News

12/11/2024

A research paper from Aline Mortha (PhD student) and Prof. Arimura on the substitutability between electricity and fossil fuel inside manufacturing plants has been published in Energy Economics. 

12/11/2024

Newsletter No.27E has been uploaded.
Newsletter for the Symposium with the German Institute for Japanese Studies　"Innovation for GX – dream or real?”

12/11/2024

Newsletter No.26E has been uploaded.
Newsletter for the WIAS・RIEEM Seminar "Energy substitution, biased technical change and the economy-wide energy rebound: A comparison of the US and Japan“

11/20/2024

On December 4th, we held on a symposium "Innovation for GX – dream or real?" jointly with the German Institute for Japanese Studies. Information

10/23/2024

WIAS RIEEM seminar on November 20th (Wed) （Prof. Dr. Rainer Klump （Professor of Goethe University, Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods in Germany) " Energy substitution, biased technical change and the economy-wide energy rebound: A comparison of the US and Japan "）

10/22/2024

Newsletter No.25E has been uploaded.
Newsletter for the “Symposium on Sustainable Finance: A Comparison of Japan and Germany”

09/30/2024

Discussion paper No.2401E has been uploaded.
The monotonic path and its value loss when an optimal path is non-monotonic

09/26/2024

RIEEM seminar on October 2nd (Wed) 17:00-18:40 “Symposium on Sustainable Finance: A Comparison of Japan and Germany” details

09/20/2024

Prof. Toshi H. Arimura (RIEEM Director) and Prof. Takuro Miyamoto (RIEEM Fellow, Kanto Gakuin University) have received the President’s Awards at Arizona State University, as collaborators of Prof. Nicole Darnall.

07/08/2024

Prof. Hibiki (RIEEM Fellow) and Prof. Arimura have co-authored an Open Access book titled “Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy in Japan”.

07/08/2024

WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On July 8th Shirley-Ann Behravesh （Assistant Professor of Global Sustainable Enterprise, Thunderbird School of Global Management in USA) delivered. a guest lecture titled "The Influence of Stakeholder Relations on Public Sector
Environmental Policies". Information

06/11/2024

IASS/WIAS/RIEEM seminar On June 11th Professor Dr. Carsten Herbes （Nuertingen Geislingen University, Germany）delivered. A guest lecture titled "Regional energy and food production and consumption – insights from cases from Germany". Information

06/05/2024

Prof. Chattopadhyay (RIEEM Fellow), Prof. Dendup (RIEEM Fellow) and Prof. Arimura have published a book chapter on environmental taxation in Asia.

06/11/2024

Discussion paper No.2401E has been uploaded.
Monotonic policy and value loss when an optimal path is non-monotonic

06/11/2024

A research paper from Prof. Miwa Nakai (RIEEM Fellow) on the comparison of consumer preferences for dynamic electricity tariffs between Germany and Japan has been published in Ecological Economics.

04/12/2024

IASS/WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On April 19th Prof. Budy P Resosudarmo（Professor, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University）delivered. a guest lecture titled "Is There a Natural Resource Curse at the Local Level? Case Studies in Indonesia?". Information

03/15/2024

Discussion paper No.2304E has been uploaded.
Cooling the Tropics Sustainably: Evidence from a Choice Experiment on Energy Efficient Air Conditioners in the Philippines

03/08/2024

RIEEM hosted an interdisciplinary workshop on energy and the environment in Paris.

12/28/2023

A research paper from Dr. JU Yiyi (RIEEM Affiliated Faculty) and co-authors published at “Communications Earth & Environment” Information.

12/25/2023

Discussion paper No.2303E has been uploaded.
Impacts of market power in the day-ahead electricity market on incentive-based demand response

12/01/2023

IASS/WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On December 1st, Prof. Stefano BARTOLINI（professor of Economics of Happiness and of Political Economy at the University of Siena）delivered. a guest lecture titled "Does loneliness make money more important?". Infomation

11/16/2023

Newsletter No.24E has been uploaded.
Newsletter for the DAAD Workshop 2023

10/13/2023

Discussion paper No.2302E has been uploaded.
onetary and moral incentives of behavioral interventions: Field experimental evidence from hotel guest energy efficiency programs

09/01/2023

Tuesday 29 August　The Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics 2023 - Conference Policy Session “Japanese Climate Policy Toward Carbon Neutrality”　 delivered. Find them slides here.

