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February, 2009

Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University

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Previous Seminars
February, 2009

 

 

Contract Theory Workshop East
Date

Friday, February 6, 2009, 16:30~18:30

Place

Mercury Tower 4th floor room #3403

Speaker Professor Ricard Gil (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Title

"The Role of Repeated Interactions, Informal Agreements and Relational [Sub] Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement Auctions" (with Justin Marion)

  The paper is downloadable from the following direct link to pdf:
Contact

Hideshi Itoh [Graduate School of Commerce and Management]

Note * For the CTWE, Please visit here.
International Workshop on Insurance/International Seminar
Date

Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 15:00-17:30

Place

Sanoshoin

Speaker Professor Jennifer Wang (National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan)
Title

"The Impacts of Corporate Governance on the Performances and Risks of Insurance Companies in Taiwan"

Contact

Contact Takau Yoneyama [Graduate School of Commerce] (yoneyama@piccolo.misc.hit-u.ac.jp)

Workshop
Date

Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 16:50-18:30

Place

Economics Research Bldg. 3rd floor, Room #3 (Hongo Campus [The University of Tokyo])

Speaker Professor Marc Rysman (Boston University)
Title

“Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods”

Contact

Kazuya Kamiya [The University of Tokyo] (kkamiya@e,u-tokyo.ac.jp)/Hitoshi Matsushima [The University of Tokyo] (hitoshi@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp)/Reiko Aoki[IER]

Global COE Lecture
Date

Thursday, February 19, 2009, 10:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00

Place

IER, 4th floor, Meeting Room

Speaker Professor Marc Rysman (Boston University)
Title

“Structural Estimation in Industrial Organization”

  This lecturer needs knowledge of GMM and Maximum Likelihood.
Lecture contents An introduction and the development of the following articles.
  Rust, J. 1987. “Optimal Replacement of GMC Bus Engines: An Empirical Model of Harold Zurcher”, Econometrica, 55: 999-1033.
Berry, S., Levinsohn. J. and Pakes, A.1995. “Automobile Prices in Market Equilibrium”, Econometrica, 63: 841-890.
Contact

Reiko Aoki[IER](aokirei@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)

Note If you wish to attend, please inform to goto@ier.hit-u.ac.jp in advance.
Global COE Workshop/International Seminar
Date

Friday, February 20, 2009, 9:00-18:00

Place

IER, 4th floor, Meeting Room

Speakers

1. Marc Rysman (Boston University)

2. Jay Pil Choi (Michigan State University)

3. Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University)

4. Yann Meniere (Ecole des Mines)

5. Noriyuki Yanagawa (The University of Tokyo)

6. Reiko Aoki (Hitotsubashi University)

Title

“Patent Pools and Standards”   Program

Contact

Reiko Aoki[IER](aokirei@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)

GCOE Hi-Stat Lecture: Topics in Anti-trust Economics
Date

Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:30-12:00?13:30-15:00

Place

IER, 4th floor, Meeting Room

Speaker Jay Pil Choi (Michigan State University)
Title

"Exclusive Dealings and Foreclosure" [10:30-12:00]
"Tying and Rebates" [13:30-15:00]

  *For the Reading List, please see here.

Contact

Reiko Aoki[IER](aokirei@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)

Note If you wish to attend, please inform to goto@ier.hit-u.ac.jp in advance.
CEI Seminar/Innovation Forum
Date

Monday, February 23, 2009 16:30-18:00

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 16:30-18:00

Place

IER, 3rd floor Seminar Room (1)

Speaker Ulrike Schaede (University of California at San Diego)
Title

"The Demise of the Main Bank as a Last Resort: Changes in Corporate Restructuring in Japan, 1981-2007" (this paper is co-authored with Takeo Hoshi and Satoshi Koibuchi)

Contact

Kato[IER](mkato@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)/Sadao Nagaoka[IIR]

International Seminar
Date

Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 13:00-18:00

Place

Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi Collaboration Center (HCC) (10th floor of Marunouchi Building)

Speaker Tatiyana Chetvernina (Institute of Social Process Management, Higher School of Economics)
Title

"Trade Unions and Social Dialog in Transition Period: Russian Experience and Peculiarities"

Contact

Kazuhiro Kumo[IER] (kumo@ier.hit-u.ac.jp)