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Study Group 2009

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The International Conference of Joint Research Study Group “EU Economy” of EUSI in Tokyo
The Financial Crisis: Learning from Europe, Learning from Japan

Date and Time:
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Venue:
Keio University (Mita Campus), East Building Hall (8F),
East Research Building,
(http://www.keio.ac.jp/english/about_keio/campus_info/mita1.html)
Organized by:
Joint Research Study Group “EU Economy” of EUSI in Tokyo
Sponsored by:
Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Group of International Finance
Language:
English

Agenda

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Registration
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Opening Remarks
Prof. Eiji Ogawa, Hitotsubashi University
Session Ⅰ
Japan’s Lost Decade and the Current Crisis
Chair: Prof. Takamoto Sugisaki, Tsuda College
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Speaker: Prof. Sahoko Kaji, Keio University
Title: “Japan's Lost Decade revisited”
Discussant: Prof. Souichi Enkyo, Nihon University
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Speaker: Prof. Mitsuhiro Fukao, Keio University
Title: “Comparing the current crisis in the USA and the crisis in Japan”
Discussant: Prof. Toshiki Jinushi, Kobe University
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Lunch
Session Ⅱ
Europe’s Experience in the Current Crisis
Chair: Prof. Chisato Shibayama, Otaru University of Commerce
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Speaker: Prof. Carlo Altomonte, Bocconni University
Title: “Europe and the financial crisis: short term responses and medium term implications”
Discussant: Prof. Soko Tanaka, Chuo University
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Speaker: Prof. Helmut Wagner, University of Hagen
Title: “Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for EMU-Integration and Real Convergence in the EU” (tentative)
Discussant: Associate Prof. Masao Kumamoto, Tokyo Keizai University
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Coffee Break
Session Ⅲ
Exchange Rates and Other External Effects
Chair: Lecturer Hideki Hayashi, Keio University
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Speaker: Prof. Iain Begg, London School of Economics
Title: “European policies and effects of the global crisis from the point of view of the UK”
Discussant: Prof. Junko Shimizu, Senshu University
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Speaker: Prof. Eiji Ogawa, Hitotsubashi University
Title: “Effects on the Yen then and now, and effects on the Euro and the Pound during the current crisis”
Discussant: Prof. Kentaro Kawasaki, Toyo University
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Closing Remarks
Prof. Sahoko Kaji, Keio University

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DATE:
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Venue:
Multimedia Conference Room, Building B, Kinki University
Subjects:
1) Takeshi HOSHIKAWA(Kinki University)
“Foreign Exchange Market Intervention and Routes of Exchange Rate Movements”
2)Kiyotaka NAKASHIMA(Konan University)
”Credit Spread on Corporate Bonds and the Macroeconomy”
3)Masaharu TAKENAKA(Ryukoku University)
“Shrinking U.S. Current Account Deficits: Income Effect, Exchange Rate Effect, or a New Effect?”

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An International Conference will be held by the International Monetary Economics Study Group of the Japan Society of Monetary Economics with the Joint Research Group on "EU Economy" of the EUIJ on .

Title:
The International Conference of Joint Research Study Group “EU Economy” of EUJI - Tokyo Consortium
Date and Time:
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Venue:
Hitotsubashi University, Mercury Tower 7th Floor, Conference Room
Language:
English