What's New (FY2024)

Articles

March 31, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenges in Improving Productivity in the Service Industry

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Articles

March 28, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Impending Changes in the U.S.-China Relationship and Regional Implications

Events

March 28, 2025 [Symposiums]

Are Pro-productivity Policies Fit for Purpose? (Handouts)

Events

March 26, 2025 [Symposiums]

Global responses to an American reset of international trade

Papers

March 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Gender-specific Exposure to Trade, Labor Market Adjustments, and the Family

MORI Hiroaki (Senshu University) / MUROGA Kiho (Kyushu University) / SASAHARA Akira (Keio University)

Events

March 25, 2025 [Symposiums]

Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them

Articles

March 25, 2025 [Policy Update]

Alternative for the Centrist —Exchange of Views with Prof. Dr. Karl-Rudolf Korte on the Results of the German Federal Election—

SAKAMOTO Masazumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 24, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Universal Insurance with In-kind Transfers: The welfare effects of long-term care insurance in Japan

MIKOSHIBA Minamo (Nagoya University)

Events

March 21, 2025 [Workshops]

Global Value Chain Vulnerability

Articles

March 21, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Japan’s Outdated Policies Must be Abandoned to Thrive

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

Articles

March 21, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Happiness, reference dependence, and motivated beliefs in US presidential elections

Miles KIMBALL (Professor of Economics and Survey Research at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) / Collin RAYMOND (Associate Professor, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University) / ZHOU Jiannan (Assistant professor at Shandong University) / ZHOU Junya (Assistant professor at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas) / OHTAKE Fumio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / TSUTSUI Yoshiro (Professor of Economics at Kobe International University)

Articles

March 21, 2025 [Policy Update]

U.S.-China High Tech Friction and Japan’s Response: Implications from comparison of innovation processes in Japan, the United States, and China

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Geopolitical Risk and Corporate Behaviors: Propagation of shocks through global operations

Huu Nhan DUONG (Monash University) / ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NISHIDE Katsumasa (Waseda University) / S. Ghon RHEE (University of Hawaiʻi) / SASAHARA Akira (Keio University)

Papers

March 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Unpacking China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy: Patterns, drivers, and implications

LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University) / ITO Asei (University of Tokyo) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Capital Investment, Technology Switching and Production after a Natural Disaster

FUKAI Taiyo (Gakushuin University) / OIKAWA Masato (Waseda University) / TORIYABE Takahiro (Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

March 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Cross-border Partial Equity Ownership

ARA Tomohiro (Fukushima University) / Arghya GHOSH (University of New South Wales) / MORITA Hodaka (Hitotsubashi University) / MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Gakushuin University)

Papers

March 17, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Non-standard Employment in Japan from the 1980s: Exploration by age, gender, education, and marital status

Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (CUNY Queens College) / FUJIMOTO Junichi (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))

Papers

March 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Hotter Days, Wider Gap: The distributional impact of heat on student achievement

AKESAKA Mika (Kobe University) / SHIGEOKA Hitoshi (University of Tokyo)

Articles

March 14, 2025 [RIETI Report]

New developments in total factor productivity measurement reflecting innovative activities: Evidence from the productivity J-curve in advanced countries

Ahmed BOUNFOUR (Professor of Management at Paris-Saclay University) / EDAMURA Kazuma (Research Fellow at National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) / ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics at Rissho University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Alberto NONNIS (Postdoctoral researcher at Université Paris-Saclay (France) - RITM laboratory) / TONOGI Konomi (Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics/Department of Contemporary Business at Kanagawa University)

Papers

March 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

CEO Age and Technology Adoption: Network effects in e-commerce propagation in Japan

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / NOSE Manabu (The International Monetary Fund)

Articles

March 12, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

New developments in total factor productivity measurement reflecting innovative activities: Evidence from the productivity J-curve in advanced countries

Ahmed BOUNFOUR (Professor of Management at Paris-Saclay University) / EDAMURA Kazuma (Research Fellow at National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) / ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics at Rissho University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Alberto NONNIS (Postdoctoral researcher at Université Paris-Saclay (France) - RITM laboratory) / TONOGI Konomi (Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics/Department of Contemporary Business at Kanagawa University)

Articles

March 11, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

The case for management managing ownership

Julian FRANKS (Professor of Finance at London Business School) / Colin MAYER (Emeritus Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School and Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford at University Of Oxford) / MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OGAWA Ryo (Lecturer in Corporate Finance and Governance at Chiba University of Commerce)

Events

March 7, 2025 [Symposiums]

Are Pro-productivity Policies Fit for Purpose?

Papers

March 7, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Immigrants Always Experience Lower Homeownership Probabilities than Natives? Evidence from Japan

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

March 6, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Bridging the Gender Well-being Gap: The influence of societal and inherent factors

MI Jie (ADB Institute) / LI Chao (Kyushu University) / KEELEY Alexander Ryota (Kyushu University) / ZHANG Jiaxu (Kyushu University) / SHI Bo (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

March 3, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The bazooka diplomacy of Trump’s tariffs

Michael GASIOREK (Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy at University of Sussex) / Nicolo TAMBERI (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy at University of Sussex)

Articles

March 3, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

Financial intermediation and zombie firms: Theory and evidence

HAMANO Masashige (Professor, School of Political Science at Waseda University) / Philip SCHNATTINGER (Researcher at Bank of England) / SHINTANI Mototsugu (Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo) / UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Francesco ZANETTI (Professor at the University of Oxford, and David Richards Fellow at Wadham College at University Of Oxford)

Articles

March 3, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Making Australia a partner in the ‘Global ASEAN’ vision

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Peter DRYSDALE (Australian National University)

Articles

February 28, 2025 [RIETI Report]

US export controls and the restructuring of global value chains: An analysis of Japanese multinationals’ exits from China

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / Ivan DESEATNICOV (Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University)

Papers

February 28, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Import Competition, Product Switching, and R&D Activities

MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SAITO Hisamitsu (Hokkaido University)

Events

February 27, 2025 [Symposiums]

Current Situation in Ukraine and Opportunities for Contributions of Japanese Companies

Events

February 27, 2025 [Workshops]

Hitotsubashi-Gakushuin Conference on International Trade & FDI 2024

Articles

February 26, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Perspective on Raising Minimum Wage: Costs should be widely shared

KODAMA Naomi (Research Associate, RIETI)

Articles

February 26, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Strong reactions to a weak yen shake Japan’s economy

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 26, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The 2% Price Stability Goal Was Too Challenging

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Reevaluating Midlife Well-being: The role of external and inherent factors

LI Chao (Kyushu University) / MI Jie (ADB Institute) / ZHANG Jiaxu (Kyushu University) / KEELEY Alexander Ryota (Kyushu University) / SHI Bo (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Post-disaster Reconstruction Investments Contribute to Improved Community Well-being?

