The 66th meeting
Date Friday, April 12, 2013.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Shingo Takagi, Graduate School of Economics, Hokkaido University.
Title "A structural estimation approach to an asymmetric auction model for
the retail power market." (co-authored with Nobuhiro Hosoe,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.)
16:20-17:50 Kazufumi Yugami, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University.
Title "Cross-country differences in transition from temporary jobs at labor
market entry: The role of institutions." (co-authored with Hiroatsu
Nohara, and Paul Ryan)
The 65th meeting: Tokyo Conference, Spring 2013
Dates Wednesday-Thursday, March 27-28, 2013
Place Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Conference Room (Room 549), 5th floor, Akamon General Research Building, Hongo Campus.
Program
Wednesday, March 27
12:25-12:30 Opening Remarks
Masaki Nakabayashi, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
12:30-16:15 Behavioral Economics
Chair: Katsuya Takii, Graduate School of International Public Policy, Osaka University.
12:30-13:30 Masao Ogaki, Department of Economics, Keio University.
Title “Cultures, worldviews, and intergenerational altruism."
(co-authored with Kohei Kubota, Yamagata University, and Akiko Kamesaka,
Aoyama Gakuin University)
13:30-13:45 Coffee break.
13:45-14:45 Tomoharu Mori, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title “The hidden costs of control in the field."(co-authored with Sarunyu Jitsophon)
14:45-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-16:00 Alistair Munro, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Risky rotten kids: an experiment on risk attitudes amongst adolescents in
rural Uganda."(co-authored with Yuki Tanaka) download
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-18:30 Space Economics
Chair: Toshihiro Matsumura, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
16:15-17:15 Toshihiro Okubo, Department of Economics, Keio University.
Title “Regional variations in productivity premium of exporters:
evidence from plant-level data."(co-authored with Eiichi Tomiura) download
17:15-17:30 Coffee break.
17:30-18:30 Toshiyuki Matsuura, Institute for Economic and Industrial Studies, Keio University.
Title “Trade liberalization in East Asia and FDI strategies in heterogeneous firms:
Evidence from Japanese firm-level data." (co-authored with Kazunobu Hayakawa)
Thursday, March 28
09:30-11:45 Labor Economics
Chair: Masaki Nakabayashi.
09:30-10:30 Ryuichi Tanaka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Long-term effects of preschooling on educational attainments.”
(co-authored with Hideo Akabayashi) download
10:30-10:45 Coffee break.
10:45-11:45 Dainn Wie, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Legal entitlement and social status of mail order brides in Korea."
11:45-13:00 Lunch break.
13:00-16:30 Growth and Finance
Chair: Shingo Ishiguro, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
13:00-14:00 Roberto Leon-Gonzalez, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Endogeneity and panel data in growth regressions: A Bayesian model
averaging approach.” (co-authored with Daniel Montolio) download
14:00-14:15 Coffee break.
14:15-15:15 Kosuke Aoki, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
Title “Bubbles, banks and financial stability."(co-authored withKalin Nikolov,
European Central Bank) download
15:15-15:30 Coffee break.
15:30-16:30 Minchung Hsu, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Financing health care in Japan: A fast aging population and the dilemma
of reform."(co-authored with Tomoaki Yamada) download
16:30-16:35 Concluding Remarks
Masaki Nakabayashi.
The 64th meeting
Date Friday, January 11, 2013.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Hiroshi Kitamura, Department of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University.
Title "How does the efficiency of downstream firms affect exclusive supply
agreements." (co-authored with Noriaki Matsushima and Misato Sato)
16:20-17:50 Lex (Laixun) Zhao, Research Institute for Economics and Business
Administration, Kobe University.
Title "Emerging in the global market by international acquisition."
The 63th meeting
Date Friday, December 7, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Ayako Kondo, Department of Economics, Hosei University.
Title "The effects of elderly employment stabilization law on labor supply
and employment status."
16:20-17:50 Hidehiko Ichimura, Graduate School of Economics, The University
of Tokyo.
Title "Estimation of models with incomplete data by combining two data
sets."
The 62nd meeting
Date Friday, November 2, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Shoko Yamane, Department of Economics, Kinki University.
Title “Are facets of Homo economicus associated with higher earnings
and happiness?” (co-authored with Hiroyasu Yoneda and Yoshiro
Tsutsui)
16:20-17:50 Akihiko Matsui, Graduate School of Economics, The University of
Tokyo.
