Japan Project Meeting

Shiro P. Armstrong, Charles Yuji Horioka, Takeo Hoshi, Tsutomu Watanabe, and David Weinstein, Organizers

July 30, 2018

Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 30
Suggested Attire for all Events: Business Casual
8:30 am
Breakfast/Registration
9:00 am
Welcome Remarks by Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
9:10 am
Martín Uribe, Columbia University and NBER

The Neo-Fisher Effect in the United States and Japan
Discussant: Kosuke Aoki, University of Tokyo
10:10 am
Break
10:40 am
Shuhei Kitamura, Osaka University

Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar Japan
Discussant: David Albouy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
11:40 am
Sergi Basco, Universitat Barcelona
John P. Tang, University of Melbourne

The Samurai Bond: Credit Supply and Economic Growth in Pre-War Japan (slides)
Discussant: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University and NBER
12:40 pm
Lunch
1:40 pm
Cynthia Balloch, London School of Economics

Inflows and Spillovers: Tracing the Impact of Bond Market Liberalization
Discussant: Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
2:40 pm
Break
3:10 pm
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University

Matching and Agglomeration: Theory and Evidence from Japanese Firm-to-Firm Trade
Discussant: Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo
4:10 pm
Toshiaki Iizuka, University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER

Free for Children? Patient Cost-Sharing and Health Care Utilization
Discussant: Edward C. Norton, University of Michigan and NBER
5:10 pm
Adjourn
5:40 pm
Bus Leaves ADBI for Funasei Dinner Cruise
6:30 pm
Funasei Dinner Cruise of Tokyo Bay
Dinner Information

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 audience discussion.


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)


ESRI Conference to be held on July 31 with a Reception to follow at Roppongi Hills Club

Roppongi Hills Club Information


We are very grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute for its generous assistance and support.