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

Articles

February 25, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Is Japan’s 1.03-million-wall real?

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 25, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Quantifying Social Construction: Evidence from blood type discrimination in Japan

Hideto KOIZUMI (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Articles

February 25, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Trump 2.0 and Trade: Investment in the U.S. should be based on intellectual cooperation

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 21, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Trump’s trade madness risks global depression if retaliation’s not measured

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Tom WESTLAND (Wageningen University)

Articles

February 21, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

ASEAN response to a Trump-generated Chinese economic tsunami

Mari PANGESTU (University of Indonesia) / ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 21, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Trump 2.0 and Trade: Don’t be swayed by tariff hikes

JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 20, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Corporate Assessments of Cash Sufficiency and Implications for Business Strategies

ORIHARA Masanori (University of Tsukuba)

Papers

February 20, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Claiming Tax Incentives: Heterogeneous impacts on investment and productivity

ORIHARA Masanori (University of Tsukuba) / SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)

Papers

February 20, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Effect of Rising Welfare Benefits on the Employment Income: Evidence from single mothers in Japan

MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Papers

February 19, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Sustainability of Cities under Population Decline

MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OGAWA Miki (Kyoto University)

Events

February 18, 2025 [Symposiums]

Impending Changes in the U.S.-China Relationship and Regional Implications (Video)

Papers

February 18, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Equilibrium Point between Regulations and Innovation Found in the Chinese Regulation of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A study towards grasping China’s AI strategy

KAWASHIMA Fujio (Kobe University)

Articles

February 17, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

US export controls and the restructuring of global value chains: An analysis of Japanese multinationals’ exits from China

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI) / Ivan DESEATNICOV (Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University)

Articles

February 14, 2025 [RIETI Report]

The Diminishing Impact of Exchange Rates on China’s Exports

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou)

Events

February 13, 2025 [Symposiums]

The Data Holds The Answer: Timeless analysis methods for researchers

Papers

February 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Determinants of Happiness Efficiency: From the viewpoint of “Beyond GDP”

TSURUMI Tetsuya (Nanzan University) / MIZOBUCHI Hideyuki (Doshisha University) / KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 12, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Impacts of Urban-rural Migration on Domain-specific Satisfaction

KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / YOO Sunbin (Kyushu University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

February 12, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Reconsidering Supply Chains and Industrial Policy from the Economic Security Perspective

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

February 10, 2025 [Symposiums]

Toward Innovative and Sustainable Growth (Handout and Video)

Articles

February 7, 2025 [China in Transition]

Outlook for China Policy in the Trump Administration's Second Term
- Concerns over accelerating U.S.-China decoupling -

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

Articles

February 6, 2025 [Column]

Japan and the EU Need to Work Together to Present a Circular Economy Model to the World

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 6, 2025 [Column]

Japan Must Promote Its Green Transformation (GX) Strategy to the World

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 6, 2025 [Column]

Closer Public-private Dialogue Needed to Ensure Smooth Implementation of EU Deforestation Rules

TANABE Yasuo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

February 5, 2025 [Workshops]

The 8th World KLEMS Conference

Events

February 5, 2025 [Symposiums]

Global Supply Chains and Productivity

Papers

February 5, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Parental Earnings Trajectories around Childbirth in Japan: Evidence from local tax records

FUKAI Taiyo (Gakushuin University) / KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

February 5, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Fiscal Uncertainty Holding Back Income Growth

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

February 5, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Industrial Policy and International Commercial Rules: How to deal with China’s overcapacity phenomenon

WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University)

Papers

February 4, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Residential Solar PV and Electricity Consumption: Pro-environmental behaviors, technology adoption, and pathways to a low-carbon society

NAKAISHI Tomoaki (Kyushu University) / YOO Sunbin (Kyushu University) / KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

February 4, 2025 [Symposiums]

Weaponised Economics and Restoring Economics in the Global Order (Handout and Video)

Articles

February 4, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Tariffs are coming: How trade dynamics will shape aggregate demand and inflation

Diego COMIN (Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College) / Robert JOHNSON (Brian and Jeannelle Brady Associate Professor at University Of Notre Dame)

Events

February 3, 2025 [Symposiums]

Impending Changes in the U.S.-China Relationship and Regional Implications

Events

February 3, 2025 [Symposiums]

Economic Security, US-Japan Cooperation and the Future of Globalized Production (Summary)

Articles

January 31, 2025 [RIETI Report]

Japan and the Second Trump Administration

Papers

January 31, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Diminishing Impact of Exchange Rates on China’s Exports

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou)

Papers

January 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Diminishing Impact of Exchange Rates on China’s Exports

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou)

Papers

January 30, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Geography of Knowledge Production: Connecting islands and ideas

Andrew B. BERNARD (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, CEP, CEPR & NBER) / Andreas MOXNES (BI Norwegian School of Business & CEPR) / SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Events

January 29, 2025 [Symposiums]

A Supply-Side View on Japan's Economy and Prices over the Past 25 Years

Events

January 29, 2025 [Symposiums]

Strategic Scenario Analysis for Economic Security: Enhancing corporate resilience through tabletop exercises (TTXs) (Handout and Video)

Papers

January 29, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Exploring the Effectiveness of Web-based Psychoeducation on Imagery Rescripting Techniques for Workplace Stress: A randomized controlled trial

URATANI Akane (Chiba University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KURITA Kohei (Osaka University / Chiba University) / MATSUTOMO Mie (Chiba University) / SHIKO Yuki (Chiba University) / SHIMIZU Eiji (Chiba University)

Papers

January 28, 2025 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

U.S. Semiconductor Export Restrictions on China and the Scope of the WTO Security Exception: “Small yard, high fence” or “as large of a lead as possible”?

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 27, 2025 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How Will Trump's Comeback Affect Global Trade?

MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

January 23, 2025 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Uncertainty and Japan’s Economy: Measurement, impact, and responses

Written by MORIKAWA Masayuki

Papers

January 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Female Workers and Firms’ Productivity and Wages

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

January 22, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Multinational Firm Innovation and Affiliate Sourcing Decisions

Eric BOND (Vanderbilt University) / HOANG Trang (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) / MA Yan (Kobe University) / MAKIOKA Ryo (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

January 20, 2025 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Impact of Inflation on the U.S. Stock Market after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Events

January 17, 2025 [Symposiums]

For Practice and Implementation of EBPM

Articles

January 17, 2025 [RIETI Report]

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Macroeconomic Productivity

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

January 16, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Railway Expansion Reduces Carbon Emissions by Shifting Road Traffic to Railways

YOO Sunbin (Kyushu University) / KUMAGAI Junya (Fukuoka University) / MATSUSHIMA Hiroshi (Australian National University) / Madhu KHANNA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) / MANAGI Shunsuke (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

January 15, 2025 [Column]

Generative AI and Knowledge Creation: New management issues revealed by the Survey on Standardization Activities (2021)

TAMURA Suguru (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

January 15, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Science Parks in Taiwan and Their Value-adding Contributions

FUKUGAWA Nobuya (Tohoku University) / CHANG Kuo-I (National Chung-Hsing University)

Papers

January 15, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Japan's Contribution to Global Food Security

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

Papers

January 15, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Policies to Prevent Rice Turmoil

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

Papers

January 15, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Economic Analysis of a Turmoil Caused by Rice Shortage

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

Papers

January 14, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on Foreign Direct Investment from China, the United States, and Major Investor Countries

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / Sean BROWN (Waseda University)

Papers

January 14, 2025 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Toward Better Supply Chains and Industrial Policy amid Economic Security Concerns

TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

January 14, 2025 [Workshops]

A New Era of Unsolicited Takeovers in Japan

Articles

January 14, 2025 [VoxEU Column]

The impact of artificial intelligence on macroeconomic productivity

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

January 10, 2025 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Economic Security and Prosperity (Summary)

Articles

January 9, 2025 [China in Transition]

The Role of Institutions in China's Economic Development
- Inspired by the discussion in Why Nations Fail? -

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

Publications

January 9, 2025 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Transforming the Japanese Economy through Investment: How to make the most of “Amateur Capitalism” to escape Japan’s long-term stagnation

Written by MIYAGAWA Tsutomu

Papers

January 9, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Partial Cross-ownership and Merger Control in International Trade

Arghya GHOSH (University of New South Wales) / MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Gakushuin University)

Papers

January 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Heterogeneous Effects of Retirement on Health: Evidence from Japan

XIE Mingjia (Liaoning University) / YIN Ting (Fellow, RIETI) / USUI Emiko (Hitotsubashi University) / ZHANG Yi (Central University of Finance and Economics)

Articles

January 8, 2025 [Column]

Suggestions for Developing Healthcare and Nursing Care Systems in Post-2025 Society

AOYAMA Tatsufumi (Consulting fellow, RIETI)

Papers

January 8, 2025 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Telework in Japan: An overview from micro data of a Large Statistical Survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Articles

January 8, 2025 [Column]

Keys to Successful Regional Revitalization 2.0

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting fellow, RIETI)

Events

January 8, 2025 [Symposiums]

Perspectives of EBPM from Social Impact Assessment: Focusing on the Why and What

Articles

January 7, 2025 [From IZA]

The effects of minimum wages on youth employment, unemployment, and income
Minimum wages reduce entry-level jobs, training, and lifetime income

Charlene Marie KALENKOSKI (James Madison University, USA, and IZA, Germany)

Events

January 7, 2025 [Symposiums]

Weaponised Economics and Restoring Economics in the Global Order

Articles

January 7, 2025 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Leveraging AI to navigate ‘deglobalisation’

Thiemo FETZER (Affiliate, Professor of Economics at University Of Bonn, Theme Leader for Globalisation and Global Crises, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE); Professor of Economics at University Of Warwick) / Peter LAMBERT (PhD candidate in Economics at London School Of Economics And Political Science) / Bennet FELD (MRes/PhD student in the Department of Economics at the London School of Economics) / Prashant GARG (PhD student at Imperial College London)

Papers

December 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Inflation on the U.S. Stock Market after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Together or Apart? Eco-friendly location under fiscal competition

HIGASHIDA Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University) / OKOSHI Hirofumi (Okayama University)

Events

December 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

Strategic Scenario Analysis for Economic Security: Enhancing corporate resilience through tabletop exercises (TTXs)

Papers

December 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Occupational Skills and the Gender Gap in Individual Annual Wage Income: Similarities and differences between Japan and the United States in the mechanisms of mediation

YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 24, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Economic Security in Japan: Evolution, context and emerging questions

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 23, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Restructuring of Global Values Chains: An analysis of Japanese multinationals’ exits from China

Ivan DESEATNICOV (HSE University) / FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)

Papers

December 23, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Verification of Elemental Technologies for Anomaly Detection in Crypto Asset Transactions

IKEDA Yuichi (Kyoto University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HATSUDA Tetsuo (RIKEN) / HIDAKA Yoshimasa (Kyoto University) / SHIRAI Tomoyuki (Kyushu University) / SOUMA Wataru (Rissho University) / IYETOMI Hiroshi (Rissho University) / Abhijit CHAKRABORTY (Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research / RIKEN) / FUJIHARA Akihiro (Chiba Institute of Technology) / NAKAYAMA Yasushi (SBI Financial and Economic Research Institute Co. Ltd) / ARAI Yuta (Reitaku University) / Krongtum SANKAEWTONG (Kyoto University)

Publications

December 20, 2024 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Research on Food Security: Preparing for impending food supply disruptions

Written by YAMASHITA Kazuhito

Papers

December 20, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Female Workers and Firms’ Productivity and Wages

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

December 20, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Macroeconomic Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Productivity: An estimate from a survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

December 20, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Economic Security in Japan: Evolution, context and emerging questions

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 20, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Macroeconomic Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robots on Productivity: An estimate from a survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Articles

December 20, 2024 [RIETI Report]

RIETI Highlight English Edition 2024

Events

December 20, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Unexpected Consequences of GenAI for Globalization (Handout and Video)

Articles

December 19, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenges in Taxing Financial Income: The need to devise a method while not hindering economic activity

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 19, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

U.S. Export Controls and the Restructuring of Global Values Chains: An analysis of Japanese multinationals’ exits from China

Ivan DESEATNICOV (HSE University) / FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)

Papers

December 19, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (English)]

Economic Statecraft in Securing Australia’s Future

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 19, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Performance of Japanese Medium-sized Firms

KIM YoungGak (Senshu University)

Papers

December 19, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Policy-making Process of Japan’s Industrial Competitiveness Policies

WATANABE Junko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 19, 2024 [Policy Update]

The Diminishing Impact of Exchange Rates on China’s Exports

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

December 18, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Labor Market Outcomes for Doctoral Graduates in Japan: Evidence from a large statistical survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

December 18, 2024 [Symposiums]

Toward Innovative and Sustainable Growth

Publications

December 17, 2024 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Parenting with Scientific Evidence: The frontline of education economics

Written by NAKAMURO Makiko

About RIETI

December 16, 2024 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow KONDO Ayako Wins Prestigious Jiro Enjoji Memorial Prize

Events

December 16, 2024 [Symposiums]

Uncertainty and Japan’s Economy

Articles

December 16, 2024 [Policy Update]

