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Non Technical Summaries are bold outlines of their corresponding discussion papers, based on findings from the analysis and focusing primarily on their implications for policy.

The Diminishing Impact of Exchange Rates on China’s Exports
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (International Business School Suzhou)
- Discussion Papers: 25-E-010 [PDF:471KB]
The Impact of Inflation on the U.S. Stock Market after the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-087 [PDF:623KB]
Economic Security in Japan: Evolution, context and emerging questions
- Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-083 [PDF:316KB]
Restructuring of Global Values Chains: An analysis of Japanese multinationals’ exits from China
- Ivan DESEATNICOV (HSE University) / FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-082 [PDF:1.4MB]
How Oil Prices Impact the Taiwanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-071 [PDF:442KB]
How Oil Prices Impact the Indonesian and South Korean Economies: Evidence from the stock market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-070 [PDF:514KB]
The Evolution of the European Union's China Strategy: Challenges in an era of economic security
- TSURUOKA Michito (Keio University)
- Discussion Papers: 23-J-037 [PDF:553KB] (Japanese)
Propagation of Overseas Economic Shocks through Global Supply Chains: Firm-level evidence
- INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo / RIKEN Center for Computational Science) / TODO Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 22-E-062 [PDF:2.9MB]
Impact of Technological Decoupling between the United States and China on Trade and Welfare
- JINJI Naoto (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / OZAWA Shunya (Kyoto University)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-041 [PDF:418KB]
How Oil Prices Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-065 [PDF:469KB]
Do Traditional Models or the Dominant Currency Paradigm Explain China’s Export Behavior?
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Fuzhou University of International Studies and Trade) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-062 [PDF:448KB]
Investigating Japan’s Machinery and Equipment Exports after the Global Financial Crisis
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-033 [PDF:534KB]
Multilateral Governance for the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence
- Shiro ARMSTRONG (Non-Resident Fellow, RIETI) / Jacob TAYLOR (The Brookings Institution)
- Discussion Papers: 24-E-052 [PDF:411KB]
On the Trends of Technology, Family Formation, and Women's Time Allocation
- KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed), RIETI) / NAKAKUNI Kanato (University of Tokyo)
- Discussion Papers: 23-E-075 [PDF:2.6MB]
The Effect of Silent Eating during Lunchtime at Schools on the COVID-19 Outbreaks
- TAKAHASHI Ryo (Waseda University) / IGEI Kengo (Keio University) / TSUGAWA Yusuke (UCLA) / NAKAMURO Makiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 23-E-068 [PDF:990KB]
Sectoral Evidence on Indonesian Economic Performance after the Pandemic
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 23-E-071 [PDF:605KB]
Macroeconomic Shocks and Economic Performance in Malaysia: A sectoral analysis
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 23-E-070 [PDF:606KB]
The Impact of Monetary Policy on the U.S. Stock Market since the Pandemic
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 23-E-054 [PDF:546KB]
International Economic Policy for Asia in an Era of Great Power Strategic Competition
- Shiro ARMSTRONG (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 23-E-035 [PDF:503KB]
U.S. Trade Imbalances, East Asian Exchange Rates, and a New Plaza Accord
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 22-E-115 [PDF:490KB]
Diplomatic Stance of the Japanese Business Community in the First World War: Focusing on relations with major warring nations and the concept of economic alliance, in the middle of the war
- SAKAMOTO Masazumi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 22-J-038 [PDF:2.2MB] (Japanese)
Language Barriers and the Speed of Knowledge Diffusion
- Kyle HIGHAM (Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University) / NAGAOKA Sadao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 22-E-074 [PDF:1.8MB]
The Impact of Exchange Rates on the Turkish Economy
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Ahmet SENGONUL (Sivas Cumhuriyet University)
- Discussion Papers: 22-E-043 [PDF:1.8MB]
The Effects of Institutions on the Relationship between Politics and Trade
- Samuel HARDWICK (The Australian National University) / Shiro ARMSTRONG (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers: 22-E-034 [PDF:2.0MB]
Indonesia and Vietnam in Global Supply Chains and the Age of COVID: A Tale of Two Countries
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:22-E-010 [PDF:537KB]
Investigating How Exchange Rates Affected the Japanese Economy after the Advent of Abenomics
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:22-E-003 [PDF:586KB]
Productivity of Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Panel Data Analysis
- MORIKAWA Masayuki (President, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-078 [PDF:525KB]
Are Applying for and Receiving Subsidies Worth it for Small Enterprises? Evidence from the Government Support Program in Japan
- HASHIMOTO Yuki (Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI) / Takahashi Kohei (Waseda University)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-039 [PDF:3.1MB]
Impact of Cash Transfers on Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Special Cash Payments
