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March 2017 17-J-028
Summary Report on the Survey of Global Activities by Japanese Multinationals
- TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University) / WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-027
Environmental Management Resources and Firm Value: Empirical evidence from Japanese listed manufacturing firms
- EDAMURA Kazuma (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / UCHIYAMA Katsuhisa (Development Bank of Japan)
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March 2017 17-J-026
Are Japan's Wholesale and Retail Prices Higher than Those in the United States? Estimation of margin rates using microdata from the Census of Commerce
- NOMURA Koji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAGAWA Kozo (Rissho University)
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March 2017 17-J-025
Intangible Assets and Stock Returns
- TAKIZAWA Miho (Toyo University) / TONOGI Konomi (Rissho University) / MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-024
The Negative Peer Effect: Why do peers' success have a negative effect?
- TOYAMA Risako (Keio University) / ITO Hirotake (Habitech, Inc.) / TABATA Shin (Keio University) / ISHIKAWA Yoshiki (Habitech, Inc.) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University)
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March 2017 17-J-023
Regional Employment and Artificial Intelligence
- HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KONDO Keisuke (Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-022
The Roles of Social Infrastructure and Deregulation on Productivity Improvement through Resource Reallocation in the Japanese Regional Economies
- MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KAWAKAMI Kazuyasu (Toyo University) / EDAMURA Kazuma (National Institute of Science, Technology, and Education Policy)
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March 2017 17-J-021
What Factors Determine How the Benefits and Burdens of Social Security Are Chosen? Individual consciousness and the role of education
- KUME Koichi (Recruit Works Institute) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / SANO Shinpei (Chiba University) / YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University)
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March 2017 17-J-020
Uncertainty over Production Forecasts: Analysis using micro time-series data from manufacturing firms
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-019
What Drives or Hinders Corporate Environmental Performance? Evidence from Japan
- ENDO Kazumi (Institute for International Policy Studies)
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March 2017 17-J-018
Italian Comprehensive Third Sector Reform and its Background: A comparison between Italy and Japan
- USHIRO Fusao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-017
Effects of Economic Crises on Employment and Productivity Dynamics in Japan
- IKEUCHI Kenta (Fellow, RIETI) / YoungGak KIM (Senshu University) / Hyeog Ug KWON (Faculty Fellow) / FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-016
How Do Financial Institutions and Other Management Supporters Contribute to the Improvement of Business Conditions of Small and Medium Enterprises? Based on the Survey on the Aftermath of the SME Financing Facilitation Act
- YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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March 2017 17-J-015
History of Changes to the Curriculum Guidelines and the Decline in Research and Development Productivity in Japan
- NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIYAMOTO Dai (Doshisha University) / YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University)
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March 2017 17-J-014
The Effect of Class Size Reduction on Bullying, Violent Behavior, and Truancy
- NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University)
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March 2017 17-J-013
Estimating Headquarter Service as Input and Output and Evaluating its Effect on Prefectural GDP and Productivity
- ARAI Sonoe (Statistical Specialist, RIETI) / YoungGak KIM (Senshu University)
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March 2017 17-J-012
Service Price Divergence and Productivity Differentials among Regions in Japan
- TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MIZUTA Takeshi (Hitotsubashi University)
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March 2017 17-J-011
An Economic Analysis of the Legal Issues of Artificial Intelligence
- MORITA Hatsuru (Tohoku University)
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February 2017 17-J-010
Analysis on the Dispersion and Volatility of TFP in the Service Industries
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2017 17-J-009
Occupational Licenses and Labor Market Outcomes
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2017 17-J-008
Are Part-time Employees Underpaid or Overpaid? Evidence on productivity-wage gaps in Japan
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2017 17-J-007
The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Consumption and Saving Behavior: Evidence from a survey on consumers
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2017 17-J-006
Quality and Price of Market Services and the Substitutability with Household Production: An analysis using a survey on individuals
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2017 17-J-005
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics on Employment: Evidence from a survey on individuals
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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February 2017 17-J-004
Co-Payment Exemption and Healthcare Utilization after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A natural experiment study
- MATSUYAMA Yusuke (Tohoku University) / TSUBOYA Toru (Tohoku University) / TANIGAMI Kazuya (Keio University) / OMINAMI Takahiro (Keio University) / TASO Tadateru (Keio University) / MURAMATSU Gaku (Keio University) / BESSHO Shun-ichiro (Keio University)
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February 2017 17-J-003
Quantitative Analysis of the "Rumor-based Economic Damage" for Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products and Compensation Payment Caused by Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Reactor Accident
- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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January 2017 17-J-002
Internationalization and Productivity of Manufacturing Firms in the Hokuriku Region
- HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / GOKAN Toshitaka (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO) / HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO) / KAMEYAMA Yoshihiro (Saga University) / MARUYA Toyojiro (Fukui Prefectural University) / MATSUURA Toshiyuki (Keio University / KU Leuven) / SHIRAMATA Shuji (Hokuriku AJEC) / ZHANG Xu (Fukui Prefectural University)
