CIRJE Conferences 2002

The 2nd Three-Country Conference: Seeking for Stable and Efficient Financial System (CIRJE)

  • Organizer: Akiyoshi Horiuchi (University of Tokyo)
  • February 14, 2003
  • Economics Building, University of Tokyo

The CIRJE has sponsored a research collaboration between Japan, Korean and Chine regarding a policy issue of how to build up financial stability in East Asia. The collaboration resulted in the 2nd Three-Country Conference: Seeking for Stable and Efficient Financial System held at Tokyo on February 14th , 2003. This conference invited six scholars from both Korea and Chine. More than a dozen Japanese scholars including four ones from University of Tokyo (i.e., Akiyoshi Horiuchi, Kazuji Nakagane, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Inman Yeo) also participated in this conference, where banking problems and issues related to exchange rate volatility were hotly discussed. At the end of the conference, the steering committee decided that the 3rd conference would be held at Beijing in May 2004.

Presented Papers:
Baekin Cha and In June Kim, "Reform, sustainable growth, and vulnerability to a crisis in Korea."
Masaharu Hanazaki and Akiyoshi Horiuchi, "Can the financial restraint hypothesis explain the postwar experience of Japan's financial system?"
Chi-Wa Yuen, "Exchange rates and macroeconomic stability in Chine."
Participants from abroad:
Baekin (Korea Institute of Finance), In June Kim (Seoul National University), Sang Kee Min (Seoul National University), Xinzhong Xu (Peking University), Chi-Wa Yuen (Hong Kong University), Li-An Zhou (Peking University)
Perticipants from Japan:
Kazuyuki Mori (The Japan Economic Research Institute)、Masaharu Hanazaki (Hitotsubashi University), Kimie Harada (Daito Bunka University), Tomoko Hayashi (Japan Bank for International Cooperation), Sumio Hiroshe(Japan Bank for International Cooperation), Akiyoshi Horiuchi (Univerisity of Tokyo), Seiichi Masuyama (Nomura Research Institute), Katsuji Nakagane (University of Tokyo), Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo), Megumi Suto (Chuo University), Inman Yeo (University of Tokyo)

Trio 2002 Conference (NBER-CEPR-TCER/CIRJE)

  • Co-organized by: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Organizer: Motoshige Itoh (University of Tokyo)
  • December 10-11, 2002
  • The International House of Japan

The theme of the conference was New Developments in Empirical International Trade. It was held at International House in Roppongi on the 10th and 11th of December 2002. Participants supported by the NBER included DavidWeinstein and Donald Davis (Columbia University), James Harrigan of Federal Reserve Bank of New York and John Ries of the University of British Columbia. CEPR supported the visit of Stephen Redding of the London School of Economics and Simon Evenett of the World Trade Institute.

CIRJE-TCER Macro Conference IV (TCER/CIRJE)

  • Organizers:
    Kenn Ariga (Kyoto University)
    Charles Yuji Horioka (Osaka University)
    Fumio Hayashi (CIRJE, University of Tokyo)
  • September 28, 2002
  • Kyoto Kangyo Kaikan

The fourth annual CIRJE-TCER macroeconomics conference was held in Kyoto. About 30 economists from universities and the Bank of Japan participated. Six papers were presented. These papers were selected after a competitive review of submissions in response to a call for papers. Two major topics covered by those papers are: household saving and recent Japanese bank behavior.

The Fourth Annual Japan Project Meeting (NBER/CIRJE/EIJS/CEPR)

  • Co-organized by: NBER, EIJS, CEPR and CIRJE
  • Organizers:
    Magnus Blomstrom (Stockholm School of Economics)
    Jennifer Corbett (Australian National University)
    Fumio Hayashi(CIRJE, University of Tokyo)
    Anil Kashyap (University of Chicago)
  • September 13(Fri.)-14(Sat.), 2002
  • Asian Development Bank Institute in Kasumigaseki Building
  • PROGRAM

The fourth annual CIRJE Japan Project Meeting, co-organized with the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research, based in the U.S.), the EIJS (European Institute for Japanese Studies, based in Sweden), and the CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research, based in England), was held on September 13 and 14, 2002, at the Asian Development Bank Institute in Kasumigaseki Building. More than 80 academics, private-sector economists, journalists, and policymakes from within and outside Japan participated. Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, Vice Minister of International Affairs of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, gave a lunchtime speech. Ten papers covering current economic issues as well as historical events were presented. There was also a panel discussion on monetary policy.