Business Economics and Public Policy

Our annual Tokyo Conference was held on May 15th at Otemachi Financial City Conference Center. With Governor Kuroda from the Bank of Japan and Dr. Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics as keynote speakers, the conference gathered speakers and guests from a wide range of fields to discuss and debate the future of the Japanese economy. The event was sold out and covered by multiple media sources, which can be viewed from the following links:

Professor Amit Khandelwal, the Gary Winnick and Martin Granoff Associate Professor of Business in the Finance and Economics Division, has been awarded the 2014 George S. Eccles Research Award.  Khandelwal was chosen through a rigorous and competitive selection process and will be honored at a reception with members of the Eccles family and the Columbia community on May 12. 

Gerald Brady '58, a Columbia University faculty member for more than 30 years and a professor emeritus of the Business School, died at home on April 16 at age 84.  

Two University professors have been awarded the 2014 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing.

CJEB Core Faculty Professor Gerry Curtis will give a talk "Japan in the World" at the Economist Japan Summit in Tokyo on 4/17, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's keynote address.

CJEB's Director of Research, Chair of the Department of Economics, and Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy David E. Weinstein shared his views on Japanese monetary policy and structural reform in an article published by Toyo Keizai, appearing in print on April 12th, 2014. You can find the full article (Japanese) in PDF format here.

An interview of CJEB Director of Research Professor David E. Weinstein was published on Nikkei Business Online on March 27th. Professor Weinstein shared his views on the Bank of Japan's monetary policy.

 March 25, 2014- Alumni Networking Event and Panel on Regulatory Landscape. 

Award honors Ilyana Kuziemko and Emi Nakamura for outstanding research and leadership in economics

Five leading economists, including Dean Glenn Hubbard, spoke at a February 4 symposium moderated by Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs.