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March 2012 12-E-017
The Causal Effects of Exporting on Japanese Workers: A firm-level analysis
- TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2012 12-E-016
Determinants of Transport Costs for Inter-regional Trade
- KONISHI Yoko (Fellow, RIETI) /Se-il MUN (Kyoto University) /NISHIYAMA Yoshihiko (Kyoto University) /Ji Eun SUNG (Research Assistant, RIETI / Kyoto University)
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- KONISHI Yoko (Fellow, RIETI) /Se-il MUN (Kyoto University) /NISHIYAMA Yoshihiko (Kyoto University) /Ji Eun SUNG (Research Assistant, RIETI / Kyoto University)
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March 2012 12-E-015
Effects of Privatization on Exporting Decisions: Firm-level evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises
- TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / INUI Tomohiko (Economic and Social Research Institute) / YUAN Yuan (Waseda University)
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March 2012 12-E-014
Strategic Foreign Direct Investment in Vertically Related Markets
- ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /HORIUCHI Eiji (Teikyo University)
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- ISHIKAWA Jota (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /HORIUCHI Eiji (Teikyo University)
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March 2012 12-E-013
The Determinants of Low Marital Fertility in Korea: A comparison with Japan
- YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) /YOUM Yoosik (Yonsei University)
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- YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) /YOUM Yoosik (Yonsei University)
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February 2012 12-E-012
The Global Financial Crisis and Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in Japan: How did they cope with the crisis?
- OGAWA Kazuo (Osaka University) /TANAKA Takanori (Ritsumeikan University)
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- OGAWA Kazuo (Osaka University) /TANAKA Takanori (Ritsumeikan University)
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February 2012 12-E-011
Stock Options and Productivity: An empirical analysis of Japanese firms
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2012 12-E-010
Heterogeneous Multinational Firms and Productivity Gains from Falling FDI Barriers
- Shawn ARITA (University of Hawaii at Manoa) /TANAKA Kiyoyasu (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
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- Shawn ARITA (University of Hawaii at Manoa) /TANAKA Kiyoyasu (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
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February 2012 12-E-009
Postgraduate Education and Human Capital Productivity in Japan
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2012 12-E-008
The Dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin Model: A diagrammatic analysis
- Eric BOND (Vanderbilt University) /IWASA Kazumichi (Kyoto University) /NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- Eric BOND (Vanderbilt University) /IWASA Kazumichi (Kyoto University) /NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 2012 12-E-007
Are Chinese Imports Sensitive to Exchange Rate Changes?
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI) /SMITH, Gordon (Anderson College)
- Download paper [PDF:344KB]
- Non Technical Summary
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI) /SMITH, Gordon (Anderson College)
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January 2012 12-E-006
Analysis of Industrial Agglomeration Patterns: An application to manufacturing industries in Japan
- MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /Tony E. SMITH (University of Pennsylvania)
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- MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /Tony E. SMITH (University of Pennsylvania)
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January 2012 12-E-005
Increasing Returns in Transportation and the Formation of Hubs
- MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- MORI Tomoya (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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January 2012 12-E-004
Dissemination of Regenerative Medicine in Japan: Promoting commercialization under the regulatory system
- KURATA Kenji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /CHOI Youn-Hee (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:1.4MB]
- KURATA Kenji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /CHOI Youn-Hee (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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January 2012 12-E-003
Investigating China's Disaggregated Processed Exports: Evidence that the RMB matters
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- Non Technical Summary
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January 2012 12-E-002
Market Size and Entrepreneurship
- SATO Yasuhiro (Osaka University) /TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /YAMAMOTO Kazuhiro (Osaka University)
- Download paper [PDF:479KB]
