, CIO, and Japanese Firms' Performance -

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) / INUI Tomohiko (Gakushuin University)

April 9, 2020 [RIETI Books (English)]

Dynamics of Japan's Trade and Industrial Policy in the Post Rapid Growth Era (1980–2000)

Written by Committee on the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy RIETI

April 9, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Legal Regulations of E-commerce in China: Focusing on the Anti-Monopoly Law, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and the E-Commerce Law

KAWASHIMA Fujio (Kobe University)

April 8, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Patient Acceptance of AI in Medical Institutions

IWATA Kazuyuki (Matsuyama University) / MORITA Tamaki (Yamanashi Prefectural University) / TSURUMI Tetsuya (Nanzan University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

April 8, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

How Did Financial Institutions Use Credit Guarantees under the Shared Responsibility System? : Analysis based on the Questionnaire Survey of Branch Managers of Regional Financial Institutions

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Kobe University)

April 8, 2020 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Effectiveness Study of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Three Good Things Exercise for Insomnia: a three-arm randomized controlled trial

SATO Daisuke (Chiba University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SUTOH Chihiro (Chiba University) / HIRANO Yoshiyuki (Chiba University) / OKAWA Sho (Chiba University) / HIROSE Motohisa (Chiba University) / TAKEMURA Ryo (Keio University) / SHIMIZU Eiji (Chiba University)

April 8, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Differences in the Usage of Credit Guarantees Across Banks

Xiuwei TANG (Northeast Electric Power University) / UCHIDA Hirofumi (Kobe University)

April 6, 2020 [Workshops]

JSPS Core-to-Core Program: "Governance Reforms from Comparative Perspective"
Day 1: RIETI Workshop "Capital Market and Control" (Summary)

April 6, 2020 [Workshops]

JSPS Core-to-Core Program: "Governance Reforms from Comparative Perspective"
Day 1: RIETI Workshop "Capital Market and Control"

April 3, 2020 [Discussion Papers (English)]