COE Workshop on Economic Theory and Policy
Program


Meeting Room at RIEB (New Building 2nd floor)

Cosponsored by CITED Seminar



December 21, 2006