- SATO Yasuhiro (Osaka University) /TABUCHI Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /YAMAMOTO Kazuhiro (Osaka University)
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January 2012 12-E-001
Technology and Capital Adjustment Costs: Micro evidence of automobile electronics in the auto-parts suppliers
- UCHIDA Ichihiro (Aichi University) /TAKEDA Yosuke (Sophia University) /SHIRAI Daichi (The Canon Institute for Global Studies)
- Download paper [PDF:862KB]
- UCHIDA Ichihiro (Aichi University) /TAKEDA Yosuke (Sophia University) /SHIRAI Daichi (The Canon Institute for Global Studies)
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December 2011 11-E-081
Entry Barriers, Reallocation, and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing firms
- MURAO Tetsushi (Hitotsubashi University) /NIREI Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:291KB]
- MURAO Tetsushi (Hitotsubashi University) /NIREI Makoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2011 11-E-080
Retirement Process in Japan: New evidence from Japanese Study on Aging and Retirement (JSTAR)
- ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:913KB]
- ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2011 11-E-079
Japan and Economic Integration in East Asia: Post-disaster scenario
- FUJITA Masahisa (President, RIETI) /HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- FUJITA Masahisa (President, RIETI) /HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2011 11-E-078
Employment Protection and Productivity: Evidence from firm-level panel data in Japan
- OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Okayama University) / TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University) / TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2011 11-E-077
What Does a Temporary Help Service Job Offer? Empirical suggestions from a Japanese survey
- OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Okayama University) / OHTAKE Fumio (Osaka University) / KUME Koichi (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business) / TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2011 11-E-076
How Important is Geographical Agglomeration to Factory Efficiency in Japan's Manufacturing Sector?
- FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / Victoria KRAVTSOVA (Hitotsubashi University) / NAKAJIMA Kentaro (Tohoku University)
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December 2011 11-E-075
Labor Market Gender Disparity and Corporate Performance in Japan
- Jordan SIEGEL (Harvard Business School) /KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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- Jordan SIEGEL (Harvard Business School) /KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2011 11-E-074
Thünen and the New Economic Geography
- FUJITA Masahisa (President, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:271KB]
- FUJITA Masahisa (President, RIETI)
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November 2011 11-E-073
Bank Dependence and Financial Constraints on Investment: Evidence from the corporate bond market paralysis in Japan
- UCHINO Taisuke (Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2011 11-E-072
How Much Do R&D Tax Credits Affect R&D Expenditures? Japanese tax credit reform in 2003
- KASAHARA Hiroyuki (University of British Columbia) /SHIMOTSU Katsumi (Hitotsubashi University) /SUZUKI Michio (University of Tokyo)
- Download paper [PDF:486KB]
- KASAHARA Hiroyuki (University of British Columbia) /SHIMOTSU Katsumi (Hitotsubashi University) /SUZUKI Michio (University of Tokyo)
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October 2011 11-E-071
Multinational Corporations, FDI and the East Asian Economic Integration
- Tzu-Han YANG (National Taipei University) /Deng-Shing HUANG (Academia Sinica)
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- Tzu-Han YANG (National Taipei University) /Deng-Shing HUANG (Academia Sinica)
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October 2011 11-E-070
Differentiated Use of Small Business Credit Scoring by Relationship Lenders and Transactional Lenders: Evidence from firm-bank matched data in Japan
- HASUMI Ryo (Japan Center for Economic Research) /HIRATA Hideaki (Hosei University) /ONO Arito (Mizuho Research Institute)
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- HASUMI Ryo (Japan Center for Economic Research) /HIRATA Hideaki (Hosei University) /ONO Arito (Mizuho Research Institute)
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October 2011 11-E-069
The Overseas Subsidiary Activities and Their Impact on the Performance of Japanese Parent Firms
- EDAMURA Kazuma (Tohoku University) /Laura HERING (Erasmus University) /INUI Tomohiko (Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office) /Sandra PONCET (Paris School of Economics / Université de Paris 1 / CEPII)
- Download paper [PDF:240KB]
- EDAMURA Kazuma (Tohoku University) /Laura HERING (Erasmus University) /INUI Tomohiko (Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office) /Sandra PONCET (Paris School of Economics / Université de Paris 1 / CEPII)
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September 2011 11-E-068
Do More Productive Firms Locate New Factories in More Productive Locations?
