The 75th meeting: Tokyo Conference, Spring 2014
Dates Wednesday-Thursday, March 5-6, 2014.
Place Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Conference Room (Room 549), 5th floor, Akamon General Research Building, Hongo Campus.
Contact Administrative Manager: Yukari Jimma <jyukari@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, Institute of Social Science,
The University of Tokyo.
Wednesday, March 5
12:00-12:25 Coffee
12:25-12:30 Opening Remarks
Masaki Nakabayashi, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
12:30-16:00 Development Economics
chaired by Ryuichi Tanaka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
12:30-13:30 Jonna P. Estudillo, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Farmland, schooling, and occupational choice of three generations in Southeast
Asia.”
13:30-13:45 Coffee
13:45-14:45 Tomoya Matsumoto, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Title “Rural-rural migration and land conflicts: Implications on agricultural productivity in
Uganda.” (co-authored with Francis Mwesigye)
14:45-15:00 Coffee
15:00-16:00 Stephen Broadberry, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics.
Title “Accounting for the great divergence.”
16:00-16:15 Coffee
16:15-18:30 Experimental Economics
chaired by Takashi Shimizu, Department of Economics, Kansai University.
16:15-17:15 Keisuke Kawata, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation,
Hiroshima University.
Title “Gender division of labor: Marriage and job search model.”
17:15-17:30 Coffee
17:30-18:30 Masaru Sasaki, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title “A pivotal voter's behavior in committee search: Theory and experimental evidence.”
18:30-20:00 Conference dinner
Managed by Mayo Sakai, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
While on-site registration is available, we appreciate preregistration. Please contact the
manager, Mayo Sakai <5330017818@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>.
Thursday, March 6
9:00- 9:30 Coffee
9:30-12:05 International and Spacial Economics
chaired by Masaki Nakabayashi.
9:30-10:30 Taiju Kitano, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University.
Title “Disguised protectionism? Environmental policy in the Japanese car market.”
10:30-10:45 Coffee
10:45-11:45 Dao-Zhi Zeng, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University.
Title “The home market effect: Beyond the constant elasticity of substitution.”
11:45-13:15 Lunch break
13:15-13:05 Industrial Organization
chaired by Dan Sasaki, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
13:15-14:15 Jun Nakabayashi, Institute for International Advanced Research and Education,
Tohoku University.
Title “Detecting large-scale collusion in procurement auctions.” (co-authored with Kei Kawai)
14:15-14:30 Coffee
14:30-15:30 SungJin Cho, Department of Economics, Seoul National University.
Title “Is the 'Linkage Principle' valid ?: The evidence from the field.”
15:30-15:35 Concluding Remarks
Masaki Nakabayashi.
The 74th meeting
Date Friday, January 10, 2014.
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 Shuhei Kitamura, Institute for International Economic Studies,
Stockholm University.
Title “Loyalty and treason: Theory and evidence from land reform in
occupied Japan.”
16:20-17:50 Hirofumi Uchida, Graduate School of Business Administration,
Kobe University.
Title “Trading partners and firm location choice: Evidence from the Great
East-Japan Earthquake.”
The 73rd meeting
Date Friday, December 20, 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 Mayo Sakai, Graduate School of Economics, The University of
Tokyo.
Title “How to screen miners' skills: Recruiting in the coal mining in early
twentieth century Japan.”
16:20-17:50 Daiji Kawaguchi, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi
University.
Title “Winning the race against technology.” (co-authored with Yuko Mori,
JSPS post-doctoral fellow)
The 72nd meeting
Date Friday, November 1, 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 Ryoji Ohdoi, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology
Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Title “Dynamic analysis of an endogenous growth model with endogenous
fertility.” (co-authored with Hideki Nakamura)
16:20-17:50 Kouichi Futagami, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title “A nonunitary discount rate model.”
The 71st meeting
Date Friday, October 4, 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 Shintaro Miura, Department of Economics, Kanagawa University.
Title “Reporting vs concealing: Electoral competition and media coverage.”
16:20-17:50 Masaki Nakabayashi, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Title “Acquired skill and learned ability: Wage dynamics in internal labor markets.”
