The Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) is pleased to announce that its Discussion Paper No. HIAS‑E‑150, “How Did People Tweet against Inflation in Japan?” authored by Toshitaka Sekine (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University) and Tetsuro Wada (Finatext Ltd.), has been published in the leading economics journal The Japanese Economic Review. This paper was […]
Hamza Umer (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor) delivered a guest seminar titled “Applications of Religious Nudging in Economics” at the College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman on Dec.16th. https://bridges.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/en/20251217-2/
On December 12 (Fri) and 13 (Sat), 2025, the Hitotsubashi Summer Institute 2025 “Economic Development” (HSI2025) / HSI-Young JADE Joint Conference was successfully held. This conference was organized as part of the winter session of the Hitotsubashi Summer Institute (HSI), co-hosted by the Japan Association for Development Economics (JADE) Conference Committee and the Hitotsubashi […]
The paper entitled “Corruption Disclosure and Its Impact on Labour‐related Actions.” by Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Umer Hamza (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University) has been published in Economica. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.70021
Hamza Umer (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor) gave 2 invited lectures as part of the “Ethics, Values & Public Policy” course on 2 October at the Department of Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the US. https://bridges.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/en/20251007-2/
On August 24 – 25, 2025, a research conference, HSI2025 –Hitotsubashi Summer Institute: Macroeconomic Policies / JER-HIAS-Kakenhi Joint Conference, was held. This conference was jointly organized by the Japan Economic Association (JEA); the GLECS research project titled “Macroeconomic Policies at the Time of Heightened Uncertainty under Globalization”; and the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) […]
On July 12 – 13, 2025, a research conference, HSI2025 –Hitotsubashi Summer Institute: Microeconomic Theory, was held as a part of the research project “Norms, Institutions, and Mechanism Design: Theoretical and Empirical Studies for Comprehensive Social Sciences”. The conference was held in person under the theme of “Microeconomic Theory” at Mercury Tower. The conference consisted […]
The paper entitled “Bridging the Gap: Advancing Behavioral Economics and Climate Change Research in Developing Countries” by Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Umer Hamza (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University) has been published in Energy and Climate Change. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egycc.2025.100198
On March 27, 2025, an international research conference, HSI2024-25 – the 10th Hitotsubashi Spring/Summer Institute: Economic Development was held. It was organized by Prof. Takashi Kurosaki (Institute of Economic Research of Hitotsubashi University) as a part of the research project “Institutions and Policies for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries” which he takes a lead. […]
On December 6, 2024, an international research conference, HSI2024 – 10th Hitotsubashi Summer Institute: Macroeconomic Policies, was held at the Sano Shoin Hall on Kunitachi Campus. It was organized by Etsuro Shioji, who is a Specially Appointed Professor of Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Studies (HIAS), Hitotsubashi University, as a part of the research project “Macroeconomic […]
