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.
Prof. Iwaisako took part in the IMF Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar "Japan - Economic Outlook and Policy Priorities" as a discussant on June 9. Video recordings of the seminar along with presentation slides have been posted on the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific website.
IER published the 5th issue of "IER SpotlightS", a public relations magazine.
An application for FY2022 Joint Usage and Research Center Programs has been started. For further details, please refer to the application guidelines.
Application deadlines:[Project Research Program] 9:00 a.m. on December 13, 2021, Japan Standard Time
[Government Statistics Anonymized Data Usage Promotion Program] September 30, 2022
[Joint Research Program] January 31, 2023
Emeritus Professor Noriyuki Takayama has received the first JSS Nakamura Takafusa Award from the Japan Statistical Society.
Link: https://www.jss.gr.jp/society/prize/prize_biog2021/ (in Japanese)
Antonin Bergeaud (Bank de France)
Dr. Rashedul Islam (HIAS Postdoctoral Researcher)
Takao Maruyama (JICA)
David Weil (Brown University)
Huiyu Li (FRB of San Francisco)
Leah Brooks (George Washington University)
Larry Warren (U.S. Census Bureau)
Josef C. Brada and Ichiro Iwasaki
“Do Target‐Country Legal Institutions Affect
Cross‐Border Mergers and Acquisitions?
‐ A Quantitative Literature Survey ‐”
Ichiro IWASAKI
“How Do Economic Activities Spur the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia? A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis”
Amar Anwar and Ichiro Iwasaki
“The Finance-Growth Nexus in Asia: A Meta-Analytic Approach”
Chiaki Moriguchi and Tuan-Hwee Sng
“The Size of Polities in Historical Political Economy”
Yuta Takahashi and Naoki Takayama
“Hidden Stagflation”