Title “Lemon or peach?:A dynamic trading process under asymmetric
information.” (co-authored with In-Koo Cho)
The 61th meeting
Date Friday, October 5, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Susumu Cato, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
Title “An Arrovian foundation of Bergson-Samuelson welfare economics.”
16:20-17:50 Kazuya Kamiya, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
Title “Multiperiod contract problems with verifiable and unverifiable outputs.”
The 60th meeting: Tokyo Conference, Summer 2012
co-organized by Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Dates Monday-Tuesday, August 20-21, 2012
Place Sanjo Conference Hall, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo.
Tentative program
Opening Remarks 13:30-13:35
Masaki Nakabayashi, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Household and Labor Market 13:35-18:05
chaired by Masaki Nakabayashi.
13:35-14:55
Ryo Arawatari, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya University.
Title “Old-age social security vs. forward intergenerational public goods
provision.”
14:55-15:10 Coffee
15:10-16:30
Masaru Sasaki, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title “Measuring the long-lasting effect of the natural disaster: A case
of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.”
16:30-16:45 Coffee
16:45-18:05
Aloysius Siow, Department of Economics, University of Toronto.
Title “Becker meets Ricardo: Multisector matching with social and
cognitive skills.” (co-authored with Robert J. McCann, Xianwen
Shi, and Ronald Wolthoff)
Organizational Economics 9:30-12:25
chaired by Shingo Ishiguro, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka
University.
9:30-10:50
Hideo Owan, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Title “Dynamics of the gender gap in the workplace: An econometric
case study of a large Japanese firm.” (co-authored with Takao
Kato and Daiji Kawaguchi)
10:50-11:05 Coffee
11:05-12:25
Junichiro Ishida, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
Title “Multilayered tournaments.”
Game Theory 13:30-18:00
chaired by Takashi Shimizu, Department of Economics, Kansai University.
13:30-14:50
Daisuke Oyama, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
Title “Contagion and uninvadability in social networks with bilingual option.”
(co-authored with Satoru Takahashi)
14:50-15:05 Coffee
15:05-16:25
Johannes Hörner, Department of Economics, Yale University.
Title “Career concerns with coarse information.” (co-authored with Alessandro
Bonatti)
16:25-16:40 Coffee
16:40-18:00
Akihiko Matsui, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
Title “Dynamic Lemon's Problem.” (co-authored with In-Koo Cho)
Closing Remarks 18:00-18:05
Masaki Nakabayashi
The 59th meeting
Date Friday, July 20, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Tomoko Hashino, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University.
Keijiro Otsuka, National Graduate Insitute for Policy Studies.
Title “Expansion and transformation of export-oriented silk weaving
district: The case of Fukui in Japan from 1890 to 1919.”
16:20-17:50 Hideshi Itoh, Graduate School of Commerce and Management,
Hitotsubashi University.
Title “Does the Japanese Consolidated Taxation System help encourage
high-risk investment?” (co-authored with Masanori Orihara)
The 58th meeting
Date Friday, June 1, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Chiaki Moriguchi, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University.
Title “Taxation and public goods provision in China and Japan before
1850.” (co-authored with Tuan-Hwee Sng, Princeton University)
16:20-17:50 Kyota Eguchi, Graduate School of Systems and Information
Engineering, University of Tsukuba.
Title “Employment protection legislation and cooperation under relational
contracts.”
The 57th meeting
Date Friday, May 11, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Kengo Yasui, Department of Economics, Ritsumeikan University.
Title "Wage distribution and return to education in Japan: A quantile
regression analysis."(co-authored with Shinpei Sano)
16:20-17:50 Taiju Kitano, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS).
Title "Disguised protectionism? Environmental policy in the Japanese
car market."
The 56th meeting
Date Friday, April 6, 2012.
Place Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (Meeting room 701,
the main meeting room on the 7th floor of Graduate School of Law and
Graduate School of Economics Building, Toyonaka Campus).
Presenters
14:40-16:10 Tetsuo Ono, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title “Marital status and derived pension rights: A political economy
model of public pensions with borrowing constraints.”
16:20-17:50 Makoto Hanazono, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya
University.
Title “Information aggregation in bargaining.”
(co-authored with Yasutora Watanabe)