Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University

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November 30, 2019

Prof. Nobuyoshi Yamaori's comments were appeared in the following media.
article: Yomiuri Shinbun (November 5, 2019)
November 14, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-23 "Household Debt and Aging in Japan"
Charles Yuji HORIOKA / Yoko NIIMI
November 11, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-22 "The Impact of a Failed Coup d'État on Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Trust: The Case of the Plot in Turkey on July 15, 2016"
K. Ali AKKEMIK / Gerçek ÇIÇEK / Charles Yuji HORIOKA / Yoko NIIMI
November 11, 2019

Prof. Takashi Kamihigasi has taken up the positioin of editor-in-chief of "International Journal of Economic Theory"(Wiley)
November 10, 2019

Prof. Charles Yuji Horioka's article was appeared in the following media.
article: Nikkei Veritas (September 10, 2019, p11)
November 3, 2019
Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA received the medal of honor, "the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star" from the Emperor of Japan.
November 2, 2019

Prof. Nobuyoshi Yamaori's comments were appeared in the following media.
article: Kobe Shibun (October 6, 2019, Morning Paper, page 3)
article: Daily Tohoku (October 30, 2019)
October 30, 2019

Research Fellow Hiroyuki HINO (Duke University, U.S.A.) will make a keynotote speech at Book Launch "From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures – African Development in Post-TICAD 7".
Date: 12th of November, from 3pm
Venue：Seminar Room 600, 6th floor, JICA Ichigaya Building
（10-5 Ichigaya Honmuracho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8433）
※ Please check here for more details.
※To attend this event, please complete the Registration Form）
October 28, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-21 "Efficiency of Monetary Exchange with Divisible Fiat Money: An Experimental Approach"
Kazuya KAMIYA / Hajime KOBAYASHI / Tatsuhiro SHICHIJO / Takashi SHIMIZU
October 24, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2018-20 (Revised) "Does the Old Age Pension Scheme Improve Household Welfare? Evidence from India"
Vidhya UNNIKRISHNAN / Katsushi S. IMAI
October 23, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-20 "Consumer's Financial Literacy and Financial Troubles: Based on the 2016 Survey on Financial Literacy and Financial Troubles"
Nobuyoshi YAMORI / Hitoe UEYAMA
October 15, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-19 (Revised) "Infrastructure Bottlenecks and Dual-Channel Exporters"
Xiao FENG / Yongjin WANG / Laixun ZHAO
October 12 (updated at 12pm, final decision)

The 100th Anniversary Celebration of RIEB will take place as scheduled tomorrow (updated on October 12 at 12pm, final decision)

We will be holding the 100th Anniversary Celebration of RIEB on Sunday, 13th of October as scheduled as it is most likely the Typhoon Hagibis will not have a big impact on Kobe/ Kansai area on Sunday.
For those who will be traveling from the area affected by the typhoon, please consider your safety as the most important issue.
We are looking forward to celebrating the 100th Anniversary of RIEB with you.
October 9, 2019 (updated at 1:00pm)

Announcement on the 100th Anniversary Celebration of RIEB in Relation to the Typhoon Approaching (updated on October 9 at 1pm)

The Ceremony and the reception of the 100th Anniversary Celebration of RIEB are scheduled on this Sunday, 13th of October. The typhoon Hagibis might cause issues to the Kobe / Kansai area and public transports this weekend. We will consider attendees' safety and will make an announcement on this page by noon on 12th of October if we have to cancel or reschedule the event with regret due to the severe weather.
October 1, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-19 "Infrastructure Bottlenecks and Dual-Channel Exporters"
Xiao FENG / Yongjin WANG / Laixun ZHAO
October 1, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-18 "Reappraisal of Japan-LAC Trade and Investment Relations Amid China's Ascendance"
Mikio KUWAYAMA
September 30, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-17 "International Talent Inflow and R&D Investment: Firm-level Evidence from China"
Hao WEI / Ran YUAN / Laixun ZHAO
September 6, 2019

Prof. Charles Yuji Horioka's article was appeared in the following media.
article: Nihon Keizai Shinbun (September 6, 2019, Morning Paper p23)
September 4, 2019