- HATTORI Takahiro (University of Tokyo) / KOMURA Norihiro (Kyoto University) / UNAYAMA Takashi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-043 [PDF:1.4MB]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Firms: Mobility and Resilience via Remote Work
- KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KITAO Sagiri (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / NOSE Manabu (International Monetary Fund / University of Tokyo)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-063 [PDF:799KB]
East Asian and European Firms: Comrades or Competitors
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-098 [PDF:606KB]
The Semiconductor Industry in the Age of Trade Wars, Covid-19, and Strategic Rivalries
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-064 [PDF:906KB]
Understanding the Transmission of COVID-19 News to French Financial Markets
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-037 [PDF:65KB]
Do Japanese Expatriates Matter for Foreign Subsidiary Performance? A Role-Based Analysis of Three-Wave Panel Data
- Jesper EDMAN (Waseda University) / Riki TAKEUCHI (Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-046 [PDF:626KB]
China's Investment in Intangible Assets by Industry: A Preliminary Estimation in an Extended Sources-of-Growth Framework
- Janet X. HAO (The Conference Board, New York) / Harry X. WU (National School of Development, Peking University / The Conference Board China Center, Beijing / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-029 [PDF:1.2MB]
Reassessing China's GDP Growth Performance: an Exploration of The Underestimated Price Effect
- Harry X. WU (National School of Development, Peking University / Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) / Zhan LI (National School of Development, Peking University)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-018 [PDF:1.6MB]
The Exposure of French and South Korean Firms to Exchange Rates and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Stock Market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:21-E-017 [PDF:815KB]
Characteristics of Firms Transmitting Data across Borders: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data
- TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / KANG Byeongwoo (Hitotsubashi University)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-048 [PDF:717KB]
How the Coronavirus Crisis is Affecting the Korean Economy: Evidence from the Stock Market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-088 [PDF:492KB]
Product Complexity, Exports, and Exchange Rates: Evidence from the Japanese Chemical Industry
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-085 [PDF:1.0MB]
The Relationship between Product Complexity and Exchange Rate Elasticities: Evidence from the People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Industries
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Suzhou) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. Suzhou)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-075 [PDF:668KB]
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S. Economy: Evidence from the Stock Market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-068 [PDF:1.1MB]
How the Coronavirus Crisis Affected Japanese Industries: Evidence from the Stock Market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-061 [PDF:1.2MB]
Non-traditional Monetary Policy and The Future of The Financial Industries
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-025 [PDF:470KB]
Weathering Safe Haven Capital Flows: Evidence from the Japanese Transportation Equipment Industry
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-024 [PDF:475KB]
China's Exports in a Protectionist World
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University) / CHEN Chen (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
- Discussion Papers:20-E-011 [PDF:1.2MB]
Choice of Invoice Currency and Exchange Rate Risk Management: 2018 Questionnaire Survey of Japanese Overseas Subsidiaries
- ITO Takatoshi (Columbia University / National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) / KOIBUCHI Satoshi (Chuo University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University) / Shimizu Junko (Gakushuin University) / YOSHIMI Taiyo (Chuo University)
- Discussion Papers:19-J-042 [PDF:2.8MB] (Japanese)
A Comparative Study of Gender Inequality: Occupational segregation in Japan and Korea
- YOUM Yoosik (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-093 [PDF:786KB]
Determinants of Structural Adjustment and Employment Use in Japan: Firm Characteristics, Offshoring and Industrial Robotics
- Timothy DESTEFANO (OECD) / HANEDA Sho (Nihon University) / KWON Hyeog Ug (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-067 [PDF:1.9MB]
Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Continuous Treatment
- Yingying DONG (University of California Irvine) / Ying-Ying LEE (University of California Irvine) / Michael GOU (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-058 [PDF:846KB]
East Asian Value Chains, Exchange Rates, and Regional Exchange Rate Arrangements
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-046 [PDF:1.2MB]
Why Japan Lost Its Comparative Advantage in Producing Electronic Parts and Components
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-035 [PDF:1.4MB]
The Weak Rupiah: Catching the tailwinds and avoiding the shoals
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-006 [PDF:969KB]
Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy: Evidence from the stock market
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-003 [PDF:852KB]
How Would a Slowdown in the People's Republic of China Affect its Trading Partners?
