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)