The 70th meeting: Tokyo Conference, Summer 2013
Dates Tuesday-Wednesday, August 20-21, 2013
Place Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
Conference Room (Room 549), 5th floor, Akamon General Research Building, Hongo Campus.
Contact Administrative Manager: Yukari Jimma <jyukari@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, Institute of Social Science,
The University of Tokyo.
Tuesday, August 20
12:00-12:25 Coffee
12:25-12:30 Opening Remarks
Masaki Nakabayashi, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
12:30-16:00 Economics of the Firm chaired by Dan Sasaki, Institute of Social Science, The University
of Tokyo
12:30-13:30 "Corporate social responsibility or payoff asymmetry?: A study of an endogenous timing
game," Toshihiro Matsumura, Instiute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
13:30-13:45 Coffee Break
13:45-14:45 "Relational contracting and endogenous formation of teamwork," Akifumi Ishihara,
Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University.
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 "Salvage in optimal incentive contracts," Susumu Cato, Graduate School of Social
Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
16:00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-18:30 Labor Market chaired by Takashi Shimizu, Department of Economics, Kansai University.
16:15-17:15 "The effectiveness of government intervention to promote elderly employment:
Evidence from elderly employment stabilization law," Ayako Kondo, Graduate School
of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University.
17:15-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-18:30 "Advertising and labor market matching: A tour through the times," (co-authored with
Oliver Gurtler) Jed DeVaro, College of Business and Economics, California State
University, East Bay.
18:30-20:00
Conference Dinner, managed by Mayo Sakai, Graduate School of Economics, The University
of Tokyo
While on-site registration is available, we appreciate preregistration. Please contact the
manager <msakai@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp>.
Wednesday, August 21
9:00-9:30 Coffee
9:30-11:45 Work Organization chaired by Keisuke Kawata, Department of Economics, Hiroshima
University.
9:30-10:30 "Finding good managers: An econometric case study of a large Japanese Auto Dealership,"
(co-authored with Shingo Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Tsuru, and Katsuhito Uehara) Hideo Owan,
Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45 "School reputation, performance evaluation and promotion: Estimating the employer
learning model using a personnel dataset," (co-authored with Shota Araki, Yuki Onozuka
and Hideo Owan) Daiji Kawaguchi, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University.
11:45-13:15 Lunch Break
13:15-16:45 Organizational Economics chaired by Masaki Nakabayashi.
13:15-14:15 "Contracts, conformity, and signaling with friction," Shingo Ishiguro, Graduate School of
Economics, Osaka University.
14:15-14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-15:30 "Information acquisition, decision making, and implementation in organizations,"
(co-authored with Kimiyuki Morita) Hideshi Itoh, Graduate School of Commerce and
Management, Hitotsubashi University.
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:45 "Performance, career dynamics, and span of control," (co-authored with Valerie Smeets
and Frederic Warzynski) Michael Waldman, Graduate School of Management,
Department of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences, School of Industrial and Labor
Relations, Cornell University.
16:45-16:50 Concluding Remarks
Masaki Nakabayashi
The 69th meeting
Date Friday, July 5, 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 Jun Goto, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
The University of Tokyo.
Title "Loan allocation and social norm within group lending: Experimental
and survey evidence from Self-Help Group program in South India.”
16:20-17:50 Tomoya Nakamura, Institute of Social and Economic Research,
Osaka University.
Title " Controlling transparency by benefit principle of public information.”
The 68th meeting
Date Friday, June 7, 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 Kentaro Inomata, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title "Strategic brand proliferation: Monopoly vs. duopoly."
16:20-17:50 Takenobu Yuki, Faculty of Management and Administration, Shumei University.
Title "Production organization of the multi-unit modern company: mergers
of the Kanegafuchi cotton spinning company in the early 20th century."
The 67th meeting
Date Friday, May 10, 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 Keisuke Kawata, Department of Economics, Hiroshima University.
Title "Protectionism and employment promotion policy: The role of international
policy agreements."
16:20-17:50 Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University.
Title "Influence of population density on market size and agglomeration of firms."
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)