Program for HSI2016

August 1, 2016

• 10:10 → 10:20（10m）
  Opening Remarks
  Speaker: Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)
• 10:20 → 12:40
  Session I
  Chair: Taiji Furusawa (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 10:20（1h）
    Local Import Competition in a Lumpy Country
    Speaker: Alan Verne Deardorff (University of Michigan)
  • 11:20（20m）
    morning break
  • 11:40（1h）
    Better, Faster, Stronger: Global Innovation and Trade Liberalization
    Speaker: Andreas Moxnes (University of Oslo)
• 12:40 → 13:50（1h 10m）
  Luncheon
• 13:50 → 17:30
  Session II
  Chair: Yoichi Sugita (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 13:50（1h）
    International Influences on Japanese Supply Chains
    Speaker: Michael Fabinger (The University of Tokyo)
  • 14:50（20m）
    afternoon break I
  • 15:10（1h）
    Spatial Attenuation of Agglomeration Externality: Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Vietnam
    Speaker: Eiichi Tomiura (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:10（20m）
    afternoon break II
  • 16:30（1h）
    Estimating Border Effects: The Impact of Spatial Aggregation
    Speaker: Dennis Novy (University of Warwick)
• 17:30 → 19:00（1h 30m）
  Reception

August 2, 2016

• 10:00 → 12:20
  Session III
  Chair: Eiichi Tomiura (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 10:00（1h）
    Scale Effects on Industrial Agglomeration? Evidence from FDI Deregulation in China and an Explanation
    Speaker: Yi Lu (National University of Singapore)
  • 11:00（20m）
    morning break
  • 11:20（1h）
    Exporting Sweatshops? Evidence from Myanmar
    Speaker: Mari Tanaka (Hitotsubashi University)
• 12:20 → 12:40（20m）
  Closing Remarks
  Speaker: Eiichi Tomiura (Hitotsubashi University)
• 14:30 → 15:30
  Management as a Technology
  Chair: Takashi Kurosaki (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 14:30（1h）
    Management as a Technology
    Speaker: Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University)
• 15:30 → 15:45（15m）
  afternoon break
• 15:45 → 18:00
  Entrepreneurship and Kaizen in Economic Development (1)
  Chair: Tetsushi Sonobe (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
  • 15:45（45m）
    Changing Saving and Investment Behavior: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training and Reminders on Microbusiness in Africa
    Speaker: Yukichi Mano (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:30（45m）
    Short and Longer Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: The Case in Tanzania
    Speaker: Yuki Higuchi (Nagoya City University)
  • 17:15（45m）
    Impacts of Kaizen on Workers: Evidence from Central America and Caribbean Region
    Speaker: Go Shimada (University of Shizuoka)
• 18:20 → 19:50（1h 30m）
  Reception

August 3, 2016

• 09:00 → 10:30
  Entrepreneurship and Kaizen in Economic Development (2)
  Chair: Kazuya Masuda (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 09:00（45m）
    Can Efficient Provision of Business Development Services Bring Better Results for SMEs? Evidence from a Networking Project in Thailand
    Speaker: Aya Suzuki (University of Tokyo)
  • 09:45（45m）
    Adoption of Management Practices in the Public Sector of Bangladesh
    Speaker: Yutaka Arimoto (Hitotsubashi University)
• 10:30 → 10:45（15m）
  morning break
• 10:45 → 12:15
  Preferences, Entrepreneurship, and Disasters
  Chair: Yukichi Mano (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 10:45（45m）
    Traditional and Modern India: A Comparison of Entrepreneurs in Delhi Using Experimental and Non-Experimental Data
    Speakers: Takashi Kurosaki (Hitotsubashi University) , Shunsuke Tsuda (University of Tokyo)
  • 11:30（45m）
    Disaster and Preference: A Unified Theory and Evidence from the Philippines and Japan
    Speaker: Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo)
• 12:15 → 13:15（1h）
  Luncheon
• 13:15 → 15:30
  Disasters, Religion, and Migration
  Chair: Saumik Paul (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 13:15（45m）
    Minorities and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Pakistan through Partition
    Speaker: Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Oxford)
  • 14:00（45m）
    Religious Fractionalization and Crimes in Disaster-Affected Communities
    Speaker: Masahiro Shoji (Seijo University)
  • 14:45（45m）
    Historical Migration Flows and Global Health Differences
    Speaker: Pablo Selaya (University of Copenhagen)
• 15:30 → 15:45（15m）
  afternoon break
• 15:45 → 18:00
  Disasters, Migration, and Health
  Chair: Yutaka Arimoto (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 15:45（45m）
    Conflict and Forced Migration: The Economic Consequences of Cambodian Refugees
    Speaker: Katsuo Kogure (Osaka University)
  • 16:30（45m）
    Disability and Poverty: Evidence from Landmine Amputees in Cambodia
    Speaker: Yoshito Takasaki (University of Tokyo)
  • 17:15（45m）
    Malaria Infection and Infant Mortality during the War: Evidence from Liberia
    Speaker: Yuya Kudo (IDE-JETRO)

