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Japan Project
Organized by Shiro P. Armstrong, Charles Yuji Horioka, Takeo Hoshi, Tsutomu Watanabe, and David Weinstein July 31, 2017 Asian Development Bank Institute, Kasumigaseki Building 8F, Tokyo 100-6008, Japan |
| Monday, July 31 | |
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Suggested Attire for all Events: Business Casual
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| 8:30 am |
Breakfast/Registration
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| 9:00 am |
Welcome Remarks: Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute
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| 9:10 am |
Government Spending Multipliers under the Zero Lower Bound: Evidence from Japan
Discussant:
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER |
| 10:10 am |
Break
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| 10:40 am |
Identifying Neighborhood Effects among Firms: Evidence from Location Lotteries of the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market
Discussant:
Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER |
| 11:40 am |
On Large-Scale Money Finance in the Presence of Black Markets: A Case of the Japanese Economy During and Immediately after World War II
Discussant:
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER |
| 12:40 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:40 pm |
Product Turnover and Deflation: Evidence from Japan
Discussant:
David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
| 2:40 pm |
Break
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| 3:10 pm |
Outcaste Politics and Organized Crime in Japan: The Effect of Terminating Ethnic Subsidies
Discussant:
Chiaki Moriguchi, Hitotsubashi University |
| 4:10 pm |
Information Frictions, Inertia, and Selection on Elasticity: A Field Experiment on Electricity Tariļ¬ Choice
Discussant:
Tatsuo Hatta, Asian Growth Research Institute |
| 5:10 pm |
Adjourn
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| 5:40 pm |
Bus leaves ADBI for Funasei Dinner Cruise
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| 6:30 pm | |
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We are very grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute for its generous assistance and support.
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