Japan Project Meeting

Jennifer Corbett, Charles Yuji Horioka, Anil K Kashyap, Kazuo Ueda, and David Weinstein, Organizers

June 29-30, 2012

Tokyo, Japan

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, June 29
1
Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
Takatoshi Ito, Columbia University and NBER

Defying Gravity: How Long Will Japanese Government Bond Prices Remain High?
2
Kaoru Hosono, Gakushuin University
Daisuke Miyakawa, Waseda University
Taisuke Uchino, Daito Bunka University
Makoto Hazama, Hitotsubashi University
Arito Ono, Chuo University

Natural Disasters, Bank Lending, and Firm Investment
3
David B. Cashin, Federal Reserve Board
Takashi Unayama, Kyoto University

Measuring Intertemporal Substitution: Evidence from a Consumption Tax Rate Increase in Japan
4
Julian Franks, London Business School
Colin Mayer, University of Oxford
Hideaki Miyajima, Waseda University

The Ownership of Japanese Corporations in the 20th Century
5
Douglas Skinner, University of Chicago
Meng Li, University of Chicago
Kazuo Kato, Osaka University of Economics

Is Japan Really a "Buy"? The Corporate Governance, Cash Holdings, and Economic Performance of Japanese Companies
6
Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo
Soohyung Lee, University of Maryland

Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration
7
Takao Kato, Colgate University

Trends in Long-term Employment and Job Security in Japan and the United States: the Last Twenty-Five Years