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:19-E-002 [PDF:1.2MB]
Nonfarm Employment, Inflationary Expectations, and Monetary Policy after the Global Financial Crisis
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:18-E-076 [PDF:460KB]
Export Sophistication and Trade Elasticities
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / Nimesh SALIKE (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
- Discussion Papers:18-E-061 [PDF:804KB]
The Impact of Oil Prices on East and Southeast Asian Economies: Evidence from financial markets
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:18-E-043 [PDF:801KB]
How Firms Choose their Partners in the Japanese Supplier-Customer Network? An application of the exponential random graph model
- Hazem KRICHENE (University of Hyogo) / ARATA Yoshiyuki (Fellow, RIETI) / Abhijit CHAKRABORTY (University of Hyogo) / FUJIWARA Yoshi (University of Hyogo) / INOUE Hiroyasu (University of Hyogo)
- Discussion Papers:18-E-011 [PDF:1.7MB]
The Exposure of U.S. Manufacturing Industries to Exchange Rates
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:18-E-005 [PDF:470KB]
Household Income and the OECD's Four Types of Social Capital
- YODO Masato (Kyoto University) / YANO Makoto (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:17-E-119 [PDF:688KB]
The Effect of the Fed's Large-scale Asset Purchases on Inflation Expectations
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:17-E-097 [PDF:354KB]
Exchange Rates and the Swiss Economy
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:17-E-064 [PDF:676KB]
Corruption, Market Quality and Entry Deterrence in Emerging Economies
- Krishnendu Ghosh DASTIDAR (Jawaharlal Nehru University) / YANO Makoto (Chief Research Officer, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:17-E-010 [PDF:609KB]
A Yen for Change: The strong yen and the Japanese automobile industry
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:17-E-005 [PDF:569KB]
China's Electronics Exports, the Renminbi, and Exchange Rates in Supply Chain Countries
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-088 [PDF:243KB]
Trade and Labor Market Dynamics
- Lorenzo CALIENDO (Yale University) / Maximiliano DVORKIN (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) / Fernando PARRO (Federal Reserve Board)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-050 [PDF:634KB]
Understanding the Flow of Electronic Parts and Components in East Asia
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-072 [PDF:316KB]
Investigating the Effect of U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization on the ASEAN-4 Economies
- Willem THORBECKE (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-070 [PDF:355KB]
The Regional Spillover Effects of the Tohoku Earthquake
- Robert DEKLE (University of Southern California) / Eunpyo HONG (University of Southern California) / Wei XIE (University of Southern California)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-049 [PDF:389KB]
Two-sided Heterogeneity and Trade
- Andrew B. BERNARD (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth) / Andreas MOXNES (University of Oslo) / Karen Helene ULLTVEIT-MOE (University of Oslo)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-047 [PDF:944KB]
Gender Gaps in Japan and Korea: A comparative study on the rates of promotions to managing positions
- YOUM Yoosik (Visiting Fellow, RIETI) / YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:16-E-011 [PDF:282KB]
Understanding the Evolution of Japan's Exports
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:15-E-131 [PDF:246KB]
State-owned Enterprise Reforms in the TPP Negotiation: Is it a win-win for Vietnam?
