News Archive (2016)

January

January 13, 2017
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-03(Revised)"A Simple Model of the Chinese Hukou System and Some Ongoing Reforms"
Laixun ZHAO
January 10, 2017
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-37(Revised)"A Generalization of Fatou's Lemma for Extended Real-Valued Functions on σ-Finite Measure Spaces: With an Application to Infinite-Horizon Optimization in Discrete Time"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
January 10, 2017
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-10(Revised)"Fixed asset impairment accounting and employee negotiations: Evidence from Japan"
Keishi FUJIYAMA

December

December 7, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-36 "A Multiple-Try Extension of the Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings (PMMH) Algorithm with an Independent Proposal"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI / Hiroyuki WATANABE
December 5, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-34 (Revised) "Capital Controls and Financial Frictions in a Small Open Economy"
Shigeto KITANO / Kenya TAKAKU
December 5, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-11 (Revised) "Capital Controls as an Alternative to Credit Policy in a Small Open Economy"
Shigeto KITANO / Kenya TAKAKU
December 5, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-10 (Revised) "Capital Controls, Monetary Policy, and Balance Sheets in a Small Open Economy"
Shigeto KITANO / Kenya TAKAKU
December 1, 2016
Kazuhiro SEKI (Associate Professor, Konan University, JAPAN) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

November

November 29, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-36 "A Multiple-Try Extension of the Particle Marginal Metropolis-Hastings (PMMH) Algorithm with an Independent Proposal"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI / Hiroyuki WATANABE
November 17, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-35 "The Role of Local Accounting Standard Setters in Institutional Complexity: 'Explosion' of Local Standards in Japan"
Saori MATSUBARA / Takahiro ENDO

October

October 19, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-26 (Revised) "Discontinuities in Earnings and Earnings Change Distributions after J-SOX Implementation: Empirical Evidence from Japan"
Masahiro ENOMOTO / Tomoyasu YAMAGUCHI
October 18, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-34 "Capital Controls and Financial Frictions in a Small Open Economy"
Shigeto KITANO / Kenya TAKAKU
October 11, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-33 "Rates of Time Preference and the Current Account in A Dynamic Model of Perpetual Youth -Should "Global Imbalances" Always be Balanced?-"
Koichi HAMADA / Masaya SAKURAGAWA

September

September 28, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-32 "A Simple Optimality-Based No-Bubble Theorem for Deterministic Sequential Economies with Strictly Monotone Preferences"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
September 28, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-31 "Job Satisfaction of Returnees to Japan"
Lara MAKOWSKI / Ralf BEBENROTH
September 28, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-02 (Revised) "Beyond Taxation: Discourse around Energy Policy in Japan"
Takahiro ENDO / Yuki TSUBOYAMA / Yoritoshi HARA
September 26, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-16 (Revised) "Estimation of Vulnerability to Poverty Using a Multilevel Longitudinal Model: Evidence from the Philippines"
Christian D. MINA / Katsushi S. IMAI
Septtember 1, 2016
An article written by Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA appeared in the Sankei Shinbun (Sept. 1, 2016, p.13)

August

August 26, 2016
An article contributed by Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI appeared in the Yomiuri Shinbun (August 26, 2016, p.10)

August 26, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-03 (Revised) "A Simple Model of the Chinese Hukou System and Some Ongoing Reforms"
Laixun ZHAO
August 24, 2016
Prof. Takahiro SATO's comment appeared in The Daily NNA India (August 24, 2016)

August 24, 2016
Reports on Research Activities and Evaluation 2015 is available online

August 19, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-30 "Dynamics of Rural Transformation and Poverty in Rural Asia and the Pacific"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Fabrizio BRESCIANI
August 18, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-29 "Asia's Rural-urban Disparity in the Context of Growing Inequality"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Bilal MALAEB
August 18, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-28 "Remittances, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia - A Critical Review of the Literature and the New Evidence from Cross-country Panel Data"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Bilal MALAEB / Fabrizio BRESCIANI
August 18, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-27 "Dynamic and Long-term Linkages among Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Wenya CHENG / Raghav GAIHA
August 1, 2016
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI appeared in a show on CBC Radio (July 1, 2016)

August 1, 2016
Masao NAKAYA (Visiting Professor, Osaka University, JAPAN) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

July

July 30, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-26 "Fast Bellman Iteration: An Application of Legendre-Fenchel Duality to Deterministic Dynamic Programming in Discrete Time"
Ronaldo CARPIO / Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
July 30, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-26 (Revised) "Discontinuities in Earnings and Earnings Change Distributions after J-SOX Implementation: Empirical Evidence from Japan"
Masahiro ENOMOTO / Tomoyasu YAMAGUCHI
July 24, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-25 "Poverty Reduction during the Rural-Urban Transformation: Rural Development is Still More Important than Urbanisation"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Alessandra GARBERO
July 22, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-24 "Determinants of Wage Equalization in Chile from 1996 to 2006: Decomposition Approach"
Yoshimichi MURAKAMI / Tomokazu NOMURA
July 22, 2016
An article written by Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA appeared in the Sankei Shinbun (July 22, 2016, p.13)

July 5, 2016
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI appeared in a show on CBC Radio (June 21, 2016)

July 1, 2016
Masaki ITO (President, Hamagin Research Institute, Ltd.) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

June

June 28, 2016
Prof. Takahiro SATO's comment appeared in The Daily NNA India (June 28, 2016)

June 27, 2016
An article written by Prof. Takahiro SATO appeared in Weekly Economist (Special issue for July 5, 2016)

June 21, 2016
Prof. Takahiro SATO's comment appeared in The Daily NNA India (June 21, 2016)

June 17, 2016
An article about Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's research appeared in SANKEI WEST (June 17, 2016)

June 17, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-23 "41 Counterexamples to Property (B) of the Discrete Time Bomber Problem"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
June 17, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-22 "A Simple Optimality-Based No-Bubble Theorem for Deterministic Sequential Economies "
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
June 16, 2016
An article about Prof. Munehiko ITOH's research appeared in KOBE SHINBUN (June 16, 2016, p.10)

June 4, 2016
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI appeared in a show on CBC Radio (May 12 & 25, 2016)

June 1, 2016
Kenneth Niel KUTTNER (Professor, Department of Economics, Williams College, U.S.A.) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB
June 1, 2016
Richard Ian DELBRIDGE (Professor, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB
June 1, 2016
Crawford SPENCE (Professor, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

May

May 31, 2016
An article about Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA's research appeared in KOBE SHINBUN
(May 31, 2016, p.33)
May 23, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-03 (Revised) "A Simple Model of the Chinese Hukou System and Some Ongoing Reforms"
Laixun ZHAO
May 23, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-05 (Revised) "Disciplinary Pressure is More Necessary for Cooperative Banks Than Stock Banks: Results from Bank Efficiencies Estimation"
Kozo HARIMAYA / Kei TOMIMURA / Nobuyoshi YAMORI
May 17, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-21 "Regime-Switching Sunspot Equilibria in a One-Sector Growth Model with Aggregate Decreasing Returns and Small Externalities"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI
May 12, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-30 (Revised) "Revisiting Marshallian versus Walrasian Stability in an Experimental Market"
Junyi SHEN / Ken-Ichi SHIMOMURA / Takehiko YAMATO / Tokinao OHTAKA / Kiyotaka TAKAHASHI
May 9, 2016
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI appeared in a show on CBC Radio (April 15, 2016)

May 7, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-20 "How Did the Introduction of Deposit Insurance Affect Chinese Banks? An Investigation of Its Wealth Effect"
Jianjun SUN / Nobuyoshi YAMORI
May 1, 2016
Tsutom MURAMOTO (Professor Emeritus, Seijo University, JAPAN) assumed his post as Research Fellow at RIEB

April

April 25, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-05 (Revised) "Infinite-Horizon Deterministic Dynamic Programming in Discrete Time: A Monotone Convergence Principle and a Penalty Method"
Takashi KAMIHIGASHI / Masayuki YAO
April 25, 2016
An article written about the research results by Prof. Kazuo NISHIMURA appeared in the Weekly Toyo Keizai
(Combined issue for April 30 & May 7, 2016, p.87)
April 22, 2016
Prof. Nobuaki HAMAGUCHI's comment appeared in the Nikkei Sangyo Shinbun
(April 22, 2016, p.13)
April 8, 2016
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI's comment appeared in the Bloomberg and the The Washington post online
(March 14 & 15, 2016)
April 8, 2016
Prof. Nobuyoshi YAMORI appeared in a show on CBC Radio
(March 1 & 22, 2016)
April 7, 2016
Annals of Economics and Business Vol.65 is available online

April 5, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-19 "Empirical Assessment of the Impact of Monetary Policy Communication on the Financial Market"
Masahiko SHIBAMOTO
April 4, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-23 (Revised) "Does Agricultural Growth Reduce Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries?"
Katsushi S. IMAI / Raghav GAIHA / Wenya CHENG
April 4, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2016-18 "The Impact of Japanese Regulatory Changes on Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management"
Masahiro ENOMOTO / Tomoyasu YAMAGUCHI
April 4, 2016
Discussion Paper Series (English)
No.DP2015-26 (Revised) "Discontinuities in Earnings and Earnings Change Distributions after J-SOX Implementation: Empirical Evidence from Japan"
Masahiro ENOMOTO / Tomoyasu YAMAGUCHI
April 1, 2016
"Early Modern Database" which planned and created by Associate Prof. Yasuo TAKATSUKI, Ex-Academic Resercher Takashi FUJIO and Resercher Kazuaki MURA from MITSUI-BUNKO is now available online
April 1, 2016
Kazuya KAMIYA was appointed as Professor of Global Finance Unit at RIEB