Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Sep 19, 2019: Professor Kyoji Fukao won the Economic History Association Larry Neal Prize 2019 by the article "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874" (co-authored by Jean-Pascal Bassino, Stephen N. Broadberry, Bishnupriya Gupta, and Masanori Takashima).
May 27, 2019: 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”.

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Apr 1, 2019: Professor Toshiaki Watanabe became the institute's new director.
Nov 5, 2018: Emeritus Professor Yukihiko Kiyokawa was awarded the the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Oct 30, 2018: 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.

24 Sep 15:30: “Industry and Labor Economics Workshop”
Yuta Toyama (Waseda University)
24 Sep 17:10: “Macro Money Workshop”
Takeo Hoshi (University of Tokyo)
25 Sep 16:30: “HIAS Health the 40th Regular Seminar”
Masaki Takahashi (HIAS Postdoctoral Researcher, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University)
27 Sep 10:45: “CEI Seminar/Economic Development Workshop”
David Jacks (Simon Fraser University)
27 Sep 16:30: “HIAS Seminar/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)/Research Center for Normative Economics”
Walter Bossert (University of Montreal)
3 Oct 13:00: “Management Innovation Research Center, 2019 the 6th International Research Seminar”
Omri Even-Tov (Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley)
3 Oct 17:10: “Economic Theory Workshop/HIAS Seminar”
Nobuo Koida (Iwate Prefectural University)

CEI Working Paper Series: [Sep 4, 2019]
Norio Horie and Kazuhiro Kumo
“Socialist Legacies and Human Resource Management in European Transition Economies: An Analytical Survey”
CEI Working Paper Series: [Sep 2, 2019]
Ichiro Iwasaki and Kazuhiro Kumo
“Determinants of Regional Fertility in Russia A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis”
CEI Working Paper Series: [Aug 29, 2019]
Toshiaki Iizuka and Hitoshi Shigeoka
“Free for Children? Patient Cost-sharing and Healthcare Utilization”
CEI Working Paper Series: [Aug 28, 2019]
Harry X. Wu
“Towards an Institutional Interpretation of TFP Changes in China”
RRC Working Paper Series: [Aug 22, 2019]
Кадзухиро КУМО
“К вопросу о межрегиональном перераспределении населения в Советской России”