NEWS & TOPICS

News Archive (2026)

June

• June 24, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-22 "Experience Premium in Consumer Search: Evidence from Drivers' Refueling Behavior"
  Satoshi IMAHIE

• June 11, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-21 "Early-life Exposure to Land Reform and Children's Health: Evidence from Cuba"
  Yoshihiko HASHIGUCHI

• June 5, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-20 "On Extrapolation of Treatment Effects in Multiple-Cutoff Regression Discontinuity Designs"
  Yuta OKAMOTO / Yuuki OZAKIO

• June 3, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-19 "Exchange Rate Appreciation and Structural Adjustment: Evidence from the Plaza Accord"
  Hiroshi KUMANOMIDO

• June 3, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-18 "Identifying Macro Shocks From Micro Evidence: A Mixed Autoregressive Approach"
  Naoya NAGASAKA

May

• May 26, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2025-32 (Revised) "Geopolitical Risk and Extreme Capital Flow Episodes"
  Yang ZHOU / Shigeto KITANO

• May 22, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2025-33 (Revised) "Complementarities between Long-Term Relationships and Short-Term Contracts: Case of Early Modern Japans"
  Hideshi ITOH / Takashi SHIMIZU / Yasuo TAKATSUKI

• May 20, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-17 "Human Capital Externalities in Japanese Local Labor Markets"
  Yudai HIGASHI

• May 19, 2026

  Prof. Takahiro SATO's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (May 13, 2026)

• April 30, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-16 "Impressionable-Year Conflict Exposure and Locus of Control: Evidence from the Conflict-Affected Regions in Sri Lanka"
  Dinafeisi AIRETI

• May 12, 2026

  Prof. Nobuhiko YAMORI's article appeared in the following media.
  Interview: Kobe Shimbun (April 24, 2026, Morning Paper, Page 14)

• May 1, 2026

  Masami IMAI (John E. Andrus Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University, U.S.A.) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

April

• April 30, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2025-02(Revised) "Identification of Relationship Lending in Bank-Borrower Networks"
  Yoshitaka OGISU / Shoka HAYAKI / Masahiko SHIBAMOTO

• April 28, 2026

  Prof. Masahiko SHIBAMOTO's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: The Mainichi (April 28, 2026)

• April 28, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-15 "Fathers' Involvement in Domestic Work and Mothers' Employment: Evidence from Bunching"
  Mika AKESAKA / Nobuyoshi KIKUCHI

• April 23, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2025-04 (Revised) "Trade Liberalization, Wage, and Unemployment: Theory and Evidence from Chile"
  Sayaka TAKADA / Yoshimichi MURAKAMI

• April 23, 2026

  Research Fellow Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Sankei Shimbun (April 20, 2026, Morning Paper, Page 7)

• April 14, 2026

  Prof. Masahiko SHIBAMOTO's article appeared in the following media.
  Comments: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (April 14, 2026, Morning Paper, Page 14)

• April 13, 2026

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's articles appeared in the following media.
  Interview: Nihon Keizai Shimbun (March 20, 2026, Morning Paper, Page 2)
  Comments: The Chunichi Shimbun (March 28, 2026, Morning Paper, Page 3)

• April 13, 2026

  Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's article appeared in the following media.
  Article: The Financial & Economic News (March 2, 2026)

• April 8, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2022-32 (Revised) "Cyclical Activity and Inflation under Secular Stagnation: Empirical Evidence Using Data on Japan's Lost Decades"
  Masahiko SHIBAMOTO

• April 3, 2026

  Discussion Paper Series (English)
  No.DP2026-04 (Revised) "Effects of Upstream Positions in Global Value Chains on Skilled Labor Wage Share in Chile: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data"
  Yoshimichi MURAKAMI

• April 1, 2026

  Yasuo TAKATSUKI (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Osaka, JAPAN) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB