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March 2010 10-J-025
Measuring Social Exclusion of Non Regular Workers in Japan
- KUME Koichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /OHTAKE Fumio (Osaka University) /OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Okayama University) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- KUME Koichi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /OHTAKE Fumio (Osaka University) /OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Okayama University) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2010 10-J-023
Volatility of Firm Performance and Atypical Employment: An empirical analysis using firm-level data
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
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- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
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March 2010 10-J-022
Working Hours of Part-timers and the Measurement of Firm-level Productivity
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2010 10-J-021
Evaluating the Merger and its Remedies in a Dynamic Environment: Revisiting the 1970 Yawata-Fuji steel merger
- OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /NAKAMURA Tsuyoshi (TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY) /MYOJO Satoshi (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
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- OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /NAKAMURA Tsuyoshi (TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY) /MYOJO Satoshi (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
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February 2010 10-J-020
Business Startups: An analysis of selection and post-startup performance
- YASUDA Takehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- YASUDA Takehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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February 2010 10-J-019
Can the WTO Law be Applied Indirectly in Municipal Courts? Analysis of the trade remedies cases in the United States and NAFTA
- ITO Kazuyori (University of Shizuoka)
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- ITO Kazuyori (University of Shizuoka)
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February 2010 10-J-018
Wages and Productivity in Firms using Foreign Trainees
- HASHIMOTO Yuki (Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo/Japan Soceity for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) )
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- HASHIMOTO Yuki (Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo/Japan Soceity for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) )
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February 2010 10-J-017
Institutional Reform of Working Hours from a Workplace Standpoint: With a focus on incorporated national universities
- KOJIMA Noriaki (OSAKA UNIVERSITY)
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- KOJIMA Noriaki (OSAKA UNIVERSITY)
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February 2010 10-J-016
Do Education Vouchers Prevent Dropouts at Private High Schools? Evidence from Japanese Policy Changes
- AKABAYASHI Hideo (Keio University) / ARAKI Hiroko (Keio University, Graduate School )
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February 2010 10-J-015
Legislative Issues of the Working Hours System for White Collar Workers
- SHIMADA Yoichi (Waseda University)
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- SHIMADA Yoichi (Waseda University)
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February 2010 10-J-014
Working Hours Reform: A bird's-eye perspective
- TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 2010 10-J-013
Is Work Sharing Effective?
- KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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February 2010 10-J-012
Legal Issues of Working Hours and the Direction of Reforms
- MIZUMACHI Yuichiro (the University of Tokyo)
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- MIZUMACHI Yuichiro (the University of Tokyo)
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February 2010 10-J-011
Working Hours, Management, and Workers: What kinds of people in what kinds of companies feel their working hours are becoming longer?
- MORISHIMA Motohiro (Hitotsubashi University)
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- MORISHIMA Motohiro (Hitotsubashi University)
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February 2010 10-J-010
Working Hours Policy From an Economics Standpoint
- HIGUCHI Yoshio (Keio University)
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- HIGUCHI Yoshio (Keio University)
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February 2010 10-J-009
Simulation Analysis of Community Farming: Is there any room for growth in Japanese rice farming?
- SAITO Keiji (The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)) /OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /NISHIMURA Kiyohiko (Bank of Japan)
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- SAITO Keiji (The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)) /OHASHI Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /NISHIMURA Kiyohiko (Bank of Japan)
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January 2010 10-J-008
The Over-employment of Regular Employees and their Work-family Conflict
- YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
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- YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
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January 2010 10-J-007
Agenda for R&D Globalization of Japanese Firms: From an organizational and strategic perspective
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January 2010 10-J-006
Product Innovation and Economic Growth
- YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (The University of Tokyo, Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /ANDO Koichi (Development Bank of Japan Inc.) /MIYAKAWA Shuko (Research Assistant, RIETI)
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- YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (The University of Tokyo, Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /ANDO Koichi (Development Bank of Japan Inc.) /MIYAKAWA Shuko (Research Assistant, RIETI)
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January 2010 10-J-005
Demand Driven Innovation and Uncertainty: Evidence from diffusion of flat panel TV
- UNAYAMA Takashi (KOBE University) /KEIDA Masayuki (Risso University)
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- UNAYAMA Takashi (KOBE University) /KEIDA Masayuki (Risso University)
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January 2010 10-J-004
Marriage Rate and Female Labor Participation Rate: Evidence from Japanese prefectural cross-section
- UNAYAMA Takashi (KOBE University)
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- UNAYAMA Takashi (KOBE University)
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January 2010 10-J-003
Discrepancy between Saving Rates in SNA and Family Income and Expenditure Survey and Its Implications
- UNAYAMA Takashi (KOBE University)
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- UNAYAMA Takashi (KOBE University)
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January 2010 10-J-002
A Study about the Job Training Expenditure of Japanese Firms in the 1990s
- SUGA Yutaka (Research Assistant, RIETI)
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- SUGA Yutaka (Research Assistant, RIETI)
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January 2010 10-J-001
Backward Patent Citations and Inventors' Recognition of Differential Influences
- WADA Tetsuo (Gakushuin University)
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- WADA Tetsuo (Gakushuin University)
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December 2009 09-J-035
A Comparison of Japanese and U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in Reactor Operating and Incident Rates
- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2009 09-J-034
Empirical Analysis of the Functions of the National University System: For appropriate allocation of subsidies
- SHIMA Kazunori (Hiroshima University)
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- SHIMA Kazunori (Hiroshima University)
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November 2009 09-J-033
JSR Challenges Increasing Market and Technology Complexities: In search of its radical transformation process
- CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- CHUMA Hiroyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2009 09-J-032
Do large scale investments improve corporate performance?
