The purpose of the Hi-Stat Vox Series of the Global COE Program "Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in the Social Sciences" is to periodically present policy commentary and analysis based on the research of the Program.
In January 2009, Hi-Stat Vox and VoxEU.org of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) agreed to collaborate in the international dissemination of policy commentary and analysis. In Japan, Hi-Stat Vox first joined the Vox consortium and the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) also joined the consortium in March 2012. Selected VoxEU.org columns are translated into Japanese and posted on Hi-Stat Vox's Japanese website.
Hi-Stat Vox No. 27
The next productivity revolution: The 'industrial internet'
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Marco Annunziata
General Electric Co.
Hi-Stat Vox No. 26 (January 23, 2013)
Hitotsubashi University Policy Forum/Global COE Open Forum,
“What's the Use of Economics?”
Yukinobu Kitamura
Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 25 (January 17, 2013)
The Reduction of School Days in Japan Increased Educational Inequality
Daiji Kawaguchi
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 24 (December 8, 2011)
Taxing the 1%: Why the top tax rate could be over 80%
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Thomas Piketty
Paris School of Economics and CEPR
Emmanuel Saez
University of California, Berkeley
Stefanie Stantcheva
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hi-Stat Vox No. 23 (June 18, 2012)
Natural Disasters and Firm Dynamics: Lessons from the Kobe Earthquake
Iichiro Uesugi
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 22 (November 12, 2011)
Green growth? Evidence from energy taxes in Europe
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Seán Lyons
Economic and Social Research Institute
Richard S J Tol
ESRI and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hi-Stat Vox No. 21 (November 24, 2011)
Professor Christopher Sims Wins Nobel Prize for Economics
Toshiaki Watanabe
Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 20 (September 29, 2011)
Examining North Korean Statistical Information
Ho Il MOON
Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 19 (March 12, 2011)
Are the world's megacities too big?
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Klaus Desmet
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid and CEPR
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Princeton University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 18 (January 31, 2011)
Information Criteria and Related Pitfalls
Eiji Kurozumi
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 17 (December 9, 2010)
Exploring the Historical Origins of Institutions:
A Comparative Analysis of the Employment Practices in the United States and Japan
Chiaki Moriguchi
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 16 (August 11, 2010)
Debt and growth revisited
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Carmen M. Reinhart
University of Maryland
Kenneth Rogoff
Harvard University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 15 (September 9, 2010)
New Avenues for Research on Household Expenditure Using Homescan Data
Naohito Abe
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 14 (August 9, 2010)
Love Affairs with Chinese and Japanese Numbers
Harry X. Wu
Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 13 (May 19, 2010)
Explaining Fertility Trends in Russia
Kazuhiro Kumo
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 12 (November 14, 2009)
The illusion of improving global imbalances
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Richard Baldwin
Graduate Institute, Geneva and CEPR
Daria Taglioni
ECB and CTEI Graduate Institute, Geneva
Hi-Stat Vox No. 11 (November 16, 2009)
The Legal Arrangements for Economic Dismissals in Japan: Considerations and Implications
Ryo Kambayashi
Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 10 (November 10, 2009)
Game Theoretic Approach to International Political Economy
Taiji Furusawa
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 9 (May 15, 2009)
Why was the Industrial Revolution British?
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Robert C. Allen
Professor of Economic History at Oxford University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 8 (May 18, 2009)
Why Is Japan So Heavily Affected by the Global Economic Crisis? – An Analysis Based on the Asian International Input-Output Tables
Kyoji Fukao and Tangjun Yuan
Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 7 (April 22, 2009)
Trade Collapse and Vertical Foreign Direct Investment
Kiyoyasu Tanaka
COE Researcher, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 6 (February 16, 2009)
Help! Not just anybody: The locational choice of Japanese MNC affiliates
(original text in VoxEU.org)
Sandra Poncet
University of Paris 11 and CEPII
Hi-Stat Vox No.5 (January 12, 2009)
Structural lessons for and from economics (original text in VoxEU.org)
Daron Acemoglu
MIT and CEPR
Hi-Stat Vox No. 4 (February 25, 2009)
“History” in Classical Economics, “Society” in Neo-Classical Economics:
Towards a new conceptualisation in economic history
Osamu Saito
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 3 (January 1, 2009)
The IMF on fiscal policy in the crisis (original text in VoxEU.org)
Richard Baldwin
Graduate Institute, Geneva and CEPR
Hi-Stat Vox No. 2 (December 3, 2008)
Paul Krugman's Winning of the Nobel Prize in Economics
—Contribution to International Trade Theory
Jota Ishikawa
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Hi-Stat Vox No. 1 (October 27, 2008)
Towards an Evidence-Based Policy Design
Yukinobu Kitamura
Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University