NEWS & TOPICS

News Archive (2023)

March

• March 29, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-14 "Informality and Dynamism of Microbusinesses in Africa: Possible Causalities"
  Hiroyuki HINO / Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI / Charles PIOT / Jiahan YIN

• March 28, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-13 "Multi-Dimensional Informality and Dynamism of Microenterprises in Africa"
  Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI / Hiroyuki HINO / Charles PIOT / Jiahan YIN

• March 28, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-12 "Rethinking the Informal Economy in Africa: Findings of a Survey of Microbusinesses in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria"
  Hiroyuki HINO / Charles PIOT / Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI / Lilly BROUWER / Jiahan YIN

• March 28, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-11 "Measuring Trend Inflation Using Financial Condition: The Case of Japan"
  Masahiko SHIBAMOTO

• March 27, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-10 "How Do Relative Concerns Affect Mental Health among Elderly Japanese?"
  Yumi ISHIKAWA

• March 25, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-09 "Distinguishing the Urban Wage Premium from Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Mexico"
  Keisuke KONDO

• March 15, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-08 "Foreign Affiliates' Position in Global Value Chains and Local Sourcing in Chile: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data"
  Yoshimichi MURAKAMI

• March 14, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-07 "Tradition and Craft Organising: A Review of the Context of Japanese Sake Master Brewer"
  Masashi GOTO

• March 8, 2024

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: Nikkin (February 2, 2024, page 15)
  Comments: The Yomiuri Shimbun (February 15, 2024, Morning Paper, page 13)
  Article: Nikkin (February 16, 2024, page 17)

• March 7, 2024

  Mika AKESAKA's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: Toyo Keizai Online (February 14, 2024)
  Article: Weekly Toyo Keizai (February 17, 2024, pp.80-81)

• March 5, 2024

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (February 28, 2024, Evening Paper, page 2)

• March 4, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-06 "Are there any Long-lasting Human-Capital Effects from Exposure to the United States' Herbicide Bombings over Generations? Evidence from the Vietnam War"
  Thanh P. BUI / Katsushi S. IMAI

• March 1, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-05 "The Impact of Individual Loss Aversion on Market Risk-Return Trade-off: A Non-linear Approach"
  Shoka HAYAKI

February

• February 29, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-04 "Reality Hits Early Warning System: Based on Unsupervised Isolation Forest Anomaly Detection"
  Katsuyuki TANAKA / Takuo HIGASHIDE / Takuji KINKYO / Shigeyuki HAMORI

• February 28, 2024

  Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Sankei Shimbun (February 26, 2024, Morning Paper, page 7)

• February 27, 2024

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Interview: The Nihon Butsuryu Shinbun (February 25, 2024, page 9)

• February 26, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-03 "The Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle or Paradox after 44 Years: A Fallacy of Composition"
  Charles Yuji HORIOKA

• February 9, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-02 "Backgrounds and Effectiveness of Remote Work during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan"
  Ikutaro ENATSU

• February 7, 2024

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (January 31, 2024, Evening Paper, page 2)

• February 2, 2024

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2024-01 "Does the Restriction Policy of High-skill Immigrants Benefit Native Workers?"
  Takuma SUGIYAMA

• February 2, 2024

  A review of Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's book appeared in the following media.
  Book Review: Financial Affairs (January 23, 2024, page 10)

January

• January 19, 2024

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's articles appeared in the following media.
  Interview: NNA ASIA (January 12, 2024)
  Interview: NNA ASIA (January 18, 2024)

• January 9, 2024

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (December 27, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• January 4, 2024

  Yang ZHOU was appointed as a Project Assistant Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB

December

• December 26, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-21 "Commodity Prices, Financial Frictions, and Macroprudential Policies"
  Shigeto KITANO / Kenyha TAKAKU

• December 13, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-07(Revised) "Measuring the Attractiveness of Trip Destinations: A Study of the Kansai Region of Japan"
  Keisuke KONDO

• December 12, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (November 29, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• December 8, 2023

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

• December 4, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Interview: Komei Shimbun (November 4, 2023, Page 4)
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (November 28, 2023)
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (November 30, 2023, Morning Paper, Page 10)

