Jiro Yoshida (Co-investigator, Renkei Kenkyusha) presented "Inflation Rates Are Very Different When Housing Rents Are Accurately Measured" at Hitotsubashi University Macro Money Workshop.

Iichiro Uesugi (Principal Investigator) contributed an article to the Weekly Economist (July 25, 2017) on "No significant impact of impairment accounting on firms' investment behavior" (in Japanese).

Seow Eng Ong (National University of Singapore) presented "Disruptive Innovation and Real Estate Agency: The disruptee strikes back" at Hitotsubashi University ICS-FS Course and Faculty seminar.

Seow Eng Ong from National University of Singapore, has arrived as Adjunct Associate Professor of the Institute of Economic Research. (term of office: July 15, 2017 to December 31, 2017)

Hiroyuki Kasahara (Co-investigator, Research Collabolator) received the 2017 Nakahara Prize from the Japanese Economic Association. The aim of the prize is honoring and encouraging young economists to publish internationally well-recognized papers.

Hiroyuki Kasahara (Co-investigator, Research Collaborator), has arrived as Adjunct Associate Professor of the Institute of Economic Research. (term of office: June 12, 2017 to September 1, 2017)

Jiro Yoshida (Co-investigator, Renkei Kenkyusha), has arrived as Adjunct Associate Professor of the Institute of Economic Research. (term of office: May 19, 2017 to August 17, 2017)

Abdullah Yavas（Chair, Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, School of Business University of Wisconsin - Madison）presented "Land Share, Mortage Default, and Loan-to-Value Ratio as a Macro-Prudential Policy Tool" at Hitotsubashi University Macro Money Workshop. Meeting Summary (in Japanese)

Working Paper No. 67 uploaded.

Tomohiro Hirano (Co-investigator, Renkei Kenkyusha) presented "Asset Bubbles and Macro-prudential Policy" at Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.