Prof. Yasuo Takatsuki's comments were appeared in the following media.
article: Asahi Shinbun (September 2, 2019, Evening Paper and Electric Jounal Version )
September 3, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-16 "The Current State of Financial Education in Japanese Senior High Schools -A Summary of the Results from a 2019 Survey Conducted Among Senior High School Teachers-"
Nobuyoshi YAMORI / Hitoe UEYAMA / Mitsuyoshi YANAGIHARA
September 1, 2019

Ikutaro ENATSU was appointed as Associate Professor of Corporate Ceompetitiveness Unit at RIEB
August 30, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-13(Revised) "Double Implementation in Dominant Strategy Equilibria and Ex Post Equilibria with Private Values "
Makoto HAGIWARA
August 29, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP207(Revised) "Brand Agriculture and Economic Geography: When Are Highly Differentiated Products Sustainable in the Remote Periphery?"
Masahisa FUJITA / Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI
August 26, 2019
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMAORI's comment was introduced in the article in Kinzai weekly Financial Affairs (August 26, 2019, p13)
August 3, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2017-19(Revised) "A Review of the Literature on Productivity Impacts of Global Value Chains and Foreign Direct Investment: Towards an Integrated Approach
Yoshimichi MURAKAMI / Keijiro OTSUKA
August 1, 2019
Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's coment was introduced in the article in Nihon Keizai Shinbun (August 1, 2019, Morning paper)
July 26, 2019

Prof. Yasuo Takatsuki's interviewed ariticle was appeared in the following media.
article: Nihon Keizai Shinbun (July 26, 2019, Electronic Journal Version)
July 23, 2019

Prof. Yasuo Takatsuki was invited to give a lecture at the Financial Services Agency, the Japanese Government.
July 17, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-15 "Cultural Factors and Study Destinations of International Students"
Hao WEI / Ran YUAN / Laixun ZHAO
July 12, 2019

Prof. Yasuo Takatsuki's article appeared in the following media
article: Asahi Shinbun (July 12, 2019, Morning paper and electronic journal version)
July 12, 2019

Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media
article: Nihon Butsuryu Shinbun (July 10, 2019, Morning paper)
July 10, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-14 "An Empirical Comparison Between Discrete Choice Experiment and Best-worst Scaling: A Case Study of Mobile Payment Choice"
Qinxin GUO / Junyi SHEN
July 4, 2019

RIEB 100th Anniversary Symposium will be held on 21st of August, 2019
Location : Aichi Guarantee Main Office, Meeting Room on 8th Floor）
*For more details, please see Flyer［Japanese, PDF 910KB]
July 4, 2019

Hidekazu Owaki Researcher was interviewd about his book and articles were appeared in the following media
Asahi Shinbun (June 15, 2019, Morning paper)
Shukan Bunshun (July 11, 2019)
July 1, 2019
Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's research is introduced in the article in Nihon Keizai Shinbun (July 1, 2019, Morning paper)
June 25, 2019
An article written about Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI appeared in Nihon Keizai Shinbun (June 25, 2019, electronic journal version)
June 18, 2019

Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media
article: Nihon Keizai Shinbun (June 14, 2019, Morning paper)
June 18, 2019

The 7th Hanyang-Kobe-Nanyang Joint Workshop in Economics was held on June 14, 2019
June 18, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-13 "Double Implementation in Dominant Strategy Equilibria and Ex Post Equilibria with Private Values"
Makoto HAGIWARA
June 5, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-12 "The Nucleolus, the Kernel, and the Bargaining Set: An Update"
Elena IÑARRA / Roberto SERRANO / Ken-Ichi SHIMOMURA
May 27, 2019

Prof. Takahiro SATO's comment appeared in the following media
electronic journal version, Nihon Keizai Shinbun (May 23, 2019)
May 27, 2019
An article written by Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA appeared in Sankei Shinbun (May 24, 2019)
May 10, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2018-20 (Revised) "Does the Old Age Pension Scheme Improve Household Welfare? Evidence from India"
Vidhya UNNIKRISHNAN / Katsushi S. IMAI
May 7, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-11 "Children Without Soccer Mom or Dad: Impacts of Parents' Auto-Immobility to Children's Travel"
Miwa MATSUO
April 25, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2019-10 "Through Trade Wars, East Asians Finally Learning to Cooperate with Each Other?"
Laixun ZHAO
April 25, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2017-24 (Revised) "The Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship between Accounting Quality and Trade Credit: Evidence from Japan"
Kiyotaka NAKASHIMA / Masahiko SHIBAMOTO / Koji TAKAHASHI
April 23, 2019

Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's comment appeared in the following media
Mainichi Shinbun (April 12, 2019)
April 23, 2019

Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's comment appeared in the following medias
Nihon Keizai Shinbun (March 21, 2019)
Kinyu Keizai Shinbun (March 25, 2019)
April 22, 2019
Prof. Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI appeared in a show on Radio NIKKEI (April 18, 2019)
April 10, 2019

Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2018-12 (Revised) "The Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship between Accounting Quality and Trade Credit: Evidence from Japan"
Masahiro ENOMOTO

EVENTS

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Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, 3:10pm-4:40pm
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, 1:30pm-4:40pm

Three Lectures on Useful Concepts and Tools in Econometrics

Jointly supported by RIEB Seminar / Rokko Forum / Kobe University Organization for Advanced and Integrated Research / Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation / Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Annex, 2nd Floor)

*Booking required; Details

Friday, Dec. 13 1:30pm-

RIEB Seminar

Jointly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A),(C) / TINDAS

Topic: Job Involvement, Organizational Commitment, Professional Commitment, and Team Commitment: A Study of Generational Diversity in India
Speaker: Ajay SINGH (Human Rsourse Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow [INDIA])

Topic: The Linkage of Competitiveness: Competitive Advantage of Maruti Suzuki
Speaker: Masaki UENO (Faculty of Business Administration, Nanzan University)

Topic: Workers in the Auto Industry in India: A Fresh look at India's Periodic Labour Force Survey
Speaker: Takahiro SATO (RIEB, Kobe University)

Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Annex, 2nd Floor)

Details

Tuesday, Dec. 17 4:00pm-

Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University

Jointly supported by RIEB Seminar / Rokko Forum

Topic: Price Elasticity of Demand for Reverse Mortgage in Korea (by Junseok Byun and Keunkwan Ryu)
Speaker: Keunkwan RYU (Department of Economics, Seoul National University / RIEB,Kobe University)

Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Annex, 2nd Floor)

Details

Tuesday, Dec. 21 1:30pm-

Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University

Jointly supported by RIEB Seminar

Topic: Financial History Research and Regional Common Interest：Editing "The Regional Finance of Postwar Japan: Bunkers' Challenges"
Speaker: Masanori SATO (Reitaku University) / Toru IMAJO (Hannan University)

Topic: Economics: Purpose, Current Status, Future Developments
Speaker: Yoshiro TSUTSUI (Department of Ecoomics, Konan Univeristy)

Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Annex, 2nd Floor)

Details

Monday, Dec. 23 10:00am-

RIEB Seminar

Hosted by TJAR Workshop

Topic: Capital Market-Based Accounting Research: Past, Present and Future
Speaker: Jeong Bon KIM (Department of Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong [China])

Topic: Public Ownership and Earnings Quality: Listed vs Unlisted Public Companies
Speaker: Hyonok KIM (Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo Keizai University)

Topic: Intraday Price Discovery Process to Earnings Announcements: Evidence from Japan
Speaker: Toshio MORIWAKI (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, The University of Kitakyushu)

Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Annex, 2nd Floor)

Details

Monday, Dec. 23 3:30pm-

RIEB Seminar

Jointly supported by Rokko Forum

Topic: The Health Effect of Air Pollution: Evidence from Power Plant Closing in Taiwan
Speaker: Kamhon KAN (Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica [Taiwan])

Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st Floor)

Details

Tuesday, Dec. 24 3:30pm-

RIEB Seminar

Jointly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)

Topic: Secondary Employment, Inflation, and Aggregate Demand in an Agent-based Model of the Japanese Macroeconomy
Speaker: Corrado DI GUILMI (UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney [Australia])

Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Annex, 2nd Floor)

Details

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