Japan Economic Seminar

Japan Economic Seminar
Friday, February 24, 2023 | 1:00 – 5:35 PM
Room 520, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
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Session 1: “The Impact of Central Bank Stock Purchases: Evidence from Discontinuities in Policy Rules”
Presenter: Masao Fukui, Assistant Professor, Boston University
Coauthor: Masayuki Yagasaki
Discussant: Kimie Harada, Chuo University

Session 2: “A Field Experiment on Antitrust Compliance”
Presenter: Kei Kawai, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley
Coauthor: Jun Nakabayashi
Discussant: Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University

Moderator for Sessions 1 and 2: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB

Session 3: “Firm Size and Complementarity between Geography and Products” 
Presenter: Yoko Shibuya, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Discussant: Colin Hottman, Federal Reserve Board

Session 4: “Automation and Comparative Advantage”
Presenter: Shinnosuke Kikuchi, PhD Student, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant: Conor Walsh, Columbia Business School

Moderator for Sessions 3 and 4: David E. Weinstein Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University