- LE Thi Anh Nguyet (Ho Chi Minh City University of Law)
- Discussion Papers:15-E-092 [PDF:367KB]
Understanding Japan's Capital Goods Exports
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:15-E-044 [PDF:321KB]
Enjoying the Fruits of their Labor: Redirecting exports to Asian consumers
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:15-E-016 [PDF:278KB]
Measuring the Competitiveness of China's Processed Exports
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-049 [PDF:754KB]
Japan's Exorbitant Privilege
- Kenneth S. ROGOFF (Harvard University) / TASHIRO Takeshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-047 [PDF:1.3MB]
China-U.S. Trade: A global outlier
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-039 [PDF:299KB]
Export Sophistication and Exchange Rate Elasticities: The Case of Switzerland
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Research Associate, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-031 [PDF:373KB]
Abenomics, Yen Depreciation, Trade Deficit and Export Competitiveness
- SHIMIZU Junko (Gakushuin University) / SATO Kiyotaka (Yokohama National University)
- Discussion Papers:14-J-022 [PDF:2.1MB] (Japanese)
Winning the Race against Technology
- KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / MORI Yuko (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS))
- Discussion Papers:14-E-017 [PDF:614KB]
Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply in Japan: Conflicting policy goals?
- Andrew S. GRIFFEN (University of Tokyo)/NAKAMURO Makiko (Keio University) / INUI Tomohiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-016 [PDF:446KB]
Fiscal Consolidation in Japan
- FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-015 [PDF:446KB]
The Impact of the French Securities Transaction Tax on Market Liquidity and Volatility
- Gunther CAPELLE-BLANCARD (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / CEPII) / HAVRYLCHYK, Olena (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-007 [PDF:459KB]
The ECB's Unconventional Monetary Policies: Have they lowered market borrowing costs for banks and governments?
- SZCZERBOWICZ, Urszula (Visiting Scholar, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-008 [PDF:766KB]
Rebalancing Trade within East Asian Supply Chains
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:14-E-002 [PDF:410KB]
The Sophistication of East Asian Exports
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)/Hao-Kai PAI (Research Assistant, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:13-E-092 [PDF:332KB]
Overseas Investment of Chinese Enterprises: Discovery and discussion based on site research
- CHEN Xiaohong (Development Research Center of the State Council of China (DRC)) / QI Changdong (Development Research Center of the State Council of China (DRC)) / ZHOU Yan (Development Research Center of the State Council of China (DRC)) / ZONG Fangyu
- Discussion Papers:13-E-079 [PDF:496KB]
On the Spatial Economic Impact of Global Warming
- Klaus DESMET (Universidad Carlos III) / Esteban ROSSI-HANSBERG (Princeton University)
- Discussion Papers:13-E-057 [PDF:737KB]
Spatial Segregation and Urban Structure
- Pascal MOSSAY (University of Reading and CORE) / Pierre PICARD (University of Luxembourg and CORE)
- Discussion Papers:13-E-056 [PDF:430KB]
Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium for a Spatial Model of Social Interactions
- Adrien BLANCHET (Université de Toulouse) / Pascal MOSSAY (University of Reading and CORE) / Filippo SANTAMBROGIO (Université Paris Sud)
- Discussion Papers:13-E-055 [PDF:786KB]
The Impacts of Post-TRIPS Patent Reforms on the Structure of Exports
- Keith E. MASKUS (University of Colorado) / Lei YANG (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
- Discussion Papers:13-E-030 [PDF:737KB]
The Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Germany's Exports
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI) / KATO Atsuyuki (Waseda University)
- Discussion Papers:12-E-081 [PDF:541KB]
Dynamic Externalities and Manufacturing Productivity: An empirical comparison among China's top three municipalities
- ZHAO Ting (Zhejiang Gongshang University) /ZHAO Wei (Visiting Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:12-E-072 [PDF:672KB]
Estimating Trade Elasticities for World Capital Goods Exports
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:12-E-067 [PDF:340KB]
The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Exchange Rate Changes on the Japanese Electronics Industry
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:12-E-019 [PDF:324KB]
Are Chinese Imports Sensitive to Exchange Rate Changes?
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)/SMITH, Gordon (Anderson College)
- Discussion Papers:12-E-007 [PDF:344KB]
Investigating China's Disaggregated Processed Exports: Evidence that the RMB matters
- THORBECKE, Willem (Senior Fellow, RIETI)
- Discussion Papers:12-E-003 [PDF:285KB]

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