Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Service Sector Productivity in Japan: Determinants and Policies (SSPJ)" (FY 2016-2020, Principal Investigator: Professor Kyoji Fukao) received the (A) rating in the term-of-end evaluation from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The rating (A) means that the results were in line with initial expectations.
The Joint Usage and Research Center Programs at the Institute of Economic Research received the highest (S) rating in the term-of-end evaluation from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology following the mid-term evaluation in 2008. In addition, the Institute was newly accredited for the period from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2028.
An application for the FY2026 Project Research Program of Joint Usage / Research Center Programs has been started.
The application deadline is 9:00 a.m. on December 12, 2025, Japan Standard Time.
For further details, please refer to the application guidelines.
We have published Volume 49 of the Economic Research Series.
Tokuo Iwaisako, ed. "Japan's Financial System: New Perspectives and Potential Risks in the Post-Global Financial Crisis Era"
IER has published the latest issue of its PR magazine, IER SpotlightS, Vol. 8.
Professor Naohito Abe was awarded the 67th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science for the book titled "Introduction to the Theory of Price Index Numbers and Their Applications".
Emeritus Professor Noriyuki Takayama was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Sakito Tango (University of Tokyo)
Victor Gilsing (Professor, School of Business and Economics, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Mandy Ryan (Emeritus Professor, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen / Specially Appointed Professor, HIAS)
Xiaojie Liu (Northwestern University)
Maria Lohan (Specially Appointed Professor, HIAS)
David Weil (Brown University)
Tim Ruberg (University of Tokyo)
Jouchi Nakajima
Article:
“Estimation of firms' inflation expectations using the Tankan DI”
Jouchi Nakajima, Toshitaka Sekine, Masazumi Hattori, and Takuji Fueki
Article:
“A 25-Year Chronology of Monetary Policy Meetings under the New Bank of Japan Act”
Alex Bryson and Mari Tanaka
“Unions in Developing Countries”
Ryo Arawatari, Yuta Takahashi, and Naoki Takayama
“Accounting for the Boom-Bust Cycle of the Japanese Economy: A Macro-Finance Approach”
Naohito Abe and DS Prasada Rao
“To Log or not to Log? Proportionality in Time-Dummy Hedonic Price Indexes”