- TANAKA Kenji (DEVELOPMENT BANK OF JAPAN Inc.) /MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- TANAKA Kenji (DEVELOPMENT BANK OF JAPAN Inc.) /MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2009 09-J-031
Managerial and Policy Agenda for Improving Japanese R&D: Inventors' views
- NISHIMURA Junichi (Hitotsubashi University) /Tingting Wang (Hitotsubashi University) /NAGAOKA Sadao (Research Counselor, RIETI)
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- NISHIMURA Junichi (Hitotsubashi University) /Tingting Wang (Hitotsubashi University) /NAGAOKA Sadao (Research Counselor, RIETI)
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October 2009 09-J-030
Proposals for the Environment and Trade to the WTO
- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2009 09-J-029
Economic Analysis of the Environment and Trade (2)
- Cross-border or global environmental problems and trade -- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2009 09-J-028
Economic Analysis of the Environment and Trade (1)
- Environmental policies and trade policies -- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2009 09-J-027
Legal Analysis of the Environment and Trade
- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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- YAMASHITA Kazuhito (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2009 09-J-026
Assessment of Policies of Local Public Corporations to Improve Business Efficiency - The Case of Niigata Prefecture's Bureau of Public Enterprise Management Reform Program (Industrial Water Project and Electricity Project) -
- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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September 2009 09-J-025
How Were Monetary Polices Implemented before and after the Showa Depression?
- Interpretation based on the Taylor Rule and the McCallum Rule -- HARADA Yutaka (Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings) /SATO Ayano (Takasaki City University of Economics)
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- HARADA Yutaka (Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings) /SATO Ayano (Takasaki City University of Economics)
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September 2009 09-J-024
Changes of Industrial Structure and Post-war Economic Growth in Japan
- YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Research Counselor) /MIYAGAWA Shuko (Research Assistant, RIETI)
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- YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Research Counselor) /MIYAGAWA Shuko (Research Assistant, RIETI)
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August 2009 09-J-023
Main Bank Relationships in Japan: From monitoring to risk hedging
- HIROTA Shinichi (WASEDA University)
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- HIROTA Shinichi (WASEDA University)
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August 2009 09-J-022
Spatial Structure of Cities and Distribution of Retail Sales - Analysis based on a Potential NEG Model
- NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /TAKATSUKA Hajime (Kagawa University )
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- NAKAMURA Ryohei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /TAKATSUKA Hajime (Kagawa University )
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July 2009 09-J-020
The Current Status of SME Financing under the Financial Crisis:
A summary of the Survey on the Status of Transactions between Businesses and Financial Institutions (Feb. 2008) and the Survey on the Status of Transactions between Businesses and Finan- UESUGI Iichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /UCHIDA Hiroshi (Kobe University)/OGURA Yoshiyuki (Ritsumeikan University)/ONO Arito (Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.)/XU Peng (Hosei University)/TSURUTA Daisuke (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)/NEMOTO Tadanobu (Chuo University)/HIRATA Hideaki (Hosei University)/YASUDA Yukihiro (TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY)/YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Nagoya University)/WATANABE Wakou (Keio University)/HOTEI Masaki (Hitotsubashi University)
- Download paper [PDF:861KB] (Japanese)
- UESUGI Iichiro (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) /UCHIDA Hiroshi (Kobe University)/OGURA Yoshiyuki (Ritsumeikan University)/ONO Arito (Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.)/XU Peng (Hosei University)/TSURUTA Daisuke (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)/NEMOTO Tadanobu (Chuo University)/HIRATA Hideaki (Hosei University)/YASUDA Yukihiro (TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY)/YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Nagoya University)/WATANABE Wakou (Keio University)/HOTEI Masaki (Hitotsubashi University)
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July 2009 09-J-019
Knowledge Base of Software Innovation
- SUZUKI Jun (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- SUZUKI Jun (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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June 2009 09-J-018
Productivity Disparities Between Self-Employed Workers and Employees
- TOKUI Joji (Shinshu University) /MAKINO Tatsuji (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) /TAKAHASHI Yoko (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
- Download paper [PDF:452KB] (Japanese)
