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.
Professor Iichiro Uesugi's book, "Economics of SME Financing: Role of Financial Institutions and Role of the Government", was selected as the second-best economic book of the year in Diamond Weekly.
Professor Takashi Kurosaki was awarded the 2022 JER Best Article Award for The Japanese Economic Review.
Professor Iichiro Uesugi was awarded the 29th Zengin Foundation Award (The Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance).
We published the Economic Research Series, volume 48.
Yukinobu Kitamura "Quest for Good Money: Past, Present and Future"
Professor Iichiro Uesugi was awarded the 65th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science for his book titled "Economics of SME Financing: Role of Financial Institutions and Role of the Government".
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Takahiro Sato (Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University)
Satoshi Tanaka (University of Queensland)
Ichiro Iwasaki and Mihoko Satogami
“Gender Wage Gap in European Emerging
Markets: A Meta-Analytic Perspective”
Yuri Sugiyama
“Can Soft Law Improve the Welfare of Sexual Minorities? The Case of Same-sex Partnership Policy in Japan”
Naoki Yoshihara
“Correspondence between Exploitation and Profits in General Neoclassical Production Economies”
Manfred Kerber，Colin Rowat，Naoki Yoshihara
“Asymmetric majority pillage games”
Hiroshi Morita and Shiro Yuasa
“Nonlinear Effects of Uncertainty Shocks: State-dependency and Asymmetry”
