CIRJE特別セミナー/CIRJE Special Seminar 2017

 

November 10, 2017 (Friday) 16:00-18:00

**** Presentation will be in English ****

 

 

東京大学大学院経済学研究科 学術交流棟 （小島ホール）2階 小島コンファレンスルーム
in Kojima Conference Room on the 2nd floor of the Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall) [Map]

 

 

16:00-17:00 Manabu Nose (The University of Tokyo)

The Impact of Disaster Aid on Consumption and Wealth Distributions: Evidence from Indonesia

 

17:00-18:00 Yasuyuki Sawada (Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank)

Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017 Update: Sustaining Development Through Public-Private Partnership

[Main Report] [Press Release (English) (Japanese)]

 

16:00-17:00 Manabu Nose (The University of Tokyo)

"The Impact of Disaster Aid on Consumption and Wealth Distributions: Evidence from Indonesia"

This paper examines the effect of disaster aid on consumption and wealth distributions in Aceh, Indonesia using household panel data covering seven years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In-kind transfer programs faced quality failures, especially when new shared boat ownership institution was imposed by donors, resulting in significant welfare loss among beneficiaries. The proliferation in aid activities created only temporary windfalls, which was lost upon the termination of aid. The disaster aid failed to give "big push" in restoring the lives of the tsunami victims, resulting in prolonged poverty. The quantile regression highlights large variance in consumption growth among households, leaving unskilled and credit constrained families behind with low-paying occupations.

 

17:00-18:00 Yasuyuki Sawada (Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank)

"Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017 Update: Sustaining Development Through Public-Private Partnership"

Growth prospects for developing Asia are looking up, bolstered by a revival in world trade and strong momentum in the People’s Republic of China. Rebounds in international food and fuel prices are gentler than expected, helping to contain consumer price pressures. Inflation is likely to dip to 2.4% in 2017, or 0.1 percentage points off the 2016 rate, and pick up to 2.9% in 2018. Risks to the outlook have become more balanced, as the advanced economies have so far avoided sharp, unexpected changes to their macroeconomic policies. Looking ahead, developing Asia must mobilize $1.7 trillion annually to meet its infrastructure needs. Public–private partnership can help fill the financing gap by allocating risk to the party best able to manage it. The success of the approach depends on governments identifying projects suitable for it, engaging qualified private partners, and instituting the right process.

　　

Tokyo Workshop on International Development 共催

 

 

Junior Industrial Organization Workshop

January 17, 2017 (Wednesday)

10:00-11:30, 13:00-14:30

 

 

東京大学大学院経済学研究科 学術交流棟 （小島ホール）2階 第3セミナー室
in Seminar Room 3 on the 2nd floor of the Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall) [Map]

 

 

Jingchen (Monika) Hu (Vassar College)

Introduction to Dirichlet Process Mixture Models

 

A short course on Dirichlet Process (DP) and DP mixture models. The DP mixture models are widely-used nonparametric Bayes methods for clustering. We will introduce DP and the DP mixture models. We will demonstrate the stick-breaking representation of the DP and the Chinese Restaurant Process. We will also introduce a truncated version of the sampling methods of the DP mixture models. Participants are expected to bring a laptop with R and RStudio installed to do some programming exercises.

Junior Industrial Organization Workshop

March 10, 2018 (Saturday) 9:30-18:00

東京大学大学院経済学研究科 学術交流棟 （小島ホール）2階 小島コンファレンスルーム
in Kojima Conference Room on the 2nd floor of the Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall) [Map]

9:30-9:35 Opening Remarks

 

Plenary

Chair: Hiroshi Ohashi (The University of Tokyo)

9:35-10:35 Yusuke Narita (Yale University)
                 “Toward an Ethical Experiment”

 

Coffee Break     10:35-10:50

 

20 minutes for a presenter; 10 minutes for a discussant; and 10 minutes for the audience

 

Session 1　

Chair: Naoki Wakamori (The University Tokyo)

10:50-11:30 Akira Yamaguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
                  “Ability of Decision Maker and Investment in Software”

Discussant: Naoaki Minamihashi (Sophia University)

 

11:30-12:10 Takunori Ishihara (Kyoto University)
                  「電力料金プラン選択のフィールド実験」 (slides)

Discussant: Daiya Isogawa (The University of Tokyo)

 

Lunch Break     12:10-13:30

 

Session 2

Chair:  Toshihiro Matsumura (The University of Tokyo)

13:30-14:10 Shohei Yoshida (Osaka University)
                 “Welfare-Reducing Entry in a Differentiated Cournot Oligopoly without Costs”

Discussant: Susumu Cato (The University of Tokyo)

 

14:10-14:50 Yuri Matsumura (The University of Tokyo)
                  “Information Advantage, Relationship Advantage and Competition in Banking”

Discussant: Noriaki Matsushima (Osaka University)

 

14:50-15:30 Kazuyuki Higashi (The University of Tokyo)
                  “High-Frequency Trading Arms Race under National Market System: Welfare Analysis under CLOB and FBA”

Discussant: Daisuke Hirata (Hitotsubashi University)

 

Coffee Break     15:30-15:50

 

Session 3

Chair:  Dan Sasaki (The University of Tokyo)

15:50-16:30 Maria Martin-Rodoriguez (Nagoya University)
                  “Do You Want to Steal My Songs?  The Importance of Diffusion in the Music Industry”

Discussant:　Daniel Marszalec (The University of Tokyo)

 

 

16:30-17:10 Ryohei Yamamoto (Kobe University)
                  “Merger Forms and Welfare:  Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry”

Discussant: Taiju Kitano (Aoyama Gakuin University)

 

17:10-17:50 Kyogo Kanazawa (Nagoya University)
                  “Crowding-out Effects of Public Libraries and the Public Lending Right”

Discussant: Naoki Wakamori (The University of Tokyo)

 

 

17:55-18:00 Concluding Remarks    

 

Dinner: 18:30 (Invitation Only)