November

• November 20, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-07(Revised) "Measuring the Attractiveness of Trip Destinations: A Study of the Kansai Region"
  Keisuke KONDO

• November 8, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (November 1, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• November 6, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (October 21, 2023, Morning Paper, Page 15)
  Article: Hokenmainichi (October 23, 2023)

• November 1, 2023

  Kamal VATTA (Professor, Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, INDIA) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

October

• October 31, 2023

  Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: JAPAN EDUCATIONAL PRESS (October 23, 2023, page 4)

• October 31, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Asian Community News (Septmeber 8, 2023)

• October 16, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Comments: The Chunichi Shimbun (September 5, 2023, Morning Paper, Page 11)
  Comments: The Chunichi Shimbun (September 16, 2023, Morning Paper, Page 30)

• October 16, 2023

  Prof. Keisuke Kondo's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (September 30, 2023, Morning Paper, Page 1)

• October 13, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-01(Revised) "Sustainable Investing Under Delegated Investment Management"
  Meg ADACHI-SATO / Hiroshi OSANO

• October 6, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-20 "Which Type of Misinformation Is the Hardest to Detect? Gender and Age-Group Differences in Fake News Consumption on Social Media"
  Vera Paola SHODA

• October 2, 2023

  Kazuyuki KUBOTA was appointed as a Project Assistant Professor of Global Economy Unit at RIEB

September

• September 14, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Nikkei Business (August 28, 2023, pp.26-29)

• September 14, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (September 6, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• September 4, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (August 10, 2023, Morning Paper, Page 31)

August

• August 24, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (August 9, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• August 23, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-18 "The Contribution of Environmental Management Control Systems to Sustainable Development Goals Through Sustainable Consumption and Production: An Empirical Analysis of Companies in Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and Germany"
  Kimitaka NISHITANI / Thomas GUENTHER / Qi WU / Edeltraud GUENTHER / Katsuhiko KOKUBU

• August 22, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2021-22(Revised) "Effect of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Commodity-Exporting Economies when Commodity Prices Affect Interest Spreads"
  Shigeto KITANO / Kenya TAKAKU

• August 21, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-17 "'Invisible Killer': Seasonal Allergies and Accidents"
  Mika AKESAKA / Hitoshi SHIGEOKA

• August 21, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-16 "Pilots' Desire to Become Future Space Tourism Pilots: Polynomial Regression Using Response Surface Analysis"
  Robert A. GOEHLICH / Ralf BEBENROTH

• August 8, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Shinnihon Hoken Shimbun (July 17, 2023, page 3)
  Article: Hokenmainichi (July 27, 2023, page 5)
  Article: NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (July 28, 2023, page 25)
  Article: Nikkin (July 28, 2023)
  

• August 7, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-03(Revised) "ESG Incentives and Attracting Socially Responsible Capital"
  Meg ADACIHI-SATO

• August 2, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (July 12, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

July

• July 27, 2023

  Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Asahi Shimbun (July 21, 2023, Morning Paper, page 11)
  Interview: Wellulu (July 25, 2023)

• July 12, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's articles appeared in the following media.
  Comments: The Asahi Shimbun (June 24, 2023)
  Comments: The Asahi Shimbun (July 4, 2023, Morning Paper, page 2)
  Comments: TOKYO Web (July 6, 2023)

• July 11, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Comments: The Yomiuri Shimbun (June 24, 2023, Morning Paper, page 31)
  Article: Nikkin (June 16, 2023)

June

• June 26, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-13 "Endowments-swapping-proofness and Efficiency in Multiple-Type Housing Markets"
  Di FENG

• June 21, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-13 "Impacts and Distribution of Premiums from Temporal Social Networks across Generations"
  Yoshitaka OGISU

• June 20, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (June 14, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• June 14, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-09(Revised) "Do Deep Regional Trade Agreements Facilitate Regional Production Networks in Latin American and Caribbean Countries?"
  Yoshimichi MURAKAMI

• June 6, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Nikkei Veritas (June 4, 2023, page 49)

