2017

January 18 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Nobuaki Yamashita, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University

Title: Has Japan's technological capacity declined?: International comparison since 1980


December 14 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Kazunobu Hayakawa, Institute of Developing Economies-Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)

Title: Country-level Dynamics from the First Production to the First Export: Evidence from Plant-product Level Data (with Chin-Hee Hahn and Dionisius Narjoko)

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


November 30 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Keiko Ito, Senshu University

Title: Participation in the Global Value Chains and Domestic Technology Change: Evidence from Japanese Patent-Firm-Matched Data

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


November 9 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Banri Ito, Aoyama Gakuin University

Title: Trade exposure and electoral protectionism: Evidence from Japanese politician-level data

Room: KIEAS Meeting Room (right-hand-side of elevator)


October 12 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Yiqing Xie, Fudan University

Title: Productivity Differences among Unaffiliated Domestic Firms, Licensees and Foreign Subsidiaries

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


July 6 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Masahiro Endoh, Keio University

Title: Import Competition and Skill Premiums in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


June 15 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Sabien Dobbelaere, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Title: Labor Market Imperfections, Markups and Productivity in Multinationals and Exporters (with Kozo Kiyota)

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


June 1 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Masashige Hamano, Waseda University

Title: Adapting to within-country export barriers: Evidence from the Japan 2011 Tsunami

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


May 11 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Yoichi Sugita, Hitotsubashi University

Title: Wage Markdowns and FDI Liberalization (with Yi Lu and Lianming Zhu)

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)


April 13 (Thu), 17:00-18:30

Speaker: Kensuke Teshima, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Title: Offshoring Health Risks: The Impact of the U.S. Lead Regulation on Infant Health in Mexico

Room: KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)