- TOKUI Joji (Shinshu University) /MAKINO Tatsuji (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) /TAKAHASHI Yoko (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
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June 2009 09-J-017
Pluralistic Evolution of the Japanese-Style Enterprise System: Toward the Hybrid Model
- MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- MIYAJIMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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June 2009 09-J-016
IT Innovation and Economic Growth: The importance of Moore's Law in productivity from a macro perspective
- MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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- MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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June 2009 09-J-015
Quantitative Assessment and Analysis of the Household Electricity Rates System
- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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June 2009 09-J-014
Household Consumption and Long-Term Structural Changes in Regional Retail and Service Industries
- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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June 2009 09-J-013
Determinants of Currency Invoicing in Japanese Exports: A firm-level analysis
- ITO Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chiba University of Commerce) /SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) /SHIMIZU Junko (Senshu University)
- Download paper [PDF:821KB] (Japanese)
- ITO Takatoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chiba University of Commerce) /SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) /SHIMIZU Junko (Senshu University)
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June 2009 09-J-012
Rise of China and Its Neighborhood Diplomacy - Implications for Japanese foreign policy
- TAKAHARA Akio (the University of Tokyo)
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- TAKAHARA Akio (the University of Tokyo)
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June 2009 09-J-011
Settlement Between Electric Transmission Companies under the Point of Connection Tariff or "Postal Stamp" System
- HATTA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow,RIETI)
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- HATTA Tatsuo (Faculty Fellow,RIETI)
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May 2009 09-J-010
Financial Analysis of the Efficient and Effective Development and Operation of Ports and Harbors: Structural analysis of development, regulation and operation
- AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow) /UEMURA Toshiyuki (Kwansei Gakuin University) /SAWANO Koichiro (Nagoya City University) /TAKEMOTO Toru (Tezukayama University) /YOKOMI Muneki (Osaka University of Commerce)
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- AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow) /UEMURA Toshiyuki (Kwansei Gakuin University) /SAWANO Koichiro (Nagoya City University) /TAKEMOTO Toru (Tezukayama University) /YOKOMI Muneki (Osaka University of Commerce)
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May 2009 09-J-009
Productivity Shocks and National Food Security for Japan
- TANAKA Tetsuji (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) /HOSOE Nobuhiro (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
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- TANAKA Tetsuji (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) /HOSOE Nobuhiro (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
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May 2009 09-J-008
Evaluation and Allocation of Resources in Higher Education: The Potential and Challenges of Performance-Based Funding
- TANAKA Hideaki (Institute of Economic Research)
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- TANAKA Hideaki (Institute of Economic Research)
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May 2009 09-J-007
Internal Governance and Financial Operation of National Universities: Does governance reform after incorporation improve university management?
- AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow) /NAKAMURA Yoshihiro (Construction Research Institue)
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- AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow) /NAKAMURA Yoshihiro (Construction Research Institue)
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May 2009 09-J-006
Discussion of the Financial Systems of National Universities: Structural analysis of subsidies for operating expenses
- AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /NAKAMURA Yoshihiro (Construction Research Institue) /SENOH Wataru (Heisei International University)
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- AKAI Nobuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) /NAKAMURA Yoshihiro (Construction Research Institue) /SENOH Wataru (Heisei International University)
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April 2009 09-J-005
Do Mergers Improve Corporate Performance? Analysis of corporate activities based on joint RIETI/METI survey
- TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo Universiy ) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI) /HOSONO Kaoru (Gakushuin University)
- Download paper [PDF:612KB] (Japanese)
- TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo Universiy ) /TSURU Kotaro (Senior Fellow, RIETI) /HOSONO Kaoru (Gakushuin University)
Discussion Papers (Japanese) FY2009
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