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.
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)
Professor Takashi Kurosaki became the institute's new director.
Leonardo Madio (University of Padova)
Kohei Iwasaki (ISER, Osaka University)
Johannes Wieland (UC San Diego)
Hitoshi Shigeoka (University of Tokyo)
Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern University)
Carlos Santiago-Caballero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Visiting Professor at CEI, Hitotsubashi University)
Rish Singhania (University of Essex)
Nobuhiro Hobara
“The occurrence of potential complementarity and the Behavior of Bank-Coordinator and See Off Behavior”
Yuta Takahashi and Naoki Takayama
“On the Relationship Between Interest Rate Policy & Debt Sustainability”
Iichiro Uesugi, Kazuki Hiraga, Masashi Manabe and Naoyuki Yoshino
“Interregional Flow of Funds in Japan via Loans
and Deposits of Financial Institutions, and its Determinants”
Iichiro Uesugi, Kazuki Hiraga, Masashi Manabe and Naoyuki Yoshino
“Measuring Concentration in the Japanese Loan and Deposit Markets”
Yuko ADACHI and Ichiro IWASAKI
“Legal Weakness, Investment Risks, and Distressed Acquisitions: Evidence from Russian Regions”
Tomohito Honda
“The Effects of Credit Lines on Cash Holdings and Capital Investment:
Evidence from Japan
”