Associate Professor Kensuke Teshima received the first prize in 2018 Victor Urquidi economics prize for his research titled “International Competition and Innovative Activities at the Plant Level: Evidence from Mexico”.
Professor Toshiaki Watanabe became the institute's new director.
The Joint Usage and Research Center Programs at the Institute of Economic Research earned a highest S rating in interim assessment from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Emeritus Professor Osamu Saito was selected as a member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Joshua Goodman (Harvard Kennedy school)
Walter Bossert (University of Montreal)
Toru Kitagawa (University College London)
Konrad Grabiszewski (MBSC)
Cheng Chen (University of Hong Kong, Clemson University)
Huseyin Ozturk (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey)
Takeshi Murooka (Osaka University)
Naohito Abe, D.S. Prasada Rao
“Multilateral Sato-Vartia Index for International Comparisons of Prices and Real Expenditures”
Kamila Kolpashnikova, Man Yee Kan, and Kiyomi Shirakawa
“Marriage Penalty: Unconditional Quantile Regression of Housework Participation in Japan”
Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul
“Baumol versus Engel: Accounting for 100 years (1885-1985) of Structural Transformation in Japan”
Kyoji Fukao, Tatsuji Makino, Tokihiko Settsu
“Structural Change, Capital Deepening, and TFP Growth in Japan: 1885-1970”
Noriyuki Takayama
“Cost Sharing Schemes in Japanese Social Security Pensions: A Short Note”
Noriyuki Takayama
“How to Make Pension Systems Financially Sustainable?”
