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:
12 December, 2009 (Sat) , 10:00 – 17:00

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

9:40 – 10:00
Registration

10:00 – 10:10
Opening Remarks
Prof. Eiji Ogawa, Hitotsubashi University

Session Ⅰ
Japan’s Lost Decade and the Current Crisis
Chair: Prof. Takamoto Sugisaki, Tsuda College

10:10 – 11:00
Speaker: Prof. Sahoko Kaji, Keio University
Title: “Japan’s Lost Decade revisited”
Discussant: Prof. Souichi Enkyo, Nihon University

11:00 – 11:50
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

11:50 – 13:00
Lunch

Session Ⅱ
Europe’s Experience in the Current Crisis
Chair: Prof. Chisato Shibayama, Otaru University of Commerce

13:00 – 13:50
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

13:50 – 14:40
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

14:40 – 15:00
Coffee Break

Session Ⅲ
Exchange Rates and Other External Effects
Chair: Lecturer Hideki Hayashi, Keio University

15:00 – 15:50
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

15:50 – 16:40
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

17:00 – 17:10
Closing Remarks
Prof. Sahoko Kaji, Keio University