• June 5, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (May 10, 2023, page 26)
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (May 11, 2023, Morning Paper, page 6)
  Comments: Iwate Nippo (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 4)
  Comments: Kanagawa Shimbun (May 19, 2023, page 10)
  Comments: The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 8)
  Comments: The Kyoto Shimbun (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 10)
  Comments: The Chugoku Shimbun (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 15)
  Comments: The Shikoku Shimbun (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 7)
  Comments: The Nishinippon Shimbun (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 6)
  Comments: Saga Shimbun (May 19, 2023, page 8)
  Comments: Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun (May 19, 2023, Morning Paper, page 6)
  Article: Nikkin (May 24, 2023)

• June 1, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Nikkei Veritas (May 28, 2023, page 49)

May

• May 26, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: NNA ASIA (May 26, 2023)

• May 24, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (April 12, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (May 17, 2023, Evening Paper, page 2)

• May 23, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Nikkei Veritas (May 21, 2023, page 49)

• May 22, 2023

  Prof. Kaoru KOSHIRO's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Yomi Hot (May 21, 2023, The Yomiuri Shimbun On Sunday, page 1)

• May 18, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2021-08(Revised) "The Nexus between Small and Large Factories in the Supply Chain of Indian Assembly Industries"
  Shuji UCHIKAWA / Takahiro SATO

• May 17, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-01(Revised) "Sustainable Investing Under Delegated Investment Management"
  Meg ADACHI-SATO / Hiroshi OSANO

• May 16, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Nikkei Veritas (May 14, 2023, page 41)

• May 15, 2023

  Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI's comments appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Kobe Shimbun (May 13, 2023, Evening Paper, page 1)

• May 9, 2023

  Prof. Charles Yuji HORIOKA's article appeared in the following media.
  Interview: Anadolu Agency (May 8, 2023)

• May 9, 2023

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

• May 8, 2023

  Prof. Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (May 5, 2023)

• May 8, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Nikkei Veritas (May 7, 2023, page 41)

• May 8, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Comments: The Nishinippon Shimbun (April 6, 2023, Evening Paper, page 6)
  Comments: Gentosha Gold Online (April 17, 2023)
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (April 20, 2023)
  Article: Nikkin (April 21, 2023)
  Interview: Kobe Shimbun (April 26, 2023, Morning Paper, page 5)
  Comments: Kobe Shimbun (April 26, 2023, Morning Paper, page 8)
  Comments: The Mid-Japan Economist (April 29, 2023, Morning Paper, page 13)
  

• May 8, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-01(Revised) "Sustainable Investing Under Delegated Investment Management"
  Meg ADACHI-SATO / Hiroshi OSANO

• May 1, 2023

  Takuma SUGIYAMA was appointed as Project Assistant Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB

April

• April 28, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2023-12 "Capital Controls or Macroprudential Regulation: Which is Better for Land Booms and Busts?"
  Yang ZHOU / Shigeto KITANO

• April 25, 2023

  Prof. Kaoru KOSHIRO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (April 25, 2023, Morning Paper, page 25)

• April 24, 2023

  Prof. Kaoru KOSHIRO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kobe Shimbun (April 23, 2023, Morning Paper, page 23)

• April 20, 2023

  Prof. Mika AKESAKA's articles appeared in the following media.
  Article: Kyoto Broadcasting System Company Limited (April 15, 2023)
  Article: Mainichi Shimbun (April 16, 2023, Morning Paper, page 23)
  Article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (April 17, 2023)
  Article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (April 18, 2023, Morning Paper, page 10)

• April 18, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (April 18, 2023, Morning Paper, page 26)

• April 17, 2023

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's comments appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Weekly Economist (April 18, 2023, pp.14-16)

• April 7, 2023

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2022-38(Revised) "Effectiveness of Capital Controls: Gates versus Walls"
  Yang ZHOU / Shigeto KITANO

• April 4, 2023

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Nikkin (March 17, 2023)
  Comments: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (March 22, 2023, Morning Paper, page 30)
  Interview: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (March 22, 2023, page 28)
  Article: Kinkei Press (March 27, 2023, page 8)
  Comments: The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (March 28, 2023, Evening Paper, page 7)
  Comments: Mainichi Shimbun (April 4, 2023, Morning Paper, page 19)

• April 3, 2023

  Shoka HAYAKI was appointed as Associate Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB

• April 3, 2023

  "Center for the Promotion of Regional Co-Creation Research: CRCC" has been established on April 1, 2023