CIRJE Conferences 2019

The 15th Joint Economics Workshop of the University of Tokyo and Seoul National University

    Organizers
  • :
    Center for Distributive Justice, The Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University
    The Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), The University of Tokyo
  • January 30, 2020
  • Seminar Room 16-655, Department of Economics,
    Seoul National University
  • Program

  • The Joint Conference with Seoul National University (SNU) was held at Seminar Room 16-655, Department of Economics of Seoul National University on January 30, 2020. This was the fifteenth annual conference between CIRJE and Institute of Economic Research in SNU. The theme of the conference was "Current Topics of Microeconomics ". At the conference, we had wonderful speakers and fruitful discussions on important policy issues in macroeconomics. Under growing uncertainty in the world economy, the establishment of a new policy framework is now one of the urgent tasks. We had hot discussions on what structural reforms are desirable and how to design economic system in the world economy from various microeconomic perspectives. At the end of the conference, we confirmed further collaborations between CIRJE and Institute of Economic Research in SNU.

Torio Conference 2019

  • Organizer: Shinichi Fukuda (The University of Tokyo)
  • July 27, 2019
  • Venue: Kojima Conference Room, Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall), The University of Tokyo
  • Program

Financial stability is an essential requirement for healthy development of the economy. During the last decades, many countries around the world have achieved the positive effects of rapid financial industry growth owing to the progress of financial liberalization. At the same time, however, they have also experienced periods of dramatic slowdown in economic growth, due to heavy economic expenses arising from financial instability or financial crises. Financial stability became more challenging and complicated issues in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis when unprecedented monetary easing in advanced economies prompted a global search for yield with investors flocking into emerging markets, loosening financial conditions, and contributing to a broader mispricing of domestic assets. The papers in the TRIO conference 2019 tackle some of these related issues. The papers at the TRIO conference 2019 sponsored jointly by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER), and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), addressed some of these questions and provided the most recent answers. We invited nine papers to the Conference, which was held at Kojima Conference Room in the University of Tokyo on July 27, 2019. A special issue of the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (JJIE) on the conference theme will be published under the Guest Editorship. Authors whose papers are presented at the conference are supposed to submit their papers to the JJIE special issue. Papers submitted for this special issue will undergo the normal journal reviewing process.

Asia Pacific Trade Seminars 2019

  • Organizer: Taiji Furusawa (The University of Tokyo)
  • June 29-30, 2019
  • Venue: Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall) ・Lecture Hall No.1, Economics Research Building
    The University of Tokyo
  • Program

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The Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS) is the forum for researchers in international trade and investment, held annually in universities in Asia Pacific region. This time, the University of Tokyo hosted the 15th meeting of the APTS on June 29-30. Fifty-one papers, selected from the submission, are presented. In addition, the two keynote talks were given at the plenary sessions: one by Samuel Kortum (Yale University) and the other by Alan Woodland (UNSW). The meeting boasted high-quality presentations and discussions, and wide variety of subjects covered. The meeting attracted about 80 participants from all over the world. They enjoyed presenting their works, learning from others’ presentations, and exchanging research ideas. Thanks to the financial and professional support by the CIRJE, the meeting ended with a huge success.

International Workshop "Frontiers in Urban Economics and Trade"

  • Organizer: Takatoshi Tabuchi (The University of Tokyo)
  • June 4, 2019
  • Venue: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
    11th floor, Annex, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

We invited four top-level researchers below to the Workshop. They presented the state of art research topics on spatial economics below , and forty researchers attended it and discussed extensively. The topics include econometric analysis on elasticity of firm density, world market potential analysis, effect of high speed railways on agglomeration economies, and spatial interaction theory and analysis.

  • Gabriel Ahlfeldt, LSE
    The Effective Density Elasticity of Productivity for Movers and Stayers
  • Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University
    The Shrinking Advantage of Market Potential
  • Frederic Robert-Nicoud, Universite de Geneve
    Highways, Market Access, and Spatial Sorting
  • Yves Zenou, Monash University
    Spatial Interactions