Wednesday, December 15
December 15: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM (JST) / December 14: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (EST)
December 16: 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM (JST) / December 15: 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM (EST)
Times are Japan Standard Time (JST)
8:00 am
Welcome Remarks
8:10 am

Electoral Institutions, Women’s Representation, and Policy Outcomes

(Video Presentation)
Yoko Okuyama, Uppsala University
Ayumi Sudo, Yale University

Discussant:
Melanie Wasserman, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
8:50 am

Consumption Access and the Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity: Evidence from Smartphone Data (slides)

(Video Presentation)
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
9:30 am
Break
9:40 am

From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Transaction Costs Shape Tokyo (slides)

(Video Presentation)
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University
Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University
Junichi Yamasaki, Kobe University

Discussant:
Jeffrey Lin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
10:20 am

Household Inventory, Temporary Sales, and Price Indices

(Video Presentation)

Discussant Slides
Kozo Ueda, Waseda University
Kota Watanabe, Meiji University
Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo

Discussant:
Alberto Cavallo, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 am
Adjourn
Thursday, December 16
Times are Japan Standard Time (JST)
8:00 am

Medical Expenditures over the Life-cycle: Persistent Risks and Insurance

(Video Presentation)

Discussant Slides
Taiyo Fukai, University of Tsukuba
Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona
Sagiri Kitao, University of Tokyo
Minamo Mikoshiba, Nagoya University

Discussant:
Mariacristina De Nardi, University of Minnesota and NBER
8:40 am

AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers (slides)

(Video Presentation)
Kyogo Kanazawa, University of Tokyo
Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER
Yasutora Watanabe, University of Tokyo

Discussant:
Sydnee Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
9:20 am
Break
9:30 am

Using Bid Rotation and Incumbency to Detect Collusion: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (slides)

(Video Presentation)
Sylvain Chassang, Princeton University and NBER
Kei Kawai, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jun Nakabayashi, Kindai University
Juan M. Ortner, Boston University

Discussant:
David P. Byrne, University of Melbourne
10:10 am

Science and Engineering Education and Invention in Japan’s Industrialization

(Video Presentation)
Shotaro Yamaguchi, University of Maryland
Serguey Braguinsky, University of Maryland and NBER
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University

Discussant:
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
10:50 am

Media Trust and Persuasion

(Video Presentation)
Shuhei Kitamura, Osaka University
Toshifumi Kuroda, Tokyo Keizai University

Discussant:
Andrey Simonov, Columbia University
11:30 am
Adjourn