International Monetary Economics
Study Group

2009.12.01
International Monetary Economics Study Group on December 12, 2009

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