Program (ver. November 11, 2004)
Saturday,
November 13
Sunday,
November 14
09:00-11:00 Session11 Session12 Session13 Session14 Session15
11:00-12:30 Lunch
17:15-17:30 Closing Session
Saturday,
November 13
Opening Address
丂Reishi
Maruya (The President of JEPA,
Policy
Implementation and Its Consequences: What Good Does Economics Do?
Chair: Mari Nishino (
International Organization and Common Agency (Abstract)
Speaker: Koichi Hamada (
Discussant:
Hideaki Murase (
The Implications of Speculative Bubbles for Monetary Policy (Abstract)
Speaker: Willem Thorbecke (
Discussant:
Naotsugu Hayashi (
Understanding
Environmental Protection Costs and Implications for Environmental Policy (Abstract)
Speaker: Petr Sauer (
Discussant:
Masahiro Yabuta (
Lunch
Time
Chair:
Koji Shinjo (
Low Cost Carrier Competition and Flight Departure-Time
Differentiation (Abstract)
Speaker: Stuart D. Gurrea (Economists Incorporated)
Discussant:
Chwen- Chi LIU (
A Theoretical Reexamination of Privatization: Assesing its Welfare and
Distributional Impact (Abstract)
Speaker: ANG,
Discussant:
Tamon Yamada (
Chair:
Hiromasa Kubo (
What is Ailing Farmer Companies of Sri Lanka in their
Transformation into Successful Business Entities? : Over view of Policy Issues
(Abstract)
Speaker: M.S. Senanayake (
Discussant:
Kiyohiro Kokarimai (
Economic Policy as Market Coordination in Japan and China (Abstract)
Speaker: Alan D. Partee (
Discussant: Fumio Yoshino (
Chair:Maruya
Reishi. (The President of JEPA, Kobe University
Devaluation and Investment In the Presence of Labor Market Rigidity (Abstract)
Speaker: Yongkul Won (
Discussant: Hikari Ban (Kobe Gakuin University
Do expectations on G3 currencies change around the times of official interventions
on the JPY/USD exchange rate? (Abstract)
Speaker: Olli Castren (European Central
Bank)
Discussant:
Currency Crisis as a Coordinating Device of Heterogeneous
Investors: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Financial Contagion (Abstract)
Speaker: Lioudmila Savtchenko (
Discussant:
Tetsuro Okazaki (
Session4: Political Economy (1)
Chair:
Yoji Taniguchi (
Corruption in Indonesia and the Japanese Funding (Abstract)
Speaker: Kusuma Andrianto (
Discussant:
Masashi Nishikawa (
Chair:
Nobuyoshi Yamori (
Financial Sustainability of Deposit Insurance: Can the Japanese
Deposit Insurer Pay Off its Debts (Abstract)
Speaker: Mikhail Frolov (
Discussant:
Etsuko Katsu (Meiji University)
A Study of Price Stabilization Policy in China: >From the
Viewpoint of Deregulation of Banking System (Abstract)
Speaker: Xiaoying Xuan (
Discussant:
Kohei Otsuka (Member of the House of Councilors)
Coffee
Break
Chair:
Akio Torii (
The Incentive Effect of Deregulation on Automobile Insurance
Contracts and Risk of Accident: Theory and Evidence in Taiwan (Abstract)
Speaker: Chwen- Chi LIU (
Chu-Shiu
Li (
Jia-Hsing
Yeh (The
Discussant:
Mikhail Frolov (
Antecedents and Consequences of Customer Switching Cost for
Mobile Phone Market (Abstract)
Speaker: Arthur Lin (
Christine
Chou (
Discussant:
Hikaru Ogawa (
Environmental Regulations, International Trade and Strategic
Behavior (Abstract)
Speaker: Savas Alpay (TOBB Economy and Technology University)
Discussant:
Shigeru Matsumoto (
Chair:
Hiroyuki Kawanobe (
LTCI reform is nothing but a drop in the ocean (Abstract)
Speaker: Tetsuhiko Izumi (
Discussant:
Yasuhiro Tsukahawa (
Toward Intergenerational and Intergenerational Equity in Social
Security Reform: An Application of Stochastic Forecasting (Abstract)
Speaker: Pfau Wade (National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies)
Discussant:
Yasuharu Ukai (
Estimating a Cost Function of the Japanese Public Hospitals: An
Evaluation of Health Care Provision in Japan (Abstract)
Speaker: Yuji Kojima (
Discussant:
Chair:
Willem Thorbecke (
Multiple Asymmetries and Exchange Rate Exposure Management
(Abstract)
Speaker: Prabhath Jayasinghe (
Gamini
Premaratne (
Discussant:
Oli Casten (European Central Bank)
Dollarization in Laos: Evidence, Causes, and Policy
Implications (Abstract)
Speaker: Phetsathaphone Keovongvichith (
Discussant:
Cesar Calderon (Central Bank of
Chair:
Kazuyoshi Kurokawa (
The Effects of Relocation of the Capital City in Korea: Based on Total Factor Productivity Analysis (Abstract)
Speaker: Se-Young Bae (
Chair:
Keisuke Osumi (
Gaussian
Estimation of a Continuous Time Macroeconomic Model of the United Kingdom with
Unobservable Stochastic Trends (Abstract)
Speaker: Ben Nowman (
A.R.
