COE/RES, |
Inflation Dynamics in Japan, US, and EU |
Organizers: Tsutomu Watanabe, Tokuo Iwaisako, and Naohito Abe |
June 28, 2007 |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
9:00 am |
Registration |
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Morning Session |
Chairperson: John LEAHY, New York
University |
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Emi NAKAMURA, |
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Five
Facts About Prices: A Reevaluation of Menu Cost Models (coauthored with Jon
STEINSSON) Monetary
Non-Neutrality in a Multi-Sector Menu Cost Model (coauthored with Jon STEINSSON) |
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Discussant: Nobuhiro KIYOTAKI |
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Maarten DOSSCHE, National Bank of |
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The
Kinked Demand Curve and Price Rigidity: Evidence from Scanner Data (coauthored with Freddy HEYLEN, Ghent University and Dirk VAN den POEL, Ghent University) |
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Discussant: Kenn ARIGA |
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Coffee Break |
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11:20 am |
Tsutomu WATANABE, |
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Menu Costs and Price Change Distributions: Evidence from Japanese Scanner Data
(coauthored with Yukiko SAITO) |
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Discussant: Anil KASHYAP |
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Lunch |
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Lunch at KEYAKI Restaurant (at 33F
of the same building) |
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Speaker: Toshihiko FUKUI, Governor, Bank of |
Summary of His Speech in English | |
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Afternoon Session |
Chairperson: Anil KASHYAP, |
1:50 pm |
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Masahiro HIGO, Bank of Japan Price
Setting in Japan: Evidence form CPI Micro Data (coauthored with Kenji NISHIZAKI, Yumi
SAITA and Izumi TAKAGAWA ) |
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2. Daisuke IKEDA, Bank
of Price Setting
Behavior and Hazard Functions: Evidence from Japanese CPI Micro Data (coauthored with Shinichi NISHIOKA) |
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Discussant: John LEAHY Discussant: Kazuko KANO |
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3:10 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:40 pm |
Naohito ABE, Hitotsubashi University |
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Movement of the Japanese CPI – High Frequent
Indexes Based on Daily Scanner Data (coauthored with Akiyuki TONOGI) |
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Discussant: David WEINSTEIN |
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4:40 pm |
Andrew LEVIN, Federal Reserve Board |
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Customer Search, Monopolistic Competition,
and Relative Price Dispersion (coauthored with Tack YUN) |
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Discussant: Etsuro SHIOJI |
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5:40 pm |
Reception |
Contact |
Research
Center for Price Dynamics Institute of Economic
Research, Naka 2-1,
Kunitachi-city, Tel/Fax:
+81-42-580-9138 (from abroad); 042-580-9138 (inside E-mail:
<sousei-sec@ier.hit-u.ac.jp> |
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Place |
Asian Development Bank
Institute (ADBI) Kasumigaseki
Building 8F 3-2-5,
Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
100-6008, Japan URL:
http://www.adbi.org/ |
* Please do not
contact ADBI directly, except on the day of the conference, June 28. * Location Map &
Access to ADBI are provided in the separate sheets. |
List of Participants
Naohito ABE, Hitotsubashi University
Kenn ARIGA, Kyoto
University
Hidetaka
ENOMOTO, Bank of Japan
Maarten DOSSCHE, National Bank of
Shinichi FUKUDA, University of Tokyo
Masahiro HIGO, Bank of Japan
Toshiki HONDA,
Kaoru HOSONO,
Daisuke IKEDA, Bank of
Takatoshi ITO,
Tokuo IWAISAKO, Hitotsubashi University
Toshiki JINUSHI,
Kazuko KANO, Queenfs University
Anil KASHYAP,
Masahiro KAWAI, Asian Development Bank
Institute
Yukinobu KITAMURA,
Nobuhiro KIYOTAKI,
Teruyoshi KOBAYASHI, Chukyo University
Takeshi KUDO,
Takushi KUROZUMI, Bank of
John LEAHY,
Sebastien LECHEVALIER, EHESS Centre Japon
Andrew LEVIN, Federal Reserve Board
Takayasu MATSUOKA,
Ryuzo MIYAO,
Heather MONTGOMERY,
Emi NAKAMURA,
Koji
NAKAMURA, Bank of
Kiyohiko
NISHIMURA, Bank of
Hiroshi
OHASHI,
Yumi SAITA, Bank of
Yukiko SAITO,
Fujitsu Research Institute
Mototsugu SHINTANI,
Etsuro
SHIOJI,
Masaaki
SHIRAKAWA,
Toyoichiro
SHIROTA, Bank of
Akiyuki TONOGI,
Takayuki
TSURUGA, Bank of
Kazuo UEDA,
Hiromichi UENO, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tsutomu WATANABE,
David WEINSTEIN,
Tomoyoshi YABU, Bank
of
Naoyuki YOSHINO,