Japan Project Meeting
Shiro P. Armstrong, Charles Yuji Horioka, Takeo Hoshi, Tsutomu Watanabe, and David Weinstein, Organizers
December 15-16, 2021
on Zoom.us
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December 15: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM (JST) / December 14: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (EST) December 16: 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM (JST) / December 15: 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM (EST) |
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| Times are Japan Standard Time (JST) | ||||
| 8:00 am | Welcome Remarks | |||
| 8:10 am |
Yoko Okuyama, Uppsala University Ayumi Sudo, Yale University Electoral Institutions, Women’s Representation, and Policy Outcomes (Video Presentation)
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| 8:50 am |
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER Consumption Access and the Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity: Evidence from Smartphone Data (Video Presentation)
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| 9:30 am | Break | |||
| 9:40 am |
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University Junichi Yamasaki, Kobe University From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Transaction Costs Shape Tokyo (Video Presentation)
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| 10:20 am |
Kozo Ueda, Waseda University Kota Watanabe, Meiji University Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo Household Inventory, Temporary Sales, and Price Indices (Video Presentation)
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| 11:00 am | Adjourn | |||
| Thursday, December 16 | ||||
| Times are Japan Standard Time (JST) | ||||
| 8:00 am |
Taiyo Fukai, University of Tsukuba Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona Sagiri Kitao, University of Tokyo Minamo Mikoshiba, Nagoya University Medical Expenditures over the Life-cycle: Persistent Risks and Insurance (Video Presentation)
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| 8:40 am |
Kyogo Kanazawa, University of Tokyo Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER Yasutora Watanabe, University of Tokyo AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers (Video Presentation)
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| 9:20 am | Break | |||
| 9:30 am |
Sylvain Chassang, Princeton University and NBER Kei Kawai, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Jun Nakabayashi, Kindai University Juan M. Ortner, Boston University Using Bid Rotation and Incumbency to Detect Collusion: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (Video Presentation)
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| 10:10 am |
Shotaro Yamaguchi, University of Maryland Serguey Braguinsky, University of Maryland and NBER Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University Science and Engineering Education and Invention in Japan’s Industrialization (Video Presentation)
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| 10:50 am |
Shuhei Kitamura, Osaka University Toshifumi Kuroda, Tokyo Keizai University Media Trust and Persuasion (Video Presentation)
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| 11:30 am | Adjourn | |||