2023.08.25

Discussion paper No.2301E has been uploaded. The Spatial Distribution of Stigmatized Properties in Tokyo, Japan

07/31/2023

Tuesday 29 August　The Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics 2023 - Conference Policy Session “Japanese Climate Policy Toward Carbon Neutrality”　details and application　* Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available.

07/07/2023

Prof. Shigeharu Okajima (RIEEM Fellow, Osaka University of Economics) has recently published his latest working paper titled "Monetary and moral incentives of behavioral interventions: Field experimental evidence from hotel guest energy efficiency programs"

07/07/2023

WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On July 7th, Dr. Kanako Morita（Senior researcher at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute）delivered.
a guest lecture titled "Nature-based solutions to address both climate change and biodiversity loss: Focus on the forest sector".

05/26/2023

WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On June 7th, Prof. Hide-Fumi Yokoo （Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University）delivered.
a guest lecture titled "Green nudge messages and information-collection behavior of wineries: Field experiments in Japan".

05/15/2023

Dr. Dries Couckuyt (RIEEM Fellow), Prof. Arimura, Prof. Takuro Miyamoto (RIEEM Fellow) and Prof. Naonari Yajima (RIEEM Fellow) published their latest article on green purchasing in Sustainability

03/21/2023

Prof. Arimura, Prof. Matsumoto and Prof. Takeda have been awarded the prestigious Ichimura Prize in Science against Global Warming for Excellent Achievement from the Ichimura Foundation for New Technology.

03/01/2023

Prof. Nakai, Prof. Saitou, and Prof. Ravago have published a coauthored paper regarding on the popularization of energy-saving air conditioners in the Philippines, in Energy Efficiency.

03/01/2023

Mr. Lu, Prof Tanaka, and Prof Arimura have published a coauthored discussion paper in RIETI Discussion Paper Series.

02/13/2023

IASS/WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On March 13th, Dr. Mario Giampietro （ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain）delivered.
a guest lecture titled " Innovative quantitative analysis in sustainability science ".

11/08/2022

WIAS/RIEEM seminar 　On November 8th, James Morris (Waseda Institute for Advanced Study) delivered
a guest lecture titled "Christianity and Copper Pollution: the Origins and Responses to the Ashio Copper Mine Incident". Find his slides here

11/01/2022

RIEEM seminar 　On November 1st, Karoline Postel-Vinay (Sciences Po Paris, France) delivered a guest lecture titled "Contested Narratives of Global Order".
Find her slides from here

10/05/2022

Dr. Naonari Yajima and Prof. Arimura have published a coauthored paper in Energy Economics.

10/05/2022

Newsletter No.17E has been uploaded.
Newsletter for the RIEEM Workshop on EU-Japan Climate Policy Workshop：Updates on Carbon Offset.

05/17/2022

Prof Arimura has been appointed President of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS) (2022-2024).

04/01/2022

Dr. Chattopadhyay　Mriduchhanda received the award of Azusa Ono Memorial Awards of Waseda University and Awards of Dean of Graduate School of Economics of Waseda University.

03/15/2022

A book “Frontiers in Carbon Pricing” has been published as an achievement of the research project supported by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency (2-2008).

03/01/2022

Mr. Lu (a Ph.D. student), Prof Sugino, Prof Horie, and Prof Arimura have published a coauthored paper in Energy Policy.

03/01/2022

Discussion paper No.2103E has been uploaded. Creation and Application of the 2015 Input-Output Table for Analysis of Next-generation Energy Systems: Analysis of the Effects of Introducing Carbon Tax

01/20/2022

We costed the workshop on sustainable purchasing by inviting Prof Darnall from Arizona State University

11/01/2021

Prof Arimura, Prof Katayama, Prof Sakudo (University of Tsukuba), and Prof Iwata (Matsuyama University) published a coauthored paper, “Seemingly Unrelated Interventions: Environmental Management Systems in the Workplace and Energy Saving Practices at Home” in Environmental and Resource Economics.

10/06/2021

A book review of Carbon Pricing in Japan from Mr. Reo Kawamura (Director of the Ministry of the Environment) has been uploaded in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2021 Volume 14 Issue 2 (Japanese only).