An empirical analysis based on panel data from Japan's Census of Manufactures- FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /IKEUCHI Kenta (NISTEP) /KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) /KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /IKEUCHI Kenta (NISTEP) /KIM YoungGak (Senshu University) /KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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September 2011 11-E-067
An Estimation of the Inside Bank Premium
- NEMOTO Tadanobu (Chuo University) /OGURA Yoshiaki (Ritsumeikan University) /WATANABE Wako (Keio University)
- Download paper [PDF:380KB]
- NEMOTO Tadanobu (Chuo University) /OGURA Yoshiaki (Ritsumeikan University) /WATANABE Wako (Keio University)
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September 2011 11-E-066
Effect of R&D Tax Credits for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Japan: Evidence from firm-level data
- KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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September 2011 11-E-065
Effect of Pension Reform on Pension-Benefit Expectations and Savings Decisions in Japan
- OKUMURA Tsunao (Yokohama National University) /USUI Emiko (Nagoya University and IZA)
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- OKUMURA Tsunao (Yokohama National University) /USUI Emiko (Nagoya University and IZA)
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August 2011 11-E-064
Revisiting Productivity Differences and Firm Turnover: Evidence from product-based TFP measures in the Japanese manufacturing industries
- KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Research Assistant, RIETI / Gakushuin University) /MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University)
- Download paper [PDF:195KB]
- KAWAKAMI Atsushi (Research Assistant, RIETI / Gakushuin University) /MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University)
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August 2011 11-E-063
Entry of Foreign Multinational Firms and Productivity Growth of Domestic Firms: The case of Japanese firms
- ITO Keiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:337KB]
- ITO Keiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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August 2011 11-E-062
A Network Approach to the Economic Models of Fertility
- YOUM Yoosik (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
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July 2011 11-E-061
Does Tobin's q Matter for Firms' Choices of Globalization Mode?
- JINJI Naoto (Kyoto University) /ZHANG Xingyuan (Okayama University) /HARUNA Shoji (Okayama University)
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- JINJI Naoto (Kyoto University) /ZHANG Xingyuan (Okayama University) /HARUNA Shoji (Okayama University)
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July 2011 11-E-060
Urban Density, Human Capital, and Productivity: An empirical analysis using wage data
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:235KB]
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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July 2011 11-E-059
Multinationals in the Services and Manufacturing Sectors: A firm-level analysis using Japanese data
- TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:763KB]
- TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
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July 2011 11-E-058
Population Density and Efficiency in Energy Consumption: An empirical analysis of service establishments
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:177KB]
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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July 2011 11-E-057
Markups, Productivity, and External Market Development: An empirical analysis using SME data in the service industry
- KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI) / KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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July 2011 11-E-056
A Model of Multi-Dimensional Human Capital Investment: Specific vs. general investments under uncertainty
- ICHIDA Toshihiro (Waseda University)
- Download paper [PDF:399KB]
- ICHIDA Toshihiro (Waseda University)
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June 2011 11-E-055
FDI in Emerging Economies: An analysis in a firm heterogeneity model
- ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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- ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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May 2011 11-E-054
Export and Productivity Under Different Market Condition: Evidence from Japan
- YASHIRO Naomitsu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /HIRANO Daisuke (The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
- Download paper [PDF:217KB]
- YASHIRO Naomitsu (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /HIRANO Daisuke (The Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
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May 2011 11-E-053
Report on a Fact-Finding Survey of the Credit-Decision System and Loan Pricing in Small Business Financing in Japan
- NEMOTO Tadanobu (Chuo University) /OGURA Yoshiaki (Ritsumeikan University) /WATANABE Wako (Keio University)
- Download paper [PDF:239KB]
- NEMOTO Tadanobu (Chuo University) /OGURA Yoshiaki (Ritsumeikan University) /WATANABE Wako (Keio University)
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May 2011 11-E-052
Technological Knowledge and Offshore Outsourcing: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data
