October 23-24, 2024
Time schedule: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo Japan)
2-1 Naka Kunitachi, Tokyo
Day 1 - Wednesday, 23 Oct.
Research project room (#307) on the 3rd floor of the 3rd Research Building(Campus Map #36)
Day 2 - Thursday, 24 Oct.
Conference room (大会議室) on the 3rd floor of the Institute of Economic Research Building (Campus Map #15)
Organizers
Erwin Diewert (The University of British Columbia), Naohito Abe and Chihiro Shimizu (Hitotsubashi U.)
Program
Day 1 – Wednesday, 23 October
Research project room (#307) on the 3rd floor of the 3rd Research Building(Campus Map #36)
https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/campus/index.html
9:55 Opening Remarks, Chihiro Shimizu.
Chair: Erwin Diewert.
10:00-11:00 Chihiro Shimizu, Hitotsubashi University.
“Product Newness as a Price Determining Characteristic.” with Erwin Diewert
11:00-12:00 Erwin Diewert, The University of British Columbia.
“Alternative Interregional Purchasing Power Parities for Japan at the First Level of Aggregation” with Naohito Abe, Akiyuki Tonogi and Chihiro Shimizu
Lunch
Chair: Alicia Rambaldi,
13:30-14:30 Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University.
“Measuring Real Actual Consumption and Economic Inequalities Across Age Groups: A New Approach Using Japanese Household Data” with Noriko Inakura
14:30-15:30 Alicia Rambaldi, The University of Queensland.
“Reconciling Indices of Different Frequencies” with Robert Hill, Daniel Melser, and Michael Scholz
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Finn McEvoy, The London School of Economics.
“How AI Can Improve Price Data” with Richard Davies
17:00 Closing Remarks. Naohito Abe
Day 2 – Thursday, 24 October
Conference room (大会議室) on the 3rd floor of the Institute of Economic Research Building (Campus Map #15)
https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/campus/index.html
9:50 Opening Remarks, Naohito Abe.
Chair: Naohito Abe
10:00-10:40 Toshihiko Akatani, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
“'Treatment of the ‘Charges for package tours to overseas’ index in Japan’s CPI after the COVID-19 pandemic” with Shuhei Miyake
10:40-11:20 Wenqi Zhao, University of Tsukuba.
“The Bottom-up Approach of Geocultural Villages in China”
11:20-12:00 Hongjik Kim, Hitotsubashi University.
“Amenity changes and older adults’ step counts: A quasi-natural experiment in the City of Yokohama, Japan” with Kimihiro Hino, Franz Fuerst, and Chihiro Shimizu
Lunch
Chair: Chihiro Shimizu
13:30-14:10 Yumi Saita, Kwansei Gakuin University.
“Real estate prices and banks’ financing conditions”
14:10-14:50 Dongyuan Mu, Japan Real Estate Institutes.
“How the COVID-19 pandemic affects people’s lifestyle: empirical evidence from Japan”
14:50-15:20 Coffee break
15:20-16:00 Junichiro Ohnishi, Reitaku University & Xymax.
“Estimating of green premium in Tokyo office market considering the renovation.” with Franz Fuerst and Chihiro Shimizu
16:00-16:50 Keisuke Takano, Saga University.
“Path-dependence in the location of business agglomeration: Case of postwar land requisition”
16:50 Closing Remarks. Chihiro Shimizu.