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November, 2008

Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University

2-1 Naka, Kunitachi City,
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Previous Seminars
November, 2008

 

Economic Development Seminar
Date

Monday, November 10, 2008 10:30-12:30

Place

Seminar Room (5) 4th Floor (Institute of Economic Research)

Speaker Professor Joerg Baten (Department of Economics, University of Tuebingen)
Title

"Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth"

Contact

Ryo Kambayashi[IER](phone 042 580 8364, kambayas@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)

International Workshop on Insurance
Date

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 14:00-18:00

Place

Staff Meeting Hall on the West Campus of Hitotsubashi University

Speaker 1. Professor Grietjie Verhoef (University of Johannesburg)
Title

Insurance and Investment: The South African Insurance sector and savings mobilization, 1910-2006”

Speaker

2. Professor Professor Yu Ziyou  (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

Title “Does Insurance Demand go with the Economy Growth?”
Contact

Takau Yoneyama [Graduate School of Commerce] (yoneyama@piccolo.misc.hit-u.ac.jp, phone 042 580 8491)

Workshop on Industry and Labor
Date

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 16:30-18:00

Place

1st floor Seminar room, Isono Building

Speaker Professor Eric Bartelsman (Vrije Universiteit)
Title

“Cross Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocative Efficiency (with John Haltiwanger and Stefano Scarpetta)

Contact

Daiji Kawaguchi [Graduate School of Economics] (kawaguch@econ.hit-u.ac.jp)

International Seminar
Date

Thursday, November 20, 2008 15:30-17:30

Place

Seminar Room (5), Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), Hitotsubashi University (http://www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/direction.html)

Speaker Boris Kuznetsov (Intergovernmental Analytical Center, Higher School of Economics, Deputy director)
Title

"Russian enterprises and competition policy"

Contact

Ichiro Iwasaki [IER] (phone 042 580 8366, iiwasaki@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)

Economic Statistics Workshop
Date

Friday, November 21, 16:30-

Place

Faculty Building 2, 2nd floor seminar room #217

Speaker Professor William T.D. Dunsmuir (University of New South Wales)
Title

"Multivariate GARCH models for interest rate yield curves"

Contact

Eiji Kurozumi [Graduate School of Economics](kurozumi@stat.hit-u.ac.jp, phone 042 580 8485)

Global COE Hi-Stat Seminar
Date

Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 16:20-18:00

Place

3rd floor Isono Building seminar room

Speaker Professor Jean-Marie Viaene (Erasmus University)
Title

"Anti-dumping, intra-industry trade and quality reversals"

Contact

Jota Ishikawa [Graduate School of Economics](jota@econ.hit-u.ac.jp)