NEWS & TOPICS

News Archive (2019)

March

• March 31, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-15 "Japan's Monetary Policy: A Literature Review and Empirical Assessment"
  Masahiko SHIBAMOTO / Wataru TAKAHASHI / Takashi KAMIHIGASHI

• March 31, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-14 "Does the Selfish Life-Cycle Model Apply in the Case of Japan?"
  Charles Yuji HORIOKA

• March 30, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-13 "Technological Diffusion through Foreign Direct Investment: A Firm-level Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Industries"
  Azusa FUJIMORI / Manabu FURUTA / Takahiro SATO

• March 30, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-12 "Theorization of Institutional Change in the Rise of Artificial Intelligence"
  Masashi GOTO

• March 23, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-11 "Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Chile"
  Yoshimichi MURAKAMI

• March 4, 2020

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's interviewed comments appeared in the following media.
  article: The Nihon Butsuryu Shinbun (February 25, 2020)

• March 2, 2020

  Prof. Kaoru KOSHIRO's research and comments appeared in the following media.
  article: Kobe Shimbun (February 26, 2020, Evening Paper, page 1)

• March 2, 2020

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI appeared in a show on CBC Radio (February 18, 2020)

February

• February 27, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-10 "Time Preference and International Trade"
  Kazuo NISHIMURA / Kazumichi IWASA

• February 21, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-09 "Necessity to Integrate Operational Business During M&A: The Effect of Employees' Vision and Cultural Openness"
  Ralf BEBENROTH / Robert A. GOEHLICH

• February 17, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-08 "Financial Literacy and Securities Investments: Based on the Results of "Survey on Wealth Building, Securities Investment and Financial Literacy""
  Nobuyoshi YAMORI / Hitoe UEYAMA

• February 13, 2020

  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

• February 10, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-07 "Giving up Job Search Because I Don't Have a Car: Labor Market Participation and Employment Status Among Single Mothers With and Without Cars"
  Miwa MATSUO / Hiroyuki ISEKI

• February 6, 2020

  Prof. Charles Yuji Horioka's research was introduced in the following media.
  article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (January 28, 2020, Morning Paper, page 25)

• February 5, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-06 "Semiparametric Bayesian Instrumental Variables Estimation for Nonignorable Missing Instruments"
  Ryo KATO / Takahiro HOSHINO

January

• January 28, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-05 "Financial Market Incompleteness and International Cooperation on Capital Controls"
  Shigeto KITANO / Kenya TAKAKU

• January 21, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-04 "Can Material Flow Cost Accounting as a Mediating Instrument Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals?"
  Katsuhiko KOKUBU / Hirotsugu KITADA / Kimitaka NISHITANI / Aki SHINOHARA

• January 16, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-03 "Formal Institutional Uncertainty and Equity Sought on Foreign Market Entry: Does Industry Matter?"
  Kashif AHMED / Ralf BEBENROTH / Jean-François HENNART

• January 14, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-02 "Was the Expansion of Housing Credit in Japan Good or Bad?"
  Charles Yuji HORIOKA / Yoko NIIMI

• January 14, 2020

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2020-01 "Valuing Rural Residents' Attitude Regarding agri-environmental Policy in China: A Best-worst Scaling Analysis"
  Qinxin GUO / Junyi SHEN

• January 10, 2020

  Prof. Kaoru Koshiro's comments appeared in the following media.
  article: Kobe Shimbun (December 17, 2019, Morning Paper, page 26)

• January 7, 2020

  Prof. Nobuyoshi Yamaori's comments appeared in the following media.
  article: The Chunichi Shimbun (December 24, 2019)

December

• December 27, 2019

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2019-27 "A Review of Data Used in Education Research: Focus on Empirical Studies in Developing Countries"
  Phal CHEA

• December 25, 2019

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2019-26 "The Impact of Bequest Motives on Retirement Behavior in Japan: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis"
  Charles Yuji HORIOKA / Emin GAHRAMANOV / Aziz HAYAT / Xueli TANG

• December 18, 2019

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2019-25 "Fair Trade and Wellbeing Improvements: Evidence from Sri Lanka"
  Hannah HOLMES / Katsushi S. IMAI

• December 17, 2019

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2019-24 "Fast Value Iteration: An Application of Legendre-Fenchel Duality to a Class of Deterministic Dynamic Programming Problems in Discrete Time"
  Ronaldo CARPIO / Takashi KAMIHIGASHI

November

• November 30, 2019

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

• November 11, 2019

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2019-23 "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 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 appeared in the following media.
  article: Kobe Shibun (October 6, 2019, Morning Paper, page 3)
  article: Daily Tohoku (October 30, 2019)

October

• 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

• 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 appeared in the following media.
  article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (September 6, 2019, Morning Paper p23)

• September 4, 2019

  Prof. Yasuo Takatsuki's comments appeared in the following media.
  article: The Asahi Shimbun (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

• 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 Shimbun (August 1, 2019, Morning paper)

July

• July 26, 2019

  Prof. Yasuo Takatsuki's interviewed ariticle appeared in the following media.
  article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (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: The Asahi Shimbun (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 interviewed about his book and articles appeared in the following media
  The Asahi Shimbun (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 Shimbun (July 1, 2019, Morning paper)

June

• June 25, 2019

  An article written about Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI appeared in Nihon Keizai Shimbun (June 25, 2019, electronic journal version)

• June 18, 2019

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media
  article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (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

• May 27, 2019

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's comment appeared in the following media
  electronic journal version, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (May 23, 2019)
  

• May 27, 2019

  An article written by Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA appeared in Sankei Shimbun (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

• 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
  The Mainichi Shimbun (April 12, 2019)
  

• April 23, 2019

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's comment appeared in the following medias
  Nihon Keizai Shimbun (March 21, 2019)
  Kinyu Keizai Shimbun (Kinkei Press) (March 25, 2019)

• April 22, 2019

  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

• April 1, 2019

  Daigo UMEMOTO was appointed as Project Associate Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB

• April 1, 2019

  Sadamori KOUJYAKU was appointed as Project Associate Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB

• April 1, 2019

  Charles Yuji HORIOKA was appointed as Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB