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NIRA Research Reports, NIRA Policy Review

NIRA Research Reports
"NIRA Research Reports" provide in-depth analyses of important policy issues and policy proposals.

Indexes for Recovery and Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake　NEW!　
by Recovery and Reconstruction Indexes Research Team
(Report)　　September 2011

Why Did Japan Stop Growing? by Professor Takeo Hoshi (University of California, San Diego) and Professor Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago), January 2011
(Summary) | (Report) | (Appendix)

Strengthening Regional Cooperation in East Asia, NIRA, November 2010
(Summary) | (Policy Proposal) | (English-Japanese version)
Related article
"COMMENTARY" Daily Yomiuri, by Motoshige Itoh, November 2, 2010.

Is the Aging of Society a Threat to Japan? : Increasing Productivity in the Next Decade is the Key, May 2010.
(Summary) | (Full Report)

The Market or Welfare? -- Reconsidering the Alternatives-Socialization of Risk as the Way Forward for the Japanese Economy-, NIRA
(Summary) May 2010
(Outline of the report)
Revitalizing the Japanese Economy by Socializing Risk by Charles Yuji Horioka and
Reiko Kanda, ISER Discussion Paper No.799, Osaka University, December 2010
(Related article)
How to fix the Japanese economy: Socialize risk using a two-pronged strategy
by Charles Yuji Horioka, Reiko Kanda, April 22, 2010

Asia as a Single 'Domestic Market': The Harmonization of Rules and Systems, NIRA, October 2009
(Summary)

Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis : Proposal for a new financial system beyond present stopgap measures, NIRA, October 2009.
(Summary) | (Full Report)

Abandoning the Illusion of Lifetime Employment：Towards a System of Employment tailored to Changes in the Industrial Structure (Shushin Koyo to Iu Genso wo Suteyo: Sangyo Kozo Henka ni Atta Koyo Sisutemu ni Tenkan wo), NIRA, April 2009.

Excess Household Savings and the Necessity for a Transition from Savings to Spending (Kakei ni Nemuru "Kajo Chochiku": Kokumin Seikatsu no Shitsu no Kojo niha "Chochiku kara Shohi he" to yu Hasso ga Fukaketsu), NIRA, November 2008.

Prospects for Statistical Reform: Towards the Sharing of Specialized and Experts-based Knowledge (Tokei Kaikaku heno Teigen: "Senmon-chi to Keiken-chi no kyoyuka" wo Mezashite), NIRA, October 2008

Increasing Employment Risk among Non-regular Employees in the Younger Generations （Shushoku hyogaki sedai no kiwadosa: takamaru koyo risuku e do taio subekika), NIRA, April 2008.

Scenarios for Regional Revitalization: Policy Responses to Population Decline (Chiho saisei e heno shinario：jinko gensho heno seisaku taio), NIRA, April 2008.

NIRA Policy Review (Published exclusively in Japanese)
The "NIRA Policy Review" outlines essential points of policy issues and brings together expert perspectives in readily comprehensible form. Edited by Professor Motoshige Itoh, President of NIRA.

Financial Reconstruction (NIRA Policy Review No.48, March 2011)
by Motoshige Itoh (NIRA), Prof. Shunpei Takemori, Prof. Seki Obata

Growing Recovery Still in the Shadow of the Crisis by Paul Sheard (Global Chief Economist, Nomura Securities), January 2011

The Flight of Japanese Macroeconomic Policies on one Engine: Fiscal Stimulus without Monetary Stimulus, Koichi Hamada, NIRA Policy Review No.40, July 2009.

The Burden of Government Bonds on Future Generations, Tatsuo Hatta, NIRA Policy Review No.40, July 2009.

NIRA Monograph Series