The Future of the Information Industry and Japan’s Strengths

KANAZASHI Hisashi (Director, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI) / IKEUCHI Kenta (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / Moderator: FUKUDA Kazunori (Coordinator for International Affairs, RIETI)

Articles

December 16, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Incomplete Regulatory Reform: Enhancing transparency in dismissal through monetary settlements

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 16, 2024 [Column]

The Role of Standards as Knowledge Information (From the Perspective of Economic Security)

TAMURA Suguru (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 13, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Pros and cons of Prime Minister Ishiba's policy to strengthen taxation on financial income

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Trump-proofing economic security in Asia

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Australia’s economic security depends crucially on working with Asia

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Australia’s energy transition collides with Japan’s energy security

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

December 10, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Monetary policy in response to tariff shocks

Paul BERGIN (Professor of Economics at University of California, Davis) / Giancarlo CORSETTI (Pierre Werner Chair and Joint Professor, Department of Economics and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at European University Institute)

Papers

December 10, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Long-term Heterogeneous Effects of a Mega Natural Disaster on Physical Health Capital Accumulation among School-aged Children

YUDA Michio (Research Associate, RIETI)

Papers

December 10, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Challenges and Current Initiatives of Regional Financial Institutions Supporting Local Businesses and Communities: A Summary of the 2023 Survey on the Status and Issues of Regional Finance for the Sustainable Development of Local Businesses

YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / AIZAWA Tomoko (Nihon University) / ASAI Yoshihiro (Meiji University) / UNNO Shingo (Okayama University) / OZAKI Yasufumi (Kushiro Public University of Economics) / OJIMA Masao (Kobe University) / KONDO Kazumine (Aichi Gakuin University) / TSUBUKU Masashi (Senshu University) / TOMIMURA Kei (Aichi University) / NAGATA Kunikazu (Nagano Prefectural University) / HASHIMOTO Toshihiro (Aichi Gakuin University) / HARIMAYA Kozo (Ritsumeikan University)

Papers

December 9, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Content-based Metric on Monetary Policy Uncertainty by Using Large Language Models

ITO Arata (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SATO Masahiro (Tohoku University) / OTA Rui (Meiji University)

Papers

December 9, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Productivity J-curve from an International Perspective: Is the U.S. a unique case?

Ahmed BOUNFOUR (Université Paris-Saclay) / EDAMURA Kazuma (Kanagawa University) / ISHIKAWA Takayuki (Rissho University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Alberto NONNIS (Université Paris-Saclay) / TONOGI Konomi (Rissho University)

Events

December 9, 2024 [Workshops]

Navigating the Digital Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

Articles

December 6, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Future Design and Industrial Innovation

HARA Keishiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

December 2, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Unexpected Consequences of GenAI for Globalization

Articles

November 29, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Current Macroeconomics Incorporating Individual Heterogeneity

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

Events

November 29, 2024 [Symposiums]

Economic Security, US-Japan Cooperation and the Future of Globalized Production

Events

November 29, 2024 [Symposiums]

New Economic Statecraft in the Asia-Pacific

Papers

November 28, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Evolution of the Roles and Functions of Design Organizations

WASHIDA Yuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HIGO Ai (Research Assistant, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University)

Papers

November 28, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Design Organization KPI: Examination and utilization

WASHIDA Yuichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / HIGO Ai (Research Assistant, RIETI / Hitotsubashi University)

Articles

November 26, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Elementary School Academic Performance Improves through the Enhancement of the Quality of Early Childhood Education

NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / FUJISAWA Keiko (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University)

Articles

November 26, 2024 [Policy Update]

Future Design and Industrial Innovation

HARA Keishiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

November 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

Japan and the Second Trump Administration (Handout and Video)

Papers

November 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Climate Change−Energy Security Nexus in ASEAN: Quantitative text analysis using energy ministerial meeting statements

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IWASAKI Fusanori (Consulting Fellow ,RIETI)

Events

November 25, 2024 [BBL Seminars]

A Week Before the U.S. Election: Who is up, who is down?

Bruce STOKES (Visiting Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Events

November 22, 2024 [Symposiums]

Female Students Entering the Sciences: What is Japan’s Strategy? An exhaustive survey of all prefectures and analysis

Events

November 22, 2024 [Symposiums]

Security of Energy Transitions

Articles

November 22, 2024 [RIETI Report]

The Next Phase of Australia and Japan's Economic Security Policies

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

November 21, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

AI Use by Japanese Firms: Descriptive analysis using RIETI’s questionnaire survey

MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIM Young Gak (Senshu University)

Papers

November 19, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Market Reaction to News Flows in Supply Chain Networks

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

Articles

November 18, 2024 [China in Transition]

Foreign Companies' Accelerated Withdrawal from China
- A Catalyst for Global Business Restructuring -

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

Articles

November 18, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What Is the Role of the Global South in Times of Turmoil?

Participant: Rizal SUKMA (Senior fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)) / Participant: Neha GUPTA (International trade expert, and visiting fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)) / Participant: KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / Moderator: TOYODA Masakazu (President of the Institute of Development Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO), and professor emeritus at Keio University in Japan)

Papers

November 15, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Interviews in Patent Examination

YAMAUCHI Isamu (Research Associate, RIETI)

Events

November 15, 2024 [Workshops]

Critical Minerals and Trade in South East Asia: Regional Dynamics in a Global Context

Events

November 15, 2024 [Workshops]

What the Shift to Digital Services Means for the World: Changing patterns in global trade

Papers

November 15, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Disruption Risk Evaluation on a Large-scale Production Network with Establishments and Products

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

About RIETI

November 14, 2024 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Faculty Fellow NIREI Makoto’s Book was Awarded the 67th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

Events

November 13, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Present and Future of Design Organizations in Corporate Management

Events

November 12, 2024 [Symposiums]

Japan and the Second Trump Administration

Articles

November 8, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Shifting Global Technology Landscape: Current position of Japan as indicated by the "Critical Technology Tracker"

MATSUMOTO Rie (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 8, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Prospects and Challenges for the Ishiba Administration: The core issue of achieving sustainable real wage increases

HOSONO Kaoru (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

November 8, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Cognitive Constraints Create a Bubble?

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

November 6, 2024 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook “Global Prospects and Policies: Policy pivot, rising threats”

About RIETI

November 6, 2024 [Public Relations]

RIETI Highlight English Edition 2024

Articles

November 6, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Institutions and prosperity: The 2024 Nobel laureates

Melissa DELL (Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard University)

Papers

October 31, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Quantifying the Differences in Innovation Processes in China, Japan and the United States by Document Level Concordance between Patents and Web Contents

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

Events

October 30, 2024 [Symposiums]

A Week Before the U.S. Election: Who is up, who is down? (Handout and Video)

Papers

October 30, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Impact of Second Job Experience on Main Job Performance: An analysis focusing on task distance using the Japanese O-NET -

KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KUME Koichi (Toyo University)

Articles

October 29, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Uncertainty Shocks Caused by Unstable Politics

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

October 29, 2024 [Symposiums]

EV Market in ASEAN: Policies, current status & a framework of possible outlook (Handout and Video)

About RIETI

October 29, 2024 [Recent Activities]

RIETI Non-Resident Fellow Shiro ARMSTRONG was Awarded the Highest Honor of the 20th Nakasone Yasuhiro Award

Papers

October 29, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Use of Artificial Intelligence and Productivity: Evidence from firm and worker surveys

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

October 25, 2024 [Symposiums]

Why Has Real Wage Been Stagnant in Japanese Labor Markets Even After the COVID-19 Crisis Cooled Down?

Articles

October 25, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Characteristics of Companies and Workers that Support Industrial Policy

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Articles

October 23, 2024 [Column]

Characteristics of Companies and Workers that Support Industrial Policy

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

October 23, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Impact of Trade Disruption with China on the Japanese Economy

FUJII Daisuke (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Articles

October 22, 2024 [East Asian Economic Strategies]

The Next Phase of Australia and Japan's Economic Security Policies

ARMSTRONG, Shiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 22, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Effect of the Support Policy for Promotional Activities of Local Shopping Streets - Evidence from temporary suspension of the “GoTo Shotengai” policy -

ARAKI Shota (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / TANAKA Momoka (University of Tokyo)

Events

October 17, 2024 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Economic Security and Prosperity (Handouts and Video)

Events

October 16, 2024 [Symposiums]

Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry from an International Perspective

Papers

October 16, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Civic Virtue: Income level in adulthood vs. sociality acquisition in childhood

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

Papers

October 15, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Independent Self-employed Worker Status and Worker Performance

KUME Koichi (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Toyo University)

Papers

October 11, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics Proficiency and College Enrollment in Science and Engineering

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

Articles

October 11, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Key Issues in Economic Analysis in an Increasingly Turbulent Security Environment

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and CRO, RIETI)

Events

October 8, 2024 [Symposiums]

A Week Before the U.S. Election: Who is up, who is down?

Events

October 8, 2024 [Workshops]

Towards a Reset in EU-UK Relations?

Articles

October 8, 2024 [From IZA]

Estimating the return to schooling using the Mincer equation
The Mincer equation gives comparable estimates of the average monetary Returns of one additional year of education

Harry Anthony PATRINOS (World Bank and University of Arkansas, USA)

Articles

October 4, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

To comply or not to comply: Understanding neutral country supply chain responses to Russian sanctions

LI Haishi "Harry" (Assistant Professor of Economics at University Of Hong Kong) / LI Zhi (PhD student at Chinese University Of Hong Kong) / PARK Ziho (Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University) / WANG Yulin (PhD student at University Of Hong Kong) / WU Jing (Associate Professor, Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at Chinese University Of Hong Kong)

Papers

October 4, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

How Oil Prices Impact the Taiwanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

October 4, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

How Oil Prices Impact the Indonesian and South Korean Economies: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 3, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

AI to Qualitatively Improve Job Offers and Applications

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

October 3, 2024 [Column]

Shifting Global Technology Landscape: Current position of Japan as indicated by the "Critical Technology Tracker"

MATSUMOTO Rie (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

October 2, 2024 [RIETI Books (English)]

Rethinking Japanese Economic Policy at the Turn of the 21st Century

Edited by TAKEDA Haruhiko, WATANABE Junko

Events

October 1, 2024 [Symposiums]

The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Issues and Prospects

Articles

September 30, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Challenges for Japan’s Trade Policy: Rebuilding a Rules-Based International Order & Resilient Supply Chains with the Global South

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OBA Mie (Professor, Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University) / INOMATA Satoshi (Doctor, Chief Senior Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO) / Moderator: TOYODA Masakazu (Chairman & CEO, Japan Economic Foundation)

Events

September 30, 2024 [Symposiums]

EV Market in ASEAN: Policies, current status & a framework of possible outlook

Papers

September 30, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Evaluation of the Impacts of Trade Restrictions between China and Japan

TAKEDA Shiro (Kyoto Sangyo University) / HIGASHIDA Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University) / YOMOGIDA Morihiro (Sophia University)

Articles

September 30, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Can Labor Market Reform Be Accelerated? Policies to enhance human capital investment

OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

About RIETI

September 27, 2024 [Public Relations]

RIETI Annual Report 2023

Articles

September 26, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: SME classification standard under the Corporation Tax Act should be revised

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

September 25, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

What is an Ideal Election System? System design could be key to resolving intergenerational inequity

OGURO Kazumasa (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 25, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Taiwan’s Regulations on Economic Exchanges with China and China’s Responses: Implications for China and Taiwan’s accession to the CPTPP

ITO Shingo (Institute for International Economic Studies) / KAWAKAMI Momoko (Kanagawa University)

Articles

September 20, 2024 [RIETI Report]

The Russian sanctions and dollar foreign exchange reserves

Robert N MCCAULEY (Nonresident senior fellow, Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, Associate Member, Faculty of History at University Of Oxford) / Menzie David CHINN (Professor, the University of Wisconsin) / ITO Hiroyuki (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

September 20, 2024 [Column]

Industrial Policies and International Rules: What industrial policies are permissible and to what extent?

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 19, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The Practice of Evidence-Based Policymaking in the United States Federal Government

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 18, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Oil Prices Impact the Taiwanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 18, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Oil Prices Impact the Indonesian and South Korean Economies: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Events

September 17, 2024 [Symposiums]

The 2024 US Presidential Election and the Future of the International Order

Articles

September 12, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

American Shuntō —Japanese lessons on the limits of symbolic outreach to labor

Chris GRISWOLD (Policy Director, American Compass)

Articles

September 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

FY2024 Strategic Energy Plan: Being cost conscious regarding decarbonization investments

OHASHI Hiroshi (Program director / Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

September 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Trade Rules & the WTO – Present & Future

NAKATOMI Michitaka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

September 10, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Aging Farmers and the Role of Community in Adaptation to Extreme Temperature Effects on Crop Yields

KO Yi-Chun (Asian Growth Research Institute) / UCHIDA Shinsuke (Nagoya City University) / HIBIKI Akira (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

September 6, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Robots and wage polarisation

ADACHI Daisuke (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Events

September 5, 2024 [Symposiums]

The World's Best Human Capital Management Classroom

Events

September 4, 2024 [Symposiums]

JAPAN UPDATE 2024

Articles

September 4, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Confronting low fertility rates and population decline

