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, Stanford 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, The 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, Gakushuin University Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona Sagiri Kitao, The 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, The University of Tokyo Daiji Kawaguchi, The University of Tokyo Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER Yasutora Watanabe, The 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, The University of Tokyo 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 Wisconsin - Madison Serguey Braguinsky, University of Maryland, College Park 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 | |||