Japan Project Meeting
Shiro P. Armstrong, Charles Yuji Horioka, Tsutomu Watanabe, and David Weinstein, Organizers
July 30-31, 2024
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, July 30 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Registration and Coffee | |||
| 9:00 am | Opening Remarks: Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute | |||
| 9:02 am | Chair: Charles Yuji Horioka, Kobe University and NBER | |||
| 9:10 am |
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER Shogo Sakabe, LMU Munich David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER Codification, Technology Absorption and the Globalization of the Industrial Revolution
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| 10:10 am | Break | |||
| 10:40 am |
Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Arizona Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo Yutaro Takayasu, Hitotsubashi University Mari Tanaka, University of Tokyo A Rise of New Elites? The Role of Secondary Schools in Early Development
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| 11:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:54 am | Chair: Shiro Armstrong, Australian National University | |||
| 11:55 am |
Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo Tetsuji Okazaki, Meiji Gakuin University Xuanli Zhu, Keio University Factory Automation, Labor Demand, and Local Labor Market
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| 12:55 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:55 pm |
Shinnosuke Kikuchi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Daniel G. O'Connor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Granular Origins of Agglomeration
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| 2:55 pm | Break | |||
| 3:09 pm | Chair: Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo | |||
| 3:10 pm |
Kazuki Motohashi, Hitotsubashi University Michiyoshi Toya, METI The Impact of Municipal Mergers on Pollution Control: Evidence of River Pollution in Japan
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| 4:10 pm | Break | |||
| 4:25 pm |
Takuma Kamada, Osaka University Blessing or Curse for Organized Crime? The Long-term Effects of the Energy Transition from Coal to Oil on the Yakuza
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| 5:25 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm |
Reception Sponsored by Capula Investment Management LLP The Okura Tokyo, 2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 (Banquet Room: 41st Floor) Dress code: Smart casual. Shorts, sandals, sleeveless clothing (tank tops and running shirts) and caps are not permitted. directions map |
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| Wednesday, July 31 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee | |||
| 8:32 am | Chair: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER | |||
| 9:00 am |
Yutaro Izumi, GRIPS Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER Masayuki Yagasaki, Tohoku University CEO Gender Bias in the Formation of Firm-to-Firm Transactions
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Yi-Li Chien, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Harold L. Cole, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Hanno Lustig, Stanford University and NBER What about Japan?
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| 11:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:45 am |
Tsuyoshi Goto, Chiba University Atsushi Yamagishi, Hitotsubashi University The Effects of Public Sector Wages: A Local Labor Market Approach
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| 12:45 pm | Lunch and Adjourn | |||
| 6:50 pm |
Funasei Dinner Cruise Chartered bus will depart from ANA InterContinental Tokyo at 6:00 pm |
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The ESRI event will be taking place on August 1 at Akasaka Intercity Conference Center |
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| 6:57 pm |
We are grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute for its generous assistance and support. |
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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) |
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