09/30/2021

The book, “Carbon Pricing in Japan”, received the Commentary Award from the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

09/15/2021

Prof Katayama, Ms. Chattopadhyay (a Ph.D. student), Dr. Yokoo and Prof Sakudo have published a coauthored paper on household air pollution issues in rural Indian village in Resource and Energy Economics.

08/17/2021

Prof Morita and Prof Iwata published a coauthored paper, "The rebound effect in air conditioner usage: an empirical analysis of Japanese individuals’ behaviors" in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. The DP version of the paper is available from here.

06/21/2021

Discussion paper No.2102E has been uploaded.

The Rebound Effect in Air Conditioner Usage: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Individuals’ Behaviors

06/07/2021

Professor Arimura coauthored a short paper “EEPS special issue on “Carbon Pricing in East Asia”” in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. With M. Duan (Tsinghua University) and H. Oh, (Kyung Hee University).

06/07/2021

Discussion paper No.2101E has been uploaded.

Success and Failure of Voluntary Action Plan Disaggregated Sector Decomposition Analysis of Energy-related CO2 Emission in Japan

04/12/2021

Newsletter No.15E has been uploaded.
Newsletter for the Waseda University Brussels Office Workshop on Environmental Conservation Behaviors.

04/12/2021

Prof. Nakai has published a paper “Revisiting the determinants of individual sustainable investment—The case of Japan” in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

03/22/2021

Prof. Arimura gave a talk on decarbonization and carbon pricing at Tokyo College. The video is published at YouTube (First Session and Second Session).

03/22/2021

Discussion paper No.2007E has been uploaded.

The Distributional Effects of Climate Change: Evidence from Iran

03/22/2021

Prof. Tarui (University of Hawaii) has published a paper “Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on global fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions” in Energy Economics.

02/16/2021

A book review of Carbon Pricing in Japan from Ms. Reo Kawamura, Director of the Ministry of the Environment (Japanese only)

02/05/2021

Prof. Iguchi, Prof. Katayama, and Prof. Yamanoi have published a paper “CEOs’ religiosity and corporate green initiatives.” in Small Business Economics.

02/05/2021

Prof. Takeda and Prof. Arimura have published a paper “A computable general equilibrium analysis of environmental tax reform in Japan with a forwardlooking dynamic model” in Sustainability Science.

02/01/2021

Prof. Matsumoto has published a paper “An economic model of home appliance　replacement: Application to refrigerator replacement among Japanese households.” In Environmental Economics and Policy Studies.

01/12/2021

Discussion paper No.2006E has been uploaded.

Individual Sustainable Investment in Japan

12/18/2020

An article on the green public purchasing has been uploaded to the page of the Special Projects.

12/01/2020

Dr. Miyamoto, Mr. Yajima and Prof. Arimura published a paper on green purchasing by Japanese local municipalities in Sustainability.

11/01/2020

Dr. Onuma, Prof. Matsumoto and Prof. Arimura have published a paper “How much household electricity consumption is actually saved by replacement with Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)?” in Economic Analysis and Policy.

11/01/2020

Ms. Wakabayashi and Prof. Arimura have published a paper “The role of staff assignment in implementing energy-conserving practices in small- and medium-sized firms: an empirical analysis based on data from a Japanese survey.” in Energy Efficiency.

10/10/2020

A homepage that introduces the research project supported by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency (2-2008) has been completed.

10/10/2020

An Open Access book “Carbon Pricing in Japan” has been published as an achievement of the research project supported by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency (2-1707).

10/10/2020

Discussion paper No.2005E has been uploaded.

Advancement of Green Public Purchasing by Category: Do municipality green purchasing policies have any role in Japan?

09/20/2020

The article for an interview with Prof. Joel Malen has been uploaded in the researcher's interview.

09/05/2020

Discussion paper No.2004E has been uploaded.

Global fossil fuel consumption and carbon pricing: Forecasting and counterfactual analysis under alternative GDP scenarios

09/05/2020

Prof. Sugino and Prof. Arimura have just published a paper, "Energy‐Related Environmental Policy and Its Impacts on Energy Use in Asia" in Asia Economic Policy Review.

09/05/2020

Prof. Matsumoto and Dr. Onuma have just published a paper, "Measuring household ability to adopt new technology: The case of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)" in Journal of Cleaner Production.

08/17/2020

Discussion paper No.2003E has been uploaded.