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January 2017 17-J-001
Daycare Quality is Associated with Infants' Development in Japan: Comparison of childcare qualities of small-sized and medium-sized nurseries
- FUJISAWA Keiko (Keio University) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University)
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December 2016 16-J-064
Current Situation and Problems with Local Revitalization: Overview of the survey on the attitudes of local government staffs in charge of industrial development
- OGAWA Hikaru (University of Tokyo) / TSUBUKU Masafumi (Nagoya University) / YAMORI Nobuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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December 2016 16-J-063
Does Experience of Wage Cuts Enhance Firm-level Wage Flexibility? Evidence from panel data analysis of Japanese firms
- YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University)
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December 2016 16-J-062
The Effect of Labor Turnover on Firm Performance among Japanese Firms
- YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KURODA Sachiko (Waseda University)
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November 2016 16-J-061
Wage Gap between Unlimited-type Regular Workers and Limited-type Regular Workers in Japan
- YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University) / SANO Shinpei (Chiba University) / KUME Koichi (Recruit Works Institute) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2016 16-J-060
Wage Gap between Permanent Workers and Fixed-term Workers in Japan
- YASUI Kengo (Aoyama Gakuin University) / SANO Shinpei (Chiba University) / KUME Koichi (Recruit Works Institute) / TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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November 2016 16-J-059
Can Artificial Intelligence Heal Human Hearts? A randomized controlled trial on the effects of internet cognitive behavioral therapy with artificial intelligence on depression
- SO Mirai (Keio University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / TAKEBAYASHI Yoshitake (Fukushima Medical University)
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October 2016 16-J-058
Development of Policy Impact Assessment Model for the Regulatory Reform Policy of Japan's Town Gas Market
- KAINOU Kazunari (Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2016 16-J-057
Factor Analysis of Depopulation in Kaga City in Ishikawa Prefecture
- IWAMOTO Koichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2016 16-J-056
New Analytical Framework for Global Governance on Transnational Economic Relations
- MAMIYA Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KOMETANI Kazumochi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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October 2016 16-J-055
What Types of Firms Relocate Their Headquarters and Why? Analyzing the effects of the dual corporate tax system
- NAKATA Kazuko (Setsunan University)
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September 2016 16-J-054
Can We Diagnose Depression by Voices in Japanese?
- SO Mirai (Keio University) / TAKEBAYASHI Yoshitake (Fukushima Medical University) / SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SHIMOJI Takaaki (Smart Medical, Inc.)
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September 2016 16-J-053
On the Effects of Employers' Work-Life Balance Policy and Restricted Regular Employment Policy on Gender Wage Gap
- YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
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September 2016 16-J-052
Do Psychological Interventions for Better Mental Health Lead to Higher Expectations on Future Income and Living Conditions?
- SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / GOTO Yasuo (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / SO Mirai (Keio University) / NOGUCHI Remi (Chiba University) / SHIMIZU Eiji (Chiba University)
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September 2016 16-J-051
Conflict between State Aid Regulation and Foreign Investment Protection
- TAMADA Dai (Kobe University)
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August 2016 16-J-050
Examining the Relationship between Trust and Psychological Variables: Do psychological interventions enhance trust?
- SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / NOGUCHI Remi (Chiba University) / SO Mirai (Keio University) / YAMAGUCHI Sosei (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry) / SHIMIZU Eiji (Chiba University)
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August 2016 16-J-049
Exports and Foreign Sales of Multinational Firms: Analysis of simultaneous equations
- ITO Koji (Consulting Fellow, RIETI) / ZHU Lianming (Waseda University) / YUKIMOTO Tadashi (Kyoto University)
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July 2016 16-J-048
Parenting Methods, Sense of Ethics, Happiness Quotient, and Income Creation:Empirical research in Japan
- NISHIMURA Kazuo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YAGI Tadashi (Doshisha University)
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June 2016 16-J-047
Utilization of Female and Foreign Employees among Japanese Firms: An empirical analysis using firm panel data
- TAKAMURA Shizuka (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
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May 2016 16-J-046
Dynamical Linkage among Economic Conditions, Exchange Rates, and Prices
- KICHIKAWA Yuichi (Niigata University) / IYETOMI Hiroshi (Niigata University) / AOYAMA Hideaki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / YOSHIKAWA Hiroshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
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May 2016 16-J-045
The Japanese Government's Initiative for Standards and Certifications in the 1980s-2000s: Economic growth as a policy goal and improvement of product value
- KAWAMURA Satoshi (Research Associate, RIETI)
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May 2016 16-J-044
Foreign Tourists and Productivity of the Accommodation Industry: An empirical analysis using micro data
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)
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May 2016 16-J-043
China's Industrial and Trade Policies and Economic Growth
- ZHANG Hongyong (Fellow, RIETI)
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April 2016 16-J-042
Married Women's Attitudes toward Gender Role and Work and Their Influence on Children: Analysis of 2014 "Empowerment of Women" data
- HONDA Yuki (University of Tokyo)
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April 2016 16-J-041
Structural Change and Institutional Design of the Coal Industry in China
- MENG Jianjun (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
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Discussion Papers (Japanese) FY2016
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