Japan Project Meeting
Organized by Jenny Corbett, Charles Yuji Horioka, Kazuo Ueda, David Weinstein, and Takeo Hoshi
July 26-27, 2013
ADBI, Tokyo, Japan

Friday, July 26

1

The Impact of Interstate Tensions on Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations

Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
Yasushi Hamao, Tsinghua University
Yongxiang Wang, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance

2

'By a Silken Thread': Regional Banking Integration and Pathways to Financial Development in Japan's Great Recession

Mathias Hoffmann, University of Zurich
Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University

3

How Fast Are Prices in Japan Falling?

Satoshi Imai, Statistics Bureau of Japan
Chihiro Shimizu, Hitotsubashi University
Tsutomu Watanabe, The University of Tokyo

4

Railroad Expansion and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Meiji Japan

John Tang, University of Melbourne

5

The Effectiveness of Government Intervention to Promote Elderly Employment: Evidence from Elderly Employment Stabilization Law

Ayako Kondo, The University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER

6

Multidimensional Green Values: A Case of Green Condominiums with Longer Life Spans

Jiro Yoshida, The Pennsylvania State University
Ayako Sugiura, Tokyo Association of Real Estate Appraisers

7

Dynamics of the Gender Gap in the Workplace: An Econometric Case Study of a Large Japanese Firm

Takao Kato, Colgate University
Daiji Kawaguchi, The University of Tokyo
Hideo Owan, Waseda University