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Friday,
July 26:
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8:30
am
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Breakfast/Registration
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8:50
am
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Welcome Remarks by Masahiro Kawai, Dean, Asian Development
Bank Institute
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9:00 am
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Takao Kato, Colgate University
Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitotsubashi
University
Hideo Owan, University of Tokyo
Dynamics
of the Gender Gap in the Workplace: An Econometric Case Study of a Large
Japanese Firm
Discussant: Yukiko Abe, Hokkaido
University
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10:00
am
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Break
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10:30 am
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Mathias Hoffmann, University of Zurich
Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University
By a Silken Thread: Regional Banking Integration and Pathways to Financial Development
in Japan's Great Recession
Discussant: Tarek
Hassan, University of Chicago and NBER
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11:30 am
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Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo
Satoshi Imai, Statistic Bureau of Japan
Chihiro Shimizu, Reitaku
University
How Fast are Prices in Japan Falling?
Discussant: David Weinstein, Columbia
University and NBER
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12:30
pm
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Lunch
Lunch Speaker: Hiroshi Nakaso, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan (introduced by
Alicia Ogawa, Columbia University)
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2:00 pm
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John Tang, Australian National University
Railroad Expansion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from
Meiji Japan
Discussant: Tetsuji
Okazaki, University of Tokyo
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3:00
pm
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Break
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3:30 pm
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Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
How Much do Bank Shocks Affect Investment?
Evidence from Matched Bank-Firm Loan Data
Discussant: Anil Kashyap,
University of Chicago and NBER
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4:30 pm
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Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kazuo Ueda, University of
Tokyo
Panelists: Robert Feldman, Morgan
Stanley Japan Ltd.
Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo and NBER
Ryuzo Miyao, Bank of Japan
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6:00
pm
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Adjourn
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6:30 pm
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Dinner Cruise of Tokyo Bay and Sumida River "Funasei"
Dinner participants are requested to meet in lobby of ADBI at 6:00 pm to
be guided to the pier.
Address: 1-16-8 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Telephone: +81 (0)3 5479 2731
http://www.funasei.com/fsei_english.htm
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Saturday,
July 27:
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8:30
am
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Breakfast
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9:00 am
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Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER
Yasushi Hamao, University of Southern California
Yongxiang Wang, University of Southern California
The
Impact of Interstate Tensions on Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to
Sino-Japanese Relations
Discussant: Shiro
Armstrong, Australian National University
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10:00
am
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Break
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10:30 am
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Ayako Kondo, Yokohama National University
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University
The
Effectiveness of Government Intervention to Promote Elderly Employment:
Evidence from Elderly Employment Stabilization Law
Discussant: Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo
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11:30 am
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Jiro Yoshida, Pennsylvania State University
Ayako Sugiura, Tokyo
Association of Real Estate Appraisers
Multidimensional
Green Values: A Case of Green Condominiums with Longer Life Spans
Discussant: Joshua Graff Zivin, University of California at San Diego and NBER
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12:30
pm
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Lunch
and Adjourn
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