Bergstrom (
Discussant:
Toichiro Asada (
Why Mega Merger?:
Japanese Bank Case Study (Abstract)
Speaker: Tae Okada (
Koki
Arai (
Discussant: Nobuyushi Yamori(
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Welcome
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Sunday, November 14
Chair:
Kohei Komamura (
Impact of Child Labour on School Attendance and School Atainment: Evidence
from Bangladesh
(Abstract)
Speaker: Rasheda Khanam (
Discussant:
Hiroto Tsukada (
Chair:
Mitsuo Sasaki (
Prospect of Intra-SAARC Trade Expansion: An Empirical Analysis
(Abstract)
Speaker: Mohammad Mafizur RAHMAN (
Discussant:
Takashi Matsugi (
General Equilibrium Growth Accounting Approach to Review Policy
Effects on Agricultural Sector: A Case Study of Sri Lanka (Abstract)
Speaker: Mitoshi Yamaguchi (
M.S.
SriGowri Sanker (
Discussant:
Takanari Serizawa (
Chair:
Yujiro Oiwa (
Leviathan, Taxes and the Geese: Why Do We Need Tax Constitution? (Abstract)
Speaker: Coskun Can Aktan (
Discussant:
Akira Yokoyama (
Politico-economic Systems in World Countries: Evidence from
Political Freedom Data and Economic Freedom Data (Abstract)
Speaker: Katsuyoshi Okui (
Discussant:
Khon daker Mizanur Rahman (
Chair:
Kazuhiro Ueta (
How should Bangkok Government Promote Old Motorcycle Retirement
to Reduce Air Pollution: A Fee System or Trade - in Program (Abstract)
Speaker: Akinori Tomohara (The
Discussant:
Chair:
Nobuhito Takeuchi (
Why has Fiscal Policy Disappointed in Japan? -Revisiting the Pre-Keynesian
View on the Ineffectiveness of Fiscal Policy
(Abstract)
Speaker:
Richard Werner (
Discussant:
Fumimasa Hamada (
Excessive
Debt Accumulation and the Sustainability of Fiscal Policy: The Case of Sri
Lanka (Abstract)
Speaker: J. M. A. Jayawickrama (
Discussant:
Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara (
Lunch
Time
Chair:
Terukazu Suruga (
Identifying Australia's High Employment Generating Industries
(Abstract)
Speaker: Abbas Valadkhani (
Discussant:
Hajime Imamura (
Demand Analysis
for Broadcasting Media (Abstract)
Speaker:
Norihiko Kasuga (
Manabu
Shishikura (Institute for Information and Communications Policy)
Discussant:
Yoji Taniguchi (
Chair:
Sawako Takeuchi (TheWorld
Bank)
Technical Change
in Developing countries: A Dynamic Model of Adoption, Learning and Industry
Evolution (Abstract)
Speaker:
Asma Raies (Universite de Paris-Pantheon-Sorbonne)
Discussant:
Yoshihiko Akashi (
Education, Income Distribution and Innovation (Abstract)
Speaker: Ling Shen (
Discussant:
Hiroo Harada (
Education, Learning-by-Doing and Economic Development (Abstract)
Speaker: Koji Kitaura (
Akira
Yaita(
Discussant:
Kunio Sakai (
Chair:
Oli Castren (European Central Bank)
Is the "ASEAN+3 FTA" Good for Japan? (Abstract)
Speaker: Nina Frolova (
Discussant: Toshiaki Hasegawa (
The Link between Economic Growth and the Real Exchange Rate:
The Role of the Nontradable Sector (Abstract)
Speaker: Ken Miyajima (UCLA)
Discussant: Yongkul Won (
Chair:
Masahiro Yabuta (
Impact of Organic
Water Pollutant Emissions on Malaysia's Manufacturing Sector Productivity
Growth (Abstract)
Speaker: Elsadig Musa Ahmed (Universiti
Putra
Khalid
Abdul Rahim (Universiti Putra
Discussant:
Kazuhiro Ueta (
Eco-efficiency for judging environmental policy instruments (Abstract)
Speaker: Hideyuki Akaishi (
Discussant:
Shunsuke Managi (
Sustainable
Constant Consumption in a Semi-open Economy with Exhaustible Resources (Abstract)
Speaker:
Ryuhei Okumura (
Dapeng
Cai (
Discussant:
Petr Sauer (
Chair:
Ben Nowman (
Monetary Policy in Post Crisis Indonesia: Some Empirical
Evidence (Abstract)
Speaker: Yoga Affandi (
Discussant:
Akiyoshi Horiuchi (
The Policy Duration Effect: A Model Analysis (Abstract)
Speaker: Toru Nagahara (
Discussant:
Iichiro Uesugi (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Bank Centered Versus Market-Based Financial System: A Critical
Survey of Issues (Abstract)
Speaker:
Manish Sharma (
Discussant: Fumihiko Yoshii (
)
Coffee
Break
Chair:
Yuko Arayama (
Does Credit Matter?: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
(Abstract)
Speaker: Ryokichi Chida (
Ken-ichi Tamegawa (Meiji University)
Discussant: Dr. Declan Hayes乮Sophia University乯
Institutions and Cyclical Properties of Macroeconomic Policies
(Abstract)
Speaker: Cesar Calderon (Central Bank of
Riberto
Duncan (Central Bank of
Klaus
Schmidt-Hebbel (Central Bank of
Discussant:
Sei Kuribayashi (
Competition
Policy in the Age of Increasing Returns, Global Competition, and Technical
Innovation: Theory and Evidence from Korea's Experience Before and After Her
Financial Crisis (Abstract)
Speaker: Seh-Jin Chang (President, Korean
Development Economics Association)
Discussant:
Masaaki Sugano (J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.)
Closing
Address
丂Akira
Yokoyama (The Former President of JEPA,