Tokyo Workshop on International and Development Economics (TWID)　2025

Zoomを利用したハイブリッド開催について　（Online Seminars In Person and Using Zoom)　

当面の間、本ワークショップはハイブリッド形式（対面とオンライン）で開催されます。 以下の注意事項を必ずご確認のうえご準備をお願いいたします。

Zoom URL、ID、パスコードはセミナーにより異なります。セミナー毎にご登録ください。

TWID is held online and in-person for the time being. Please read the following instruction for participation. Zoom URL, ID and Passcode are diferent depending on the seminar. Please meke sure to register for each seminar.

※　登録 (Registration)

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Registration is required to join a seminar. Please register in advance at the following website so that detailed information containing meeting URL will be provided via email. Please make sure to install ZOOM Cloud Meetings (application)on your computer or cell phone in advance. (If you have a Zoom account, sign-up using ID and password included in the email is also available.)

参加までの手順は下記より事前にご確認ください。 For more details, please see the following website.

TWID Special Lectures by Professor Nattapong Puttanapong

April 15, 2025（火　Tuesday）17:00-18:30 (Conference Room No.1, 12F) *Change of Schedule

April 18, 2025（金　Friday）8:45-10:15 (Conference Room No.2, 12F)

April 18, 2025（金　Friday）17:00-18:30 (Lecture Hall No.7, 2F, the International Academic Research Building)

本ワークショップは、対面とZoomを利用してのオンラインでの、ハイブリッド開催となります。オンラインでは(事前登録制）となります。詳細は本ウェブサイト上部の説明をご確認ください。
This seminar is held in-person and online (registration is required for online participation). Please read the instruction at the top of this website for details.

■対面会場(Venue) :

1) April 15: 東京大学大学院経済学研究科棟12階第1共同研究室

at the Conference Room No.1 on the 12th floor of the Economics Research Building

 

2) April 18, 8:45-: 東京大学大学院経済学研究科棟12階第2共同研究室

at the Conference Room No.2 on the 12th floor of the Economics Research Building

3) April 18, 17:00- : 東京大学国際学術総合研究棟棟2階第7教室

at the Lecture Hall No.7 on the 2nd floor of the International Academic Research Building [Map] -> No.2 on the Map

 

Nattapong Puttanapong (Thammasat University) [Course Syllabus]

1) April 15 (Tuesday), 17:00-18:30, Conference Room No. 1: Application of satellite data for development economics research I

2) April 18(Friday), 8:45-10:15, Conference Room No. 2 : Application of satellite data for development economics research II

3) April 18 (Friday)17:00-18:30, : Application of satellite data for development economics research III
** Important: The venue has changed to Lecture Hall No.7of the International Academic Research Building [Map] -> No.2 on the Map

Yasuyuki Sawada

April 16, 2025（水　Wednesay）10:25-12:10

本ワークショップは、対面とZoomを利用してのオンラインでの、ハイブリッド開催となります。オンラインでは(事前登録制）となります。詳細は本ウェブサイト上部の説明をご確認ください。
This seminar is held in-person and online (registration is required for online participation). Please read the instruction at the top of this website for details.

■対面会場(Venue) : 東京大学大学院経済学研究科棟12階第1共同研究室

at the Conference Room No.1 on the 12th floor of the Economics Research Building

Arnaud Dragicevic (Chulalongkorn University)
Negotiating Multifunctional Forest Management in a Bioeconomic Supply Chain

Taiji Furusawa

April 10, 2025（木　Thursday）13:00-14:30

本ワークショップは、対面とZoomを利用してのオンラインでの、ハイブリッド開催となります。オンラインでは(事前登録制）となります。詳細は本ウェブサイト上部の説明をご確認ください。
This seminar is held in-person and online (registration is required for online participation). Please read the instruction at the top of this website for details.

■対面会場(Venue) : 東京大学大学院経済学研究科棟12階第1共同研究室

at the Conference Room No.1 on the 12th floor of the Economics Research Building

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro(University of California Berkeley)
Local Public Goods and Property Tax Compliance: Evidence from Residential Street Pavement

Many developing countries face a challenge whereby low tax compliance limits public goods provision, while inadequate public goods further discourage compliance. This study examines whether improvements in local infrastructure can disrupt this negative feedback loop through a randomized experiment of first-time street pavement in Acayucan, Mexico. Among 56 eligible asphalting projects in poor neighborhoods, 28 were randomly assigned for paving. A theoretical model guides our analysis, highlighting belief updating about government efficiency and reciprocity from direct benefits. We use administrative property tax records to assess compliance responses and survey data to measure satisfaction with local government. Consistent with the direct benefits mechanism, property owners living on newly paved streets increased compliance by 3.2 percentage points (ITT) and 4.8 percentage points (LATE), the latter corresponding to a 5.5% increase in baseline compliance rates. Consistent with belief updating about government efficiency, a one standard deviation increase in exposure to pavement en route to downtown also raises compliance — by 1.5 percentage points (ITT) and 2.6 percentage points (LATE), the latter corresponding to a 3% increase in compliance rates. Consistent with our theoretical model, survey data indicates that individuals with worse initial beliefs about government efficiency exhibit larger belief updating when exposed to pavement projects. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests belief updating generated four times more revenue than direct reciprocity.

Yoshito Takasaki