- ITO Banri (Fellow, RIETI) /TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:266KB]
- ITO Banri (Fellow, RIETI) /TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 2011 11-E-051
Gender Differences Among Elderly Japanese: Importance of family and social relations for life satisfaction
- OSHIO Takashi (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
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- OSHIO Takashi (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
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May 2011 11-E-050
International Transmission of the 2008 Crisis: Evidence from the Japanese stock market
- HOSONO Kaoru (Gakushuin University) /TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:373KB]
- HOSONO Kaoru (Gakushuin University) /TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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May 2011 11-E-049
Size Matters: Multi-plant operation and the separation of corporate headquarters
- OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University) /TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Download paper [PDF:216KB]
- OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio University) /TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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April 2011 11-E-048
Persistent Productivity Differences Between Firms
- TAKII Katsuya (Osaka University)
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- TAKII Katsuya (Osaka University)
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May 2011 11-E-047
Evidence of a Growing Inequality in Work Timing Using a Japanese Time-Use Survey
- KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University) /YAMAMOTO Isamu (Keio University)
- Download paper [PDF:253KB]
- KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University) /YAMAMOTO Isamu (Keio University)
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April 2011 11-E-046
Culture and Diversity in Knowledge Creation
- Marcus BERLIANT (Department of Economics, Washington University) /FUJITA Masahisa (President, RIETI)
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- Marcus BERLIANT (Department of Economics, Washington University) /FUJITA Masahisa (President, RIETI)
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April 2011 11-E-045
The Intertemporal Substitution and Income Effects of a VAT Rate Increase: Evidence from Japan
- David CASHIN (The University of Michigan) / UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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April 2011 11-E-044
Stochastic Origin of Scaling Laws in Productivity and Employment Dispersion
- FUJIWARA Yoshi (Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University) /AOYAMA Hideaki (Department of Physics, Kyoto University)
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- FUJIWARA Yoshi (Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University) /AOYAMA Hideaki (Department of Physics, Kyoto University)
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April 2011 11-E-043
Free-Riding-Proof International Environmental Agreements
- FURUSAWA Taiji (Harvard University / Hitotsubashi University) /KONISHI Hideo (Boston College)
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- FURUSAWA Taiji (Harvard University / Hitotsubashi University) /KONISHI Hideo (Boston College)
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April 2011 11-E-042
An Economic Analysis of the Special Milk Classes Scheme of Canada and the Agricultural Subsidy
- ABE Kenzo (Osaka University)
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- ABE Kenzo (Osaka University)
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April 2011 11-E-041
Life-Cycle Search, Match Quality and Japan's Labor Flow
- Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) /FUJIMOTO Junichi (the University of Tokyo)
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- Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) /FUJIMOTO Junichi (the University of Tokyo)
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April 2011 11-E-040
Japan's Labor Market Cyclicality and the Volatility Puzzle
- Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) /NAKAJIMA Ryo (Yokohama National University) /TANAKA Ryuichi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Download paper [PDF:698KB]
- Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) /NAKAJIMA Ryo (Yokohama National University) /TANAKA Ryuichi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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April 2011 11-E-039
Changes in Japan's Labor Market Flows due to the Lost Decade
- Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) /NAKAJIMA Ryo (Yokohama National University) /TANAKA Ryuichi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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- Julen ESTEBAN-PRETEL (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) /NAKAJIMA Ryo (Yokohama National University) /TANAKA Ryuichi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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April 2011 11-E-038
Exploring the Sources of Firm-level Scale Economies in R&D: Complementary assets, internal and external knowledge inflows, and inventor team size
- NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /OWAN Hideo (the University of Tokyo)
- Download paper [PDF:346KB]
- NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /OWAN Hideo (the University of Tokyo)
Discussion Papers (English) FY2011
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