News Archive (2010)

March

March 31, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-18 "Stable shareholdings, the decision horizon problem, and patterns of earnings management"
Akinobu SHUTO / Takuya IWASAKI
March 25, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-17 "Measurement of GDP per capita and regional disparities in China, 1979–2009"
Masashi HOSHINO
March 23, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-16 "Monopolistic Competition in General Equilibrium: Beyond the CES"
Evgeny ZHELOBODKO / Sergey KOKOVIN / Mathieu PARENTI / Jacques-François THISSE
March 23, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-15 "Are compact cities environmentally friendly?"
Carl GAIGNÉ / Stéphane RIOU / Jacques-François THISSE
March 23, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-14 "No trade, one-way or two-way trade?"
Toshihiro OKUBO / Pierre M. PICARD / Jacques-François THISSE
March 23, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-13 "Komatsu's business model through the product lifecycle"
Yoichi MATSUMOTO
March 16, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-12 "Environmental Outsourcing"
Matthew A. COLE / Robert J.R. ELLIOTT / Toshihiro OKUBO
March 16, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-11 "Anti-agglomeration Subsidies with Heterogeneous Firms"
Toshihiro OKUBO
March 15, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-10 "Impact of Ethnicities on Market Outcome: Results of Market Experiments in Kenya"
Ken-Ichi SHIMOMURA / Takehiko YAMATO
March 15, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-09 "The impact of oil prices, real effective exchange rate and inflation on economic activity: Novel evidence for Vietnam"
LE Viet Trung/ Nguyen Thi Thuy VINH
March 11, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-08 "Modern Retailers in Transition Economies: The Case of Vietnam"
Masayoshi MARUYAMA / LE Viet Trung
March 1, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (Japanese)
No.J79 (Revised) "Inter-standard bridging -controlling network externalities in standardization-"
Atsushi OSANAI / Yusuke IBUKI

February

February 17, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-07 "Firm Dynamics and Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing: Evidence from Plant Level Panel Dataset"
Aradhna AGGARWAL / Takahiro SATO
February 4, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-06 "Productivity distribution, firm heterogeneity, and agglomeration: Evidence from firm-level data"
Toshihiro OKUBO / Eiichi TOMIURA

January

January 31, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-05 "Does International Trade Really Lead to Business Cycle Synchronization? - A panel data approach"
Michael ARTIS / Toshihiro OKUBO
January 21, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-04 "Note on the Interpretation of Convergence Speed in the Dynamic Panel Model"
Masahiko SHIBAMOTO/Yoshiro TSUTSUI
January 21, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP243 (Revised) "Understanding regional growth dynamics in Japan: panel cointegration approach utilizing the PANIC method"
Masahiko SHIBAMOTO / Yoshiro TSUTSUI / Chisako YAMANE
January 18, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-03 "Sources of Global Heterogeneity in Retail Spending"
Nir KSHETRI / Ralf BEBENROTH
January 12, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-02 "New Aspects of Intra-Industry trade: Evidence from EU-15 countries"
Tadashi ITO / Toshihiro OKUBO
January 4, 2011
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2011-01 "Role of Agriculture in Achieving MDG 1 in Asia and the Pacific Region"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Ganesh THAPA

December

December 24, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-36 "On the development strategy of countries of intermediate size - An analysis of heterogenous firms in a multiregion framework"
Rikard FORSLID / Toshihiro OKUBO
December 24, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-35 "Industrial relocation policy and heterogeneous plants sorted by productivity: Evidence from Japan"
Toshihiro OKUBO / Eiichi TOMIURA

November

November 16, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-34 "Threats or Promises?: A Simple Explanation of Gradual Trade Liberalization"
Taiji FURUSAWA / Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
November 12, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-33 "Financial Crisis in Asia: Its Genesis, Severity and Impact on Poverty and Hunger"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Ganesh THAPA / Samuel Kobina ANNIM
November 11, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-32 "Reporting of Internal Control Deficiencies, Restatements, and Management Forecasts"
Katsuhiko MURAMIYA / Tomomi TAKADA
November 11, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-31 "Achieving equity in health through community based health insurance: India's experience with a large CBHI programme"
Aradhna AGGARWAL
November 11, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-30 "Microfinance and Poverty -A Macro Perspective"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Ganesh THAPA / Samuel Kobina ANNIM

October

October 27, 2010
Kobe Economic & Business Research Series No.18
"Economics of Diversity: Issues and Prospects"
Hiroyuki HINO
October 26, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-29 "Sources of Cross-national Heterogeneity in E-retail Spending: Evidence from Country-Level Data"
Nir KSHETRI / Ralf BEBENROTH / Nicholas C. WILLIAMSON
October 21, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-28 "Environmental and Trade Policies for Oligopolistic Industry in the Presence of Consumption Externalities"
Jota ISHIKAWA / Toshihiro OKUBO
October 20, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-27 "Recurrent Bubbles"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
October 1, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-26 "Economic Effects of Clustering of Ethnically Similar Communities in Kenya: Application of Spatial Correlation Model"
Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI

September

September 24, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-25 "Analysis of Poverty Reducing Effects of Microfinance from a Macro Perspective: Evidence from Cross-Country Data"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Ganesh THAPA / Samuel Kobina ANNIM
September 24, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-24 "Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty in Bangladesh? New Evidence from Household Panel Data"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Md. Shafiul AZAM
September 16, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-23 "Structural Change in Current Account and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics: Evidence from the G7 Countries"
Masahiko SHIBAMOTO / Shigeto KITANO
September 2, 2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-22 "Trade, Environmental Regulations and Industrial Mobility: An Industry-Level Study of Japan"
Matthew A. COLE / Robert J.R. ELLIOTT / Toshihiro OKUBO

August

August 23,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-21 "Decentralization, Democracy and Allocation of Poverty Alleviation Programs in Rural India"
Takahiro SATO / Katsushi S. IMAI

July

July 8,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-20 "International Rent-shifting under Foreign Entry through R&D and Licensing"
Jota ISHIKAWA / Toshihiro OKUBO

June

June 2,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-19 "The Intranational Business Cycle in Japan"
Michael ARTIS / Toshihiro OKUBO

May

May 28,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-18 "Pro-Poor Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Rural Vietnam"
Woojin KANG / Katsushi S. IMAI
May 12,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-17 "Fertility, Parental Education and Development in India: New Evidence from National Household Survey Data" Katsushi S. IMAI / Takahiro SATO
May 7,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-16 "Policy Reactions to the Financial Crisis in Japan: Lessons from the 1990s"
Uwe VOLLMER / Ralf BEBENROTH

April

April 30,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-15 "Fiscal Stimulus, Agricultural Growth and Poverty in Asia"
Raghav GAIHA / Katsushi S. IMAI / Ganesh THAPA / Woojin KANG
April 21,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-14 "Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction: New evidence from India"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Thankom ARUN / Samuel Kobina ANNIM
April 19,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-13 "A Note on Monotone Markov Processes"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI / John STACHURSKI
April 19,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-12 "Stochastic Stability in Monotone Economies"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI / John STACHURSKI
April 1,
2010
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2010-11 "Firm Heterogeneity and Location Choice"
Toshihiro OKUBO
April 1,
2010
Publications
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