Overview
With the growth of firms in emerging economies, how to enhance the competitiveness of firms is becoming one of the most important concerns for policy makers and business leaders in Japan. This project attempts to address this issue, using large-scale firm- and plant-level data in Japan. The project consists of the following three main studies:
1) Study on the resource misallocation and productivity distribution of Japanese firms
2) Study on the production and cost structure of Japanese firms
3) Study on the relationship between productivity and firms' entry into export market
Through these studies, we expect that this project provides us with new findings to help the deeper understanding of the competitiveness of Japanese firms and to provide policy implications to enhance the competitiveness of Japanese firms.
April 15, 2013 - March 31, 2015
Major Research Results
2015
RIETI Discussion Papers
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15-E-137
"Product Dynamics and Aggregate Shocks: Evidence from Japanese product and firm level data" (Robert DEKLE, KAWAKAMI Atsushi, KIYOTAKI Nobuhiro and MIYAGAWA Tsutomu)
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15-E-086
"Export Experience, Product Differentiation, and Firm Survival in Export Markets" (INUI Tomohiko, ITO Keiko and MIYAKAWA Daisuke)
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15-E-081
"Market Structure and Entry: Evidence from the intermediate goods market" (NISHITATENO Shuhei)
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15-E-053
"Learning by Export: Does the presence of foreign affiliate companies matter?" (HOSONO Kaoru, MIYAKAWA Daisuke and TAKIZAWA Miho)
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15-J-030
"R&D Tax Credits, Financial Constraints, and R&D Investments" (HOSONO Kaoru, HOTEI Masaki and MIYAKAWA Daisuke)
2014
RIETI Discussion Papers
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15-E-011
"Misallocation and Establishment Dynamics" (HOSONO Kaoru and TAKIZAWA Miho)
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15-E-009
"The Impact of Foreign Firms on Industrial Productivity: A Bayesian-model averaging approach" (TANAKA Kiyoyasu)
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15-E-002
"The Impact of Globalization on Establishment-Level Employment Dynamics in Japan" (KODAMA Naomi and INUI Tomohiko)
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14-E-051
"Disemployment Caused by Foreign Direct Investment? Multinationals and Japanese employment" (KIYOTA Kozo and KAMBAYASHI Ryo)
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15-J-010
"Price, Quality, and Productivity: Reconsidering the determinants of exporting behavior" (MATSUURA Toshiyuki)