David BLOOM (Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University) / Michael KUHN (Program Director of Economic Frontiers, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Wittgenstein Centre for Global Human Capital at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) / Klaus PRETTNER (Professor of Economics at Wu Vienna University Of Economics And Business)

Articles

September 3, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Asia-Pacific Regional Integration in the Age of Economic Security

KATADA Saori N. (University of Southern California)

Articles

September 2, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Economic consequences of US-China technological decoupling: An illustrative quantitative analysis

JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OZAWA Shunya (Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, University Of Tokyo)

Articles

August 30, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Japan’s ambitious semiconductor plan

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

August 30, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

The Evolution of the European Union's China Strategy: Challenges in an era of economic security

TSURUOKA Michito (Keio University)

Articles

August 30, 2024 [China in Transition]

China's Vision for Promoting "New Quality Productive Forces"
-Integrating cutting-edge technology with industry

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

Articles

August 29, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Navigating the economic shifts of yen depreciation in Japan

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

August 29, 2024 [Column]

Key Issues in Economic Analysis in an Increasingly Turbulent Security Environment

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and CRO, RIETI)

Events

August 28, 2024 [Symposiums]

An Asian Agenda for Economic Security and Prosperity

Events

August 27, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Ongoing Increase in Capital Investment and its Background

Papers

August 26, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Propagation of Overseas Economic Shocks through Global Supply Chains: Firm-level evidence

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

Articles

August 23, 2024 [RIETI Report]

The Cost of Conflict: Economic implications of a Taiwan military crisis

Papers

August 22, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Impact of Technological Decoupling between the United States and China on Trade and Welfare

JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OZAWA Shunya (Kyoto University)

Articles

August 22, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

A New Phase of the U.S.-China Trade War: Japan should support the order through cooperation with emerging countries

KIMURA Fukunari (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

August 21, 2024 [Symposiums]

Considering Japan’s future after 100 years of population decline– The future of Japan’s regions, cities and families

Articles

August 19, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Robots and wage polarisation

ADACHI Daisuke (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Articles

August 14, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Fostering Doctoral Talent Represents Effective Investment in Human Capital

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Articles

August 9, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Why Do Working Environment Improvement Measures Contribute Little to Female Labor Participation?

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

Events

August 8, 2024 [Symposiums]

Advancing Regional Economic Cooperation: Developments and perceptions in APEC (Handout and Video)

Articles

August 8, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

U.S.-China Trade War Entering a New Phase: Japan should pursue CPTPP expansion and cooperation

KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

August 8, 2024 [Symposiums]

Research and Development in Generative AI and its Future Direction

Papers

August 7, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Are Digital Services Taxes Consistent with Double Tax Conventions? A critical assessment of a comment by Philip Baker

FUCHI Keigo (Kobe University, Graduate School of Law)

Publications

August 7, 2024 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry

Written and edited by NAGAOKA Sadao

Articles

August 6, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

The Russian sanctions and dollar foreign exchange reserves

Robert N MCCAULEY (Nonresident senior fellow, Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, Associate Member, Faculty of History at University Of Oxford) / Menzie David CHINN (Professor, the University of Wisconsin) / ITO Hiro (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

August 5, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The global semiconductor talent crunch: How protectionism backfired

Mehmet CANAYAZ (Assistant Professor of Finance, Smeal College of Business at Penn State University) / Isil EREL (David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance at The Ohio State University) / Umit GURUN (Stan Liebowitz Professor of Finance and Accounting at University Of Texas At Dallas)

Articles

July 26, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Economic Security and Geopolitics: Insights into Japan-Korea cooperation based on "Economic Security Indicators"

Papers

July 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Markups and Pass-through along the Supply Chains

KAWAKUBO Takafumi (University of Tokyo) / SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)

Papers

July 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Do Firms Respond to Supply Chain Disruptions? Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake

KAWAKUBO Takafumi (University of Tokyo) / SUZUKI Takafumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)

Events

July 25, 2024 [Workshops]

The Indispensable Partner? India and the geopolitics of global trade

Papers

July 24, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Robots and Wage Polarization: The effects of robot capital by occupation

ADACHI Daisuke (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Articles

July 24, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insights: Will inflation really make Japan’s fiscal position more sound?

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 23, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

How Oil Prices Impact the Japanese and South Korean Economies: Evidence from the stock market and implications for renewable energy
(Previous title) How Oil Prices Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 23, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

The return to overseas visits by political leaders: Evidence from Japanese yen loan procurement auctions

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI) / OHMURA Hanako (Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics at Kyoto University) / KUSHIMA Kaori (Assistant Professor, School of Policy Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University)

Papers

July 23, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

How Oil Prices Impact the Japanese and South Korean Economies: Evidence from the stock market and implications for renewable energy
(Previous title) How Oil Prices Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 23, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Deepening of Evidence-Based Policy Making in the UK: Centred on the Evaluation Task Force

KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIYAMA Yu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAWASE Hitoshi (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) / ODANI Yuki (Digital Agency)

Events

July 18, 2024 [Symposiums]

White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2024

Events

July 18, 2024 [Symposiums]

Advancing Regional Economic Cooperation: Developments and perceptions in APEC

Articles

July 18, 2024 [Policy Update]

Interview with new Chairman: Aiming for one of the highest levels of research in Asia with a priority on policy contribution

FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)

Articles

July 18, 2024 [Policy Update]

Interview with the new President: Prospects for RIETI's Sixth Research Plan: Bridging research and policy

TOMIURA Eiichi (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI)

Papers

July 17, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Forecast Dispersion and Forecast Errors across Firms and Time

KAWABATA Hatsu (Keio University) / SENGA Tatsuro (Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI)

Articles

July 17, 2024 [Column]

Why Do Working Environment Improvement Measures Contribute Little to Female Labor Participation?

