
	Monday, July 30
	Suggested Attire for all Events: Business Casual
8:30 am	Breakfast/Registration
9:00 am	Welcome Remarks by Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
9:10 am	The Neo-Fisher Effect in the United States and Japan Martín Uribe, Columbia University and NBER Discussant: Kosuke Aoki, University of Tokyo
10:10 am	Break
10:40 am	Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar Japan Shuhei Kitamura, Osaka University Discussant: David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
11:40 am	The Samurai Bond: Credit Supply and Economic Growth in Pre-War Japan (slides) Sergi Basco, Universitat Barcelona John P. Tang, University of Melbourne Discussant: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University and NBER
12:40 pm	Lunch
1:40 pm	Inflows and Spillovers: Tracing the Impact of Bond Market Liberalization Cynthia Balloch, London School of Economics Discussant: Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
2:40 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Matching and Agglomeration: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Firm-to-Firm Trade Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University Discussant: Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo
4:10 pm	Free for Children? Patient Cost-Sharing and Health Care Utilization Toshiaki Iizuka, University of Tokyo Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER Discussant: Edward C. Norton, University of Michigan and NBER
5:10 pm	Adjourn
5:40 pm	Bus Leaves ADBI for Funasei Dinner Cruise
6:30 pm	Funasei Dinner Cruise of Tokyo Bay Dinner Information
	FORMAT: The format for each paper will be a 20-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 20-minute discussion and then another 20 minutes of general audience discussion.
	Emergency Contact in Tokyo: Ms. Mutsumi Tabata, Polaris Secretaries Office Co., Ltd. Email: su-japan@officepolaris.co.jp Mobile phone: 070-5268-6664 (+81-70-5268-6664)
	ESRI Conference to be held on July 31 with a Reception to follow at Roppongi Hills Club Roppongi Hills Club Information
	We are very grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute for its generous assistance and support.

Participants

Ali Akkemik, Fukuoka University
David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Kosuke Aoki, University of Tokyo
Shiro P. Armstrong, Australian National University
Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Cynthia Balloch, London School of Economics
Sergi Basco, Universitat Barcelona
Charles Bean, London School of Economics
Serguey Braguinsky, University of Maryland and NBER
Jennifer Corbett, Australian National University
Robert A. Feldman, Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd.
Hiroshi Fujiki, Chuo University
Mitsuhiro Fukao, Musashino University
Shin-ichi Fukuda, University of Tokyo
Taiji Furusawa, University of Tokyo
Koichi Hamada, Yale University
Yasushi Hamao, Tsinghua University
Charles Yuji Horioka, Kobe University and NBER
Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
Kaoru Hosono, Gakushuin University
Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona
Toshiaki Iizuka, University of Tokyo
Jota Ishikawa, Gakushuin University
Kumiko Ishikawa, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University and NBER
Tokuo Iwaisako, Hitotsubashi University
Richard Jerram, Bank of Singapore
Andrew L. Johnson, Texas A&M University
Akiko Kamesaka, Aoyama Gakuin University
Masaaki Kanno, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of British Columbia
Anil K Kashyap, University of Chicago and NBER
Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo
Shuhei Kitamura, Osaka University
Keiichiro Kobayashi, Keio University
Junko Koeda, Waseda University
Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Baruch College
Sebastien Lechevalier, EHESS
Jia Li, University of Niigata Prefecture
Hiroaki Matsuura, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Colin McKenzie, Keio University
Wataru Miyamoto, University of Hong Kong
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University
Koyo Miyoshi, Aichi Gakuin University
Heather Montgomery, International Christian University
Peter Morgan, ADBI
Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo
Yoshiaki Nakamura, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Yoko Niimi, Doshisha University
Edward C. Norton, University of Michigan and NBER
Manabu Nose, University of Tokyo
Ayako Obashi, Aoyama Gakuin University
Seki Obata, Keio University
Nobuyuki Oda, Kyorin University
Masao Ogaki, Doshisha University
Kazuo Ogawa, Osaka University
Maki Ogawa, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
Sanae Ohno, Musashi University
Atsushi Ohyama, Hitotsubashi University
Arito Ono, Chuo University
Takeshi Osada, Saitama University
Robert Owen, University of Nantes
Cheol-Soo Park, Kumamoto Gakuen University
Pedro Franco Pinto, Musashi University and LSE
Katheryn Russ, University of California, Davis and NBER
Ayako Saiki, Nihon University
Makoto Saito, Hitotsubashi University
Yukiko Saito, Waseda University
Akira Sasahara, University of California, Davis
Yuri Sasaki, Meiji Gakuin University
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University and NBER
Miki Seko, Keio University
Etsuro Shioji, Hitotsubashi University and TCER
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
Yosuke Takeda, Aichi University
Akiko Tamura, Hosei University
Mari Tanaka, University of Tokyo
Shinsuke Tanaka, University of Connecticut
Kenichi Ueda, University of Tokyo, CEPR, and TCER
Kozo Ueda, Waseda University
Takashi Unayama, Kyoto University
Martín Uribe, Columbia University and NBER
Alexander Wagner, University of Zurich
Franz Waldenberger, Munich University
Hiroshi Watanabe, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo
Wako Watanabe, Keio University
Mark W. Watson, Princeton University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
Naohiro Yashiro, International Christian University
Jiro Yoshida, Pennsylvania State University
Yushi Yoshida, Shiga University
Naoyuki Yoshino, Asian Development Bank Institute
Yu Zhang, Peking University