
	Tuesday, July 30

8:30 am	Registration and Coffee
9:00 am	Opening Remarks: Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
9:02 am	Chair: Charles Yuji Horioka, Kobe University and NBER
9:10 am	Codification, Technology Absorption and the Globalization of the Industrial Revolution Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER Shogo Sakabe, LMU Munich David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER Discussant: Tetsuji Okazaki, Meiji Gakuin University
10:10 am	Break
10:40 am	A Rise of New Elites? The Role of Secondary Schools in Early Development (slides) Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo Yutaro Takayasu, Hitotsubashi University Mari Tanaka, University of Tokyo Discussant: Gregory Clark, University of California at Davis
11:40 am	Break
11:54 am	Chair: Shiro Armstrong, Australian National University
11:55 am	Factory Automation, Labor Demand, and Local Labor Market Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo Tetsuji Okazaki, Meiji Gakuin University Xuanli Zhu, Keio University Discussant: Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
12:55 pm	Lunch
1:55 pm	The Granular Origins of Agglomeration Shinnosuke Kikuchi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Daniel G. O'Connor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Tomoya Mori, Kyoto University
2:55 pm	Break
3:09 pm	Chair: Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo
3:10 pm	The Impact of Municipal Mergers on Pollution Control: Evidence of River Pollution in Japan Kazuki Motohashi, Hitotsubashi University Michiyoshi Toya, METI Discussant: Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley
4:10 pm	Break
4:25 pm	Blessing or Curse for Organized Crime? The Long-term Effects of the Energy Transition from Coal to Oil on the Yakuza Takuma Kamada, Osaka University Discussant: Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
5:25 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception Sponsored by Capula Investment Management LLP The Okura Tokyo, 2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 (Banquet Room: 41st Floor) Dress code: Smart casual. Shorts, sandals, sleeveless clothing (tank tops and running shirts) and caps are not permitted. directions map
	Wednesday, July 31
8:30 am	Coffee
8:32 am	Chair: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
9:00 am	CEO Gender Bias in the Formation of Firm-to-Firm Transactions Yutaro Izumi, GRIPS Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER Masayuki Yagasaki, Tohoku University Discussant: Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	What about Japan? (slides) Yi-Li Chien, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Harold L. Cole, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER Discussant: Toshitaka Sekine, Hitotsubashi University
11:30 am	Break
11:45 am	The Effects of Public Sector Wages: A Local Labor Market Approach Tsuyoshi Goto, Chiba University Atsushi Yamagishi, Hitotsubashi University Discussant: Ayako Kondo, University of Tokyo
12:45 pm	Lunch and Adjourn
6:50 pm	Funasei Dinner Cruise Chartered bus will depart from ANA InterContinental Tokyo at 6:00 pm map Funasei information
	The ESRI event will be taking place on August 1 at Akasaka Intercity Conference Center preliminary program
6:57 pm	We are grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute for its generous assistance and support.
	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)

Participants

Ali Akkemik, Fukuoka University
Kosuke Aoki, University of Tokyo
Natsuki Arai, Gettysburg College
Shiro P. Armstrong, Australian National University
Yukiko Asai, University of Chicago
Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER
Yi-Li Chien, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Gregory Clark, University of California at Davis
Jennifer Corbett, Australian National University
Jess Diamond, Hosei University
Takero Doi, Keio University
Ronald Edwards, Tamkang University
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Naomi E. Feldman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Caroline Freund, University of California, San Diego
Hiroshi Fujiki, Chuo University
Taiji Furusawa, University of Tokyo
Tsuyoshi Goto, Chiba University
Wataru Hagio, Bank of Japan
Yasushi Hamao, Tsinghua University
Fumio Hayashi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Tomoko Hayashi, Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan
Charles Yuji Horioka, Kobe University and NBER
Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona
Hibiki Ichiue, Keio University
Toshiaki Iizuka, University of Tokyo
Daisuke Ikeda, Bank of Japan
Selahattin Imrohoroglu, University of Southern California
Akio Ino, Yokohama National University
Jota Ishikawa, Gakushuin University
Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University and NBER
Yutaro Izumi, GRIPS
Takuma Kamada, Osaka University
Akiko Kamesaka, Aoyama Gakuin University
Anil K Kashyap, University of Chicago and NBER
Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Shinnosuke Kikuchi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ritsu Kitagawa, Columbia University
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Princeton University and NBER
Keiichiro Kobayashi, Keio University
Ayako Kondo, University of Tokyo
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Hiroshi Matsushima, Australian National University
Colin McKenzie, Keio University
Jianping Mei, CKGSB
Teresa Molina, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
Tomoya Mori, Kyoto University
Chiaki Moriguchi, Hitotsubashi University

Kazuki Motohashi, Hitotsubashi University
Nobuko Nagase, Ochanomizu University
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University
Kota Nakamura, Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan
Shingo Nakazawa, Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan
Yusuke Narita, Yale University
Makoto Nirei, University of Tokyo
Seki Obata, Keio University
Nobuyuki Oda, Kyorin University
Masao Ogaki, Doshisha University
Kazuo Ogawa, Osaka University
Tetsuji Okazaki, Meiji Gakuin University
Arito Ono, Chuo University
Hiroshi Ono, Hitotsubashi University
Cheol-Soo Park, Kumamoto Gakuen University
Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER
Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Arief Ramayandi, Asian Development Bank Institute
Yukiko Saito, Waseda University
Yuri Sasaki, Meiji Gakuin University
Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo
Toshitaka Sekine, Hitotsubashi University
Miki Seko, Keio University
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER
Mototsugu Shintani, University of Tokyo
Etsuro Shioji, Hitotsubashi University and TCER
Shigenori Shiratsuka, Keio University
Haruka Takayama, University at Albany, SUNY
Yutaro Takayasu, Hitotsubashi University
Kohei Takeda, National University of Singapore
Katsuya Takii, Osaka University
Akiko Tamura, Hosei University
Mari Tanaka, University of Tokyo
John P. Tang, University of Melbourne
Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University
Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley
Kenichi Ueda, University of Tokyo, CEPR, and TCER
Kozo Ueda, Waseda University
Takashi Unayama, Kyoto University
Emiko Usui, Hitotsubashi University
Tien Manh Vu, Chuo University
Franz Waldenberger, Munich University
Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo
Yasutora Watanabe, University of Tokyo
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
Masayuki Yagasaki, Tohoku University
Atsushi Yamagishi, Hitotsubashi University
Linus Yamane, Pitzer College
Jiro Yoshida, Pennsylvania State University
Yushi Yoshida, Shiga University
Xuanli Zhu, Keio University