National Bureau of Economic Research |
Center for Advanced Research in Finance |
Center on Japanese Economy and Business |
European Institute of Japanese Studies |
Australia-Japan Research Centre |
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Magnus Blomstrom, Jennifer Corbett, Fumio Hayashi, Charles Horioka, |
Anil Kashyap, and David Weinstein, Organizers |
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June 24-25, 2008 |
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Marubiru Conference Square |
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Program |
Tuesday, June 24: |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast/Registration |
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9:00 am |
Joe Chen, Yun Jeong Choi,
and Yasuyuki Sawada, |
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Discussant: Emily Oster, |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:30 am |
Jose Lopez and Mark
Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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Foreign Entry into Underwriting
Services: Evidence from Japans Big Bang Deregulation |
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Discussant: Takeo Hoshi, UC, |
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11:30 am |
Kimie Harada, |
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Takatoshi Ito, |
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Did Mergers Help Japanese
Mega-Banks Avoid Failures? Analysis of the Distance to Default of Banks |
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Discussant: Joe Peek, |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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Speaker: Hiroko Ota, Minister of State for Economic
and Fiscal Policy |
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2:00 pm |
Kazuki Onji, |
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David Vera, |
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Tax Law Asymmetries and Income
Shifting: Evidence from Japanese
Capital Keiretsu |
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Discussant: Yishay Yafeh, |
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3:00 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Shiro Armstrong, |
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Interaction Between Trade,
Conflict and Cooperation: The Case of
Japan and China |
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Discussant: Matthew Slaughter, |
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4:30 pm |
Panel Momentum for Structural Reform |
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Naohiro
Yashiro, ICU and Council on Economic & Fiscal Policy |
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Tatsuo
Hatta, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
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Richard
Jerram, |
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6:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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7:00 pm |
Reception and Dinner Marubiru Conference
Square |
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Wednesday, June 25: |
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8:30 am |
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Migiwa Tanaka, Bank of |
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Deflation
in Durable Goods Markets: An
Empirical Model of the Tokyo Condominium Market |
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Discussant: Christopher Mayer, |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:30 am |
Christian Broda, |
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David Weinstein, |
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Discussant: Shujiro Urata, |
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11:30 am |
Kiu-Sik Bae and Dong-Bae
Kim, Korea Labor Institute |
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Hiroyuki Chuma and Isao
Ohashi, |
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Takao Kato, |
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High Performance Work Practices
and Employee Voice: A Comparison of Japanese and Korean Workers |
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Discussant: Jesse Shapiro, |
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12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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