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Japan Project Meeting
Organized by Kosuke Aoki, Shiro P. Armstrong, Charles Yuji Horioka, and David Weinstein August 4-5, 2026 Asian Development Bank Institute, Kasumigaseki Building 8F, 3-2-5, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6008, Japan 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 discussion. |
| Tuesday, August 4 | |
| 8:30 am |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9:00 am |
Opening Remarks
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Chair: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
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| 9:15 am |
Making Information Stick: Evidence from Correcting Misperceptions toward Paternity Leave-Taking in Japan
Discussant:
Shintaro Yamaguchi, The University of Tokyo |
| 10:15 am |
Workplace Culture and Paternal Involvement in Childcare
Discussant:
Marianne Bertrand, The University of Chicago and NBER |
| 11:15 am |
Break
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Chair: Shiro P. Armstrong, The Australian National University
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| 11:45 am |
How Are Bequests Divided? The Case of Japan
Discussant:
Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University and NBER |
| 12:45 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:45 pm |
Electricity Supply Shocks and Manufacturing: Evidence from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Discussant:
Shinsuke Uchida, Doshisha University |
| 2:45 pm |
The Impact of Electrification on Quality and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Cotton Spinning
Discussant:
Junichi Yamasaki, University of Kyoto |
| 3:45 pm |
Break
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Chair: Charles Yuji Horioka, Kobe University and NBER
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| 4:15 pm |
with Remarks by Haruhiko Kuroda (former Governor of the Bank of Japan) and Tsutomu Watanabe (University of Tokyo) |
| 5:15 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:00 pm |
Dinner
The Okura Tokyo, 2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Banquet Room: La Lune, 41F Sponsored by Alphadyne Asset Management |
| Wednesday, August 5 | |
| 8:30 am |
Registration and Coffee
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Chair: Kosuke Aoki, The University of Tokyo
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| 9:00 am |
Distributional Monetary Transmission in Bank Lending under Abundant Reserves
Discussant:
Laurence M. Ball, Johns Hopkins University and NBER |
| 10:00 am |
How Do Gamblers React to Wins? Evidence from Bank Transaction Data in Japan
Discussant:
Emir Kamenica, The University of Chicago |
| 11:00 am |
Break
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Chair: Charles Yuji Horioka, Kobe University and NBER
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| 11:30 am |
Global Policy Spillovers: How Environmental Policies Propagate through Product Attributes
Discussant:
Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
The Impact of Cartels on Productivity: A Concrete Example from Japan
Discussant:
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER |
| 2:30 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Dinner
KIGI, 2-10-2, Nagatacho, Chiyoka-ku, Tokyo |
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We are grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute for its generous assistance and support. |
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