LIU Yang (Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

July 16, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Subtle Completed Fertility Recovery in Cohorts Who Entered the Labor Market during the Deep Recession in Japan

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 12, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Future of Global Trade Order and Economic Security

Articles

July 11, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Toward Revival of the Japanese Economy: Technological innovation, rather than demographics, is the key to the future

YAMAGUCHI Hirohide (Chairman of the Advisory Board, Nikko Research Center) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

July 11, 2024 [Symposiums]

Economic Security - A German perspective (Handout and Video)

Papers

July 9, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Growth Factors of Japanese Startups: Resource-based view analysis

HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / João Carlos FERRAZ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

Papers

July 9, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Future Directions for Cooperation among Like-minded Countries to Operationalize DFFT with a Focus on Government Access

FUJII Kojiro (Nishimura & Asahi) / MUROMACHI Shunya (Nishimura & Asahi)

Events

July 9, 2024 [Symposiums]

New Directions in American Economic Statecraft (Video)

Events

July 8, 2024 [Symposiums]

Unlocking the Future with Fungi and Mushrooms: New and future developments in microbial utilization - Mycotechnology

Events

July 5, 2024 [Symposiums]

What Companies Can Do to Eliminate the Gender Wage Gap - Information Disclosure and the Use of People Analytics

Articles

July 3, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

“Coordination Failure” in Economic Policy Management

KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 2, 2024 [From IZA]

Unemployment benefits and unemployment
The challenge of unemployment benefits is to protect workers while minimizing undesirable side effects

Robert MOFFITT (Johns Hopkins University, USA, and IZA, Germany) / Wonsik KO (Johns Hopkins University)

Articles

July 2, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

How to Support the “Job Market Ice Age Generation”: Expand welfare and dispel concern over old age

KONDO Ayako (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

July 1, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

The power of treating inequality as an externality

Morten Nyborg STØSTAD (Postdoctoral scholar at Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley)

Events

July 1, 2024 [Workshops]

Car Wars (Part 2) – Electric Vehicles, China and the EU

Events

June 28, 2024 [Symposiums]

How Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will Change the Economy and Society

Articles

June 28, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Conditions for a Breakout from Stagnated Personal Consumption: Redistribution placing emphasis on the working generation

UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 28, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Data Uncovers Xi Jinping's Policy Agenda: How has the concentration of power changed policy?

LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University) / ITO Asei (University of Tokyo) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 27, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Merits and Demerits of Stock Price Targeting

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 26, 2024 [Policy Update]

Data Uncovers Xi Jinping's Policy Agenda: How has the concentration of power changed policy?

LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University) / ITO Asei (University of Tokyo) / ZHANG Hongyong (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Events

June 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

Economic Security and Geopolitics: Insights into Japan-Korea cooperation based on "Economic Security Indicators" (Video)

Events

June 25, 2024 [Symposiums]

White Paper on Manufacturing Industries 2024

Events

June 24, 2024 [Symposiums]

Economic Security - A German perspective

Publications

June 21, 2024 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Quantitative Macroeconomics and Numerical Computation

Written by KITAO Sagiri, SUNAGAWA Takeki, YAMADA Tomoaki

Events

June 19, 2024 [Symposiums]

Future of Global Trade Order and Economic Security (Summary)

Papers

June 19, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

The History of Industrial Cooperation and International Industrial Policy in Post-war Japan: A text analysis based on minutes of the National Diet proceedings

AMBASHI Masahito (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / IWASAKI Fusanori (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

June 19, 2024 [Workshops]

Car Wars (Part 1) – The US, China and Electric Vehicles

Papers

June 18, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Do Traditional Models or the Dominant Currency Paradigm Explain China’s Export Behavior?

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)

Papers

June 18, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Do Traditional Models or the Dominant Currency Paradigm Explain China’s Export Behavior?

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)

Articles

June 18, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Productivity Stagnation Factors and Countermeasures: Exploring new strategies for well-being

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KIUCHI Yasuhiro (Senior Principal Researcher, Japan Productivity Center)

Events

June 18, 2024 [Symposiums]

Trends in EBPM in the U.K. and the U.S. and Examples of Public-Private Collaboration in Japan

Articles

June 18, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Effects of AI Use on Productivity

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

June 18, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Uncertainty in Economists’ Macroeconomic Forecasts

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

June 17, 2024 [Symposiums]

2024 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan / 2024 White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan

Events

June 17, 2024 [Symposiums]

Japan's Energy Policy from the Energy White Paper: The growing global risks surrounding energy, and what Japan should be aiming for

Articles

June 14, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Reexamining the Eventual Extinction of Japan’s Municipalities: What do 40-years of recent data tell us?

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 14, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Economic Insight: Japan's economic and fiscal challenges as indicated by the current account balance

SATO Motohiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

June 13, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

How geopolitics is changing trade

Costanza BOSONE (PhD candidate at University Of Pavia, PhD candidate at University School Of Advanced Studies (IUSS) - Pavia) / Ernest DAUTOVIĆ (Supervisor at European Central Bank) / Michael FIDORA (Consultant at European Central Bank) / Giovanni STAMATO (Consultant at European Central Bank)

Articles

June 13, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

The Approaching “World with Interest Rates”: Drastic restructuring required for financially distressed companies

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

June 13, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Family Labor, Enforcement, and Product Quality: Evidence from the Lao textile industry

SAWADA Yasuyuki (University of Tokyo) / TANAKA Mari (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Events

June 12, 2024 [Symposiums]

New Directions in American Economic Statecraft

Events

June 11, 2024 [Workshops]

Geopolitical Risks and Supply Chains: The Case of Japan and China

Events

June 11, 2024 [Symposiums]

CBAM and Carbon Pricing: Forging fair paths to climate stability
How will the EU's CBAM affect global trade, economic inequality, emissions reduction, and international cooperation on carbon pricing? (Video)

Events

June 11, 2024 [Symposiums]

CBAM and Carbon Pricing: Forging fair paths to climate stability
How will the EU's CBAM affect global trade, economic inequality, emissions reduction, and international cooperation on carbon pricing?

Events

June 11, 2024 [Workshops]

The Impact of Geopolitics on Asian Economies―Semiconductor Industry

Papers

June 11, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Founder-CEO Resistance and Ambition: An empirical analysis of firm survival in Japanese junior stock markets

HONJO Yuji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / IKEDA Yuya (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) / KURIHARA Koki (Chuo University)

Articles

June 10, 2024 [Policy Update]

Reexamining the Eventual Extinction of Japan’s Municipalities: What do 40-years of recent data tell us?

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Events

June 4, 2024 [Symposiums]

Economic Security and Geopolitics: Insights into Japan-Korea cooperation based on "Economic Security Indicators"

Articles

May 31, 2024 [China in Transition]

Strengthening National Security Has Become a Top Priority for the Xi Jinping Administration
—Can it be compatible with economic development?

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

Articles

May 31, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Intelligent Unilateralism is the Right Response to Geopolitical Rivalry

Simon J. EVENETT (Professor of International Trade at University Of St Gallen)

Papers

May 28, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Current State of Telework: An overview based on micro data of the Employment Status Survey

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

May 27, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Labor Market Outcomes for Doctoral Graduates

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

May 21, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Size of Major Currency Zones and Their Determinants

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

Papers

May 17, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Literature Review of Cultural Heritage Economics - Focus on theoretical research of built heritage -

YAMADA Keigo (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Events

May 13, 2024 [Workshops]

Mexico and Brazil - Trading Up?

Papers

May 13, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Analyzing Childcare Quality: Impacts on child development and parental mental health, and effectiveness of professional development

FUJISAWA Keiko K. (Keio University) / FUKAI Taiyo (Gakushuin University) / LE Quang Chien (Keio University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

May 13, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Return to Overseas Visits by Political Leaders: Evidence from Japanese yen loan procurement auctions

NISHITATENO Shuhei (Research Associate, RIETI)

Articles

May 13, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Not a ‘side dish’: New industrial policy and competition

Cristina CAFFARRA (Honorary Professor at University College London) / Nathaniel LANE (Associate Professor, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Associate Professor at University Of Oxford)

Articles

May 10, 2024 [RIETI Report]

The impact of exchange rates on Japan’s machinery exports since 1990

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

May 9, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

Intelligent Unilateralism is the Right Response to Geopolitical Rivalry

Simon J. EVENETT (Professor of International Trade at University Of St Gallen)

Publications

May 9, 2024 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

Academic Achievement and Happiness

Written and edited by NISHIMURA Kazuo and YAGI Tadashi

Papers

May 8, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Trends in the Energy Policy of the Republic of South Africa - carbon neutrality, the power sector, and hydrogen -

NAKANISHI Tasuku (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

May 8, 2024 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Japan's Economic Policy: How to overcome the Lost 30 Years

Written by KOBAYASHI Keiichiro

Publications

May 7, 2024 [Other Publications (Japanese)]

Macroeconomic Dynamics: Understanding the origins of business cycles

Written by NIREI Makoto

Papers

May 7, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Nonlinear Relationship between the Number of Children and Late-life Cognition

BAI Yuting (Hunan University) / MARUYAMA Shiko (Jinan University) / WANG Si (Hunan University)

Events

April 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

World Economic Outlook “Steady but Slow: Resilience amid divergence”

Events

April 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

Southeast Asia & Japan – The good, the bad & the ugly (Handout and Video)

Events

April 26, 2024 [Symposiums]

Future of Global Trade Order and Economic Security (Handouts and Video)

Articles

April 26, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Cascades of tax policy through production networks: Evidence from Japan

KOIZUMI Hideto (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Papers

April 26, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Peer Effects in Human Capital Investment Decisions and Gender Differences

WANG Liya (Waseda University) / KAWATA Yuji (Waseda University) / TAKAHASHI Kohei (Waseda University)

Papers

April 25, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Investigating Japan’s Machinery and Equipment Exports after the Global Financial Crisis

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Events

April 24, 2024 [Symposiums]

Successful Case Studies Relating to the Use of Collaborations and Joint Ventures Between Japanese and Foreign Companies in Japan

Papers

April 24, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Drivers of Post-pandemic Currency Movement: Recurring impacts of sovereign risks and oil prices

MASUJIMA Yuki (Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC) / SATO Yuki (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Events

April 24, 2024 [Symposiums]

The Power of the Yen and Currency Strategies of Japanese Firms

Articles

April 24, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

The impact of exchange rates on Japan’s machinery exports since 1990

Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 22, 2024 [Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

A Proposal for a Regional Attractiveness Index Based on Human Flow Data

KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

Publications

April 18, 2024 [RIETI Books (Japanese)]

The Japanese Economy and Policy Challenges in the Post COVID-19 Era

Edited by MORIKAWA Masayuki

Articles

April 17, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Cascades of tax policy through production networks: Evidence from Japan

KOIZUMI Hideto (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)

Papers

April 17, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Middle Managers and Employee Health

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

Papers

April 17, 2024 [Non Technical Summaries]

Multilateral Governance for the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Jacob TAYLOR (The Brookings Institution)

Papers

April 17, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Multilateral Governance for the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence

Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Jacob TAYLOR (The Brookings Institution)

Papers

April 17, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

A Global Minimum Tax for Large Firms Only: Implications for Tax Competition

Andreas HAUFLER (University of Munich) / KATO Hayato (Osaka University)

Papers

April 16, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Uncertainty in Macroeconomic and Wage Outlooks: An individual-level analysis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Papers

April 16, 2024 [Discussion Papers (Japanese)]

Uncertainty in Firms’ Medium-term Forecasts: Before and after the COVID-19 crisis

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

April 15, 2024 [Symposiums]

Japan Re-Emerges? – The NEW Japan Management

Papers

April 12, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Early Disclosure and Patent Value: How do you know that you are a pioneer?

KADOWAKI Makoto (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study) / NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Articles

April 12, 2024 [RIETI Report]

Greetings from the RIETI New Leadership

Papers

April 10, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Trends in National and Local Market Concentration in Japan: 1980-2020

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT)

Papers

April 10, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Personality Traits as Moderators of the Effects of Working Hours on Mental Health

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

Articles

April 8, 2024 [Newspapers & Magazines]

Appropriate Pass-through of Wage Cost Increases to Selling Prices

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Distinguished Senior Fellow (specially appointed), RIETI)

Events

April 8, 2024 [Symposiums]

Southeast Asia & Japan – The good, the bad & the ugly

Articles

April 8, 2024 [Column]

Size of Major Currency Zones and Their Determinants

ITO Hiroyuki (Former Visiting Fellow / Professor of Economics, Portland State University)

Papers

April 8, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Robots on Sale: The effect of tax policy on robot adoption and employment

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

About RIETI

April 5, 2024 [About RIETI]

Greetings from the RIETI Chairman

Articles

April 4, 2024 [From IZA]

The importance of informal learning at work
On-the-job learning is more important for workers’ human capital development than formal training

Andries De GRIP (Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and IZA, Germany)

Articles

April 3, 2024 [Perspectives from Around the World]

A framework for geoeconomics

Christopher CLAYTON (Assistant Professor of Finance at Yale School Of Management) / Matteo MAGGIORI (Moghadam Family Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University) / Jesse SCHREGER (Class of 1967 Associate Professor at Columbia University)

Papers

April 3, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Automation and Offshoring on Wage Inequality in Japan

KIKUCHI Shinnosuke (MIT)

Papers

April 3, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

Revisiting Disability Employment and Firm Productivity in Japan

MATSUMOTO Kodai (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / OKUMURA Yota (LITALICO Partners, Inc) / NAKAMURA Kenta (Kobe University) / MORIMOTO Atsushi (North Asia University / Kobe University) / YUGAMI Kazufumi (Kobe University)

About RIETI

April 2, 2024 [About RIETI]

Greetings from the President of RIETI

Articles

April 2, 2024 [VoxEU Column]

Software automation and teleworkers as complements and substitutes

Richard BALDWIN (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)

Papers

April 2, 2024 [Discussion Papers (English)]

The Management of Knowledge Work

Wouter DESSEIN (Columbia University) / Desmond (Ho-Fu) LO (Santa Clara University) / SHANGGUAN Ruo (Jinan University) / OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)