Subjective risk belief function in the field: Evidence from cooking fuel choices and health in India

07/02/2020

Tai Sdayuki and Toshi H. Arimura published a paper on the issues of vacant houses in Tokyo as "The Externality of Vacant Houses: The Case of Toshima Municipality, Tokyo, Japan" in the Review of Regional Studies.

07/01/2020

Director, Toshi H. Arimura received the outstanding publication award from Society of Environmental Science, Japan.

06/15/2020

Discussion paper No.2002E has been uploaded.

A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Environmental Tax Reform in Japan

08/05/2020

The article for an interview with Prof. Arimura has been uploaded in the researcher's interview.

08/05/2020

The official homepage of the Research Institute for Environmental Economics and Management (RIEEM) has been renewed.

31/03/2020

RIEEM has been adopted by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. (project title: Designing Carbon Pricing Instruments with Consideration of the Effective Carbon Rate: Reconciliation of Efficiency and Regional Equity)

06/02/2020

Discussion paper No.2001E has been uploaded.

Optimal Dynamic Incentive Contracts between a Principal and Multiple Agents in Controlled Markov Processes: A Constructive Approach

20/11/2019

Newsletter No.13E has been uploaded.

Newsletter for the Carbon Pricing Symposium

14/11/2019

Newsletter No.12E has been uploaded.

Newsletter for the Thematic Session: Carbon Pricing in East Asia at EAAERE Congress

Newsletter No.11E has been uploaded.

GRONEN Workshops: Tokyo 2019 Ph.D Workshop and Research symposium

17/10/2019

Discussion paper No.1803E has been updated.

30/09/2019

Discussion paper No.1910E has been uploaded.
Discussion paper No.1909E has been uploaded.

05/09/2019

Discussion paper No.1908E has been uploaded.

25/07/2019

Discussion paper No.1907E has been uploaded.
Discussion paper No.1906E has been uploaded.
Discussion paper No.1905E has been uploaded.

08/07/2019

Discussion paper No.1904E has been uploaded.

27/05/2019

Discussion paper No.1903E has been uploaded.

05/04/2019

Discussion paper No.1902E has been uploaded.

19/02/2019

Discussion paper No.1901E has been uploaded.

15/01/2019

Discussion paper No.1804E has been uploaded.

28/08/2018

Discussion paper No.1803E has been uploaded.

12/07/2018

Newsletter No.10E has been uploaded.

Kassel-Waseda RIEEM Workshop

Newsletter No.09E has been uploaded.

Kassel-Waseda RIEEM Workshop

Newsletter No.08E has been uploaded.

UAM-RIEEM Workshop

Newsletter No.07E has been uploaded.

CVM Working Session & RIEEM Presentation

24/05/2018

Discussion paper No.1802E has been uploaded.

27/03/2018

Discussion paper No.1801E has been uploaded.

18/01/2018

Newsletter No.06E has been uploaded.

Carbon Pricing Workshop

Newsletter No.05E has been uploaded.

Carbon Pricing Symposium

21/11/2017

We will host a workshop (in English) on 14th December. detailed information

17/11/2017

We will host a symposium "Paris Agreement and International Trends of Carbon Pricing" on 15th December. Please register here if you would like to attend the symposium.

19/10/2017

Newsletter No.04E has been uploaded.

RIEEM Workshop on Environment and Management

19/09/2017

We will host a workshop (in English) on 6th October. detailed information

28/08/2017

Newsletter No.03E has been uploaded.

A research exchange meeting with a team from Tsinghua University, China.

18/05/2017

We will co-host a workshop (in Japanese) on 26th May. detailed information

10/05/2017

We will host a workshop on 16th May. detailed information

04/05/2017

Discussion paper No.1703E has been uploaded.

25/03/2017

Discussion paper No.1702E has been uploaded.

17/03/2017

Discussion paper No.1701E has been uploaded.

11/03/2017

Newsletter No.02E has been uploaded.

The Climate and Energy Policy Workshop

24/02/2017

Newsletter No.01E has been uploaded.

Workshop on "Intergenerational equity, discounting and international agreement on global warming"

22/10/2016

The venue for the workshop on 5th November was changed. detailed information “Intergenerational equity, discounting and international agreement in global warming”

14/10/2016

We will host a workshop titled "Intergenerational equity, discounting and international agreement in global warming" on 5th November. detailed information “Intergenerational equity, discounting and international agreement in global warming”

14/10/2016

HP is open.