Research Programs: Industry Frontiers

Globalization, Innovation, and Competition Policy

Project Leader/Sub-Leader

KAWAHAMA Noboru

KAWAHAMA Noboru (Faculty Fellow)

Leader

Overview

The globalization of the economy has entered a new phase and the importance of competition policy and its effects on innovationas drivers of economic growth is increasingly recognized on an international level. Against this background, today, competition laws are actively enforced not only in the United States and the European Union but also in other jurisdictions all over the world. In Japan, too, pursuing an active competition policy and promoting innovation through that policy are vital to the economy. Therefore, it is important to ask what policy issues might arise in this process and what solutions are available. These questions should be resolved by taking into account the real state of the Japanese economy and the necessity of an internationally harmonized approach to competition policy. The goal of the research project is to present the direction that competition policy should take when globalization and innovation are unprecedentedly emphasized. This interdisciplinary project employs insights from economics and legal studies, as well as lessons obtained through the practice of law and policy.

December 7, 2020 - May 31, 2023

(During the research project period, the research activity period is set from December 7, 2020 to November 30, 2022, and the data usage reporting period is set from December 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023.)

Major Research Results

2022

RIETI Discussion Papers