August 4, 2016

• 09:30 → 11:00
  Measurement Issues
  • 09:30（30m）
    Measurement of Deflators and Real Value Added in the Service Sector
    Speaker: Kyoji Fukao (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 10:00（30m）
    Identifying Tax Mimicking in Municipal Health Insurance: Evidence from a Boundary Reform
    Speaker: Michihito Ando (National of Population and Social Research)
  • 10:30（30m）
    Measuring Output and Estimating Production Functions for Hospitals: Analysis of U.S. Data from 2004-2011
    Speaker: Andrew Johnson (Texas A&M University)
• 11:00 → 11:30（30m）
  morning break
• 11:30 → 13:00
  Capital Formation and the Labor Market
  • 11:30（30m）
    Productivity Growth in the Retail and Personal Service Sector in Korea
    Speaker: Hyunbae Chun (Sogang University)
  • 12:00（30m）
    Declining Rate of Return on Capital and the Role of Intangibles in Japan
    Speaker: Tsutomu Miyagawa (Gakushuin University)
  • 12:30（30m）
    Dynamic Oligopoly with Financial Friction: The U.S. Airline Industry after the Deregulation (joint with Ken Onish)
    Speaker: Kohei Kawaguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
• 13:00 → 14:30（1h 30m）
  Luncheon
• 14:30 → 15:30
  Microfoundations and Productivity Policy
  • 14:30（30m）
    Education
    Speakers: Tomohiko Inui (Gakushuin University) , Makiko Nakamuro (Keio University)
  • 15:00（30m）
    Estimation of Aggregate Demand and Supply Shocks Using Commodity Transaction Data
    Speaker: Naohito Abe (Hitotsubashi University)
• 15:30 → 16:00（30m）
  afternoon break
• 16:00 → 18:00
  Service Sector Productivity in the United States, China, Taiwan, and Korea
  • 16:00（30m）
    Service Sector Productivity in the US
    Speaker: Mun S. Ho (Beijing, Harvard University)
  • 16:30（30m）
    Service Sector Productivity in China
    Speaker: Harry Wu (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 17:00（30m）
    Productivity in Taiwan
    Speaker: Chi-Yuan Liang (National Central University)
  • 17:30（30m）
    The Productivity Analysis on Service Sector in Korea: Evidence from Industry-level Data and Firm-level Data
    Speakers: Hak K. Pyo (Seoul National University) , Keun Hee Rhee (Korea Labor Institute)
• 18:10 → 19:40（1h 30m）
  Reception

August 5, 2016

• 09:30 → 10:30
  Service Sector Productivity in Asia
  • 09:30（30m）
    Service Sector Productivity in India
    Speaker: Deb Kusum Das (Delhi University)
  • 10:00（30m）
    Productivity in Malaysia
    Speaker: Rosmiza Rosly (MPC)
• 10:30 → 11:00（30m）
  morning break
• 11:00 → 12:00
  Service Sector Productivity in Japan
  Chair: Mototsugu Shintani (University of Tokyo)
  • 11:00（30m）
    Productivity Policy in Japan
    Speaker: Masayuki Morikawa (RIETI)
  • 11:30（30m）
    Urban Business Services
    Speaker: Kentaro Nakajima (Tohoku University)
• 14:30 → 14:35（5m）
  Opening Remarks
  Speaker: Takashi Kano (Hitotsubashi University)
• 14:35 → 15:55
  Monetary Policy
  • 14:35（40m）
    Extreme Events and Optimal Monetary Policy
    Speaker: Jinill Kim (Korea University)
  • 15:15（40m）
    The Optimal Inflation Target under the Output-Inflation Trade-off
    Speaker: Yunjoing Eo (University of Sydney)
• 15:55 → 16:10（15m）
  afternoon break
• 16:10 → 17:30
  Expectations and Survey Date
  Chair: Yohei Yamamoto (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:10（40m）
    The Role of Sectoral Confidence Surveys in Nowcasting GDP
    Speaker: Naoko Hara (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:50（40m）
    Extracting Fiscal Policy Expectations from Daily Stock Returns
    Speaker: Etsuro Shioji (Hitotsubashi University)
• 17:50 → 19:20（1h 30m）
  Reception

August 6, 2016

• 10:00 → 12:00
  VAR Models
  Chair: Toshiaki Watanabei (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 10:00（40m）
    Large Time Varying Parameter VARs for Macroeconomic Forecasting
    Speaker: Gianni G. Amisano (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
  • 10:40（40m）
    Exchange Rate Variations and Firm Dynamics: FA-VAR Approach
    Speaker: Hiroshi Morita (Hosei University)
  • 11:20（40m）
    Bootstrap Inference for Impulse Response Functions in Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressions
    Speaker: Yohei Yamamoto (Hitotsubashi University)
• 12:00 → 13:10（1h 10m）
  Luncheon
• 13:10 → 15:10
  Macroeconomic Models
  Chair: Etsuro Shioji (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 13:10（40m）
    Exchange Rate Volatility and Endogenous Productivity
    Speaker: Pablo A. Guerron (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia / Boston College)
  • 13:50（40m）
    Trend Inflation and Exchange Rate Dynamics: A New Keynesian Approach
    Speaker: Takashi Kano (Hiotsubasi University)
  • 14:30（40m）
    Financial Frictions, Trends, and the Great Recession
    Speaker: Ryo Jinnai (Hitotsubashi University)
• 15:10 → 15:25（15m）
  afternoon break
• 15:25 → 16:45
  New Keynesian Philips Curve
  Chair: Ryo Jinnai (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 15:25（40m）
    New Keynesian Philips Curve with Time Varying Parameters
    Speaker: Kuo-Hsuan Chin (Feng Chia University)
  • 16:05（40m）
    Trend Inflation and Evolving Inflation Dynamics: A Bayesian GMM Investigation of the Generalized New Keynesian Philips Curve
    Speaker: Yasufumi Gemma (Hitotsubashi University)