Day 1: Saturday, 8 November 2025
12:15
Registration (Please gather after having your lunch.)
12:55-
Opening address by Kosuke Aoki (University of Tokyo)
Session 1 Chair: Kosuke Aoki (University of Tokyo)
13:00-14:10
Hidehiko Matsumoto (Keio University)
Title: From Prudence to Excess: Measuring the Coordination Failure in Reserve Accumulation
Coauthored with SIMING LIU (Binghamton University) and EUGENIO ROJAS (University of Florida)
[Slides]
Discussant: Haruna Yamada (Takushoku University)
14:10-15:20
Tatsushi Okuda (Bank of Japan)
Title: Households' Attention to the Central Bank, Inflation Expectations, and Spending
Coauthored with Hibiki Ichiue (Keio University), Mitsuru Katagiri (Waseda University), Maiko Koga (Senshu University), and Tatsuya Ozaki (Bank of Japan)
Discussant: Takeshi Niizeki (Chiba University)
[Slides]
15:20-15:40
Coffee Break
Session 2 Chair: Takayuki Tsuruga (University of Osaka)
18:15-
Dinner and Discussion
Overview of Day 1
Capo PELLICANO (13th Floor, Faculty of Medicine Experimental Research Building, Hongo Campus)
Day 2: Sunday, 9 November 2025
9:00
Registration
Session 3 Chair: Etsuro Shioji (Chuo University)
9:30-10:40
Arito Ono (Chuo University)
Title: Unit Cost of Financial Intermediation in Japan, 1954‒2020
Coauthored with Hiroshi Gunji (Daito Bunka University), Masato Shizume (Waseda University), Hirofumi Uchida (Kobe University), and Yukihiro Yasuda (Hitotsubashi University)
Discussant: Fangyuan Yi (Keio University)
10:40-11:50
Michio Suzuki (Tohoku University)
Title: Nonlinear Earnings Dynamics and Inequality over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Japanese Municipal Tax Records
Coauthored with Sagiri Kitao (GRIPS) and Tomoaki Yamada (Meiji University)
[Paper]
Discussant: Naohito Abe (Hitotsubashi University)
11:50-13:20
Lunch and Discussion
Session 4 Chair: Ippei Fujiwara (Keio University / University of Tokyo)
13:20-14:30
Sakito Tango (University of Tokyo)
Title: Tax-Induced Barriers to Female Workers in Japan: Insights from Dynamic Intra-Household Bargaining
Discussant: Kazuharu Yanagimoto (Kobe University)
14:30-14:50
Coffee Break
Session 5 Chair: Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University)
14:50-16:00
Hirofumi Takikawa (Kobe University)
Title: Optimal Redistribution with Reference Dependent Utility
[Paper]
Discussant: Shuichi Tsugawa (Ryukoku University)
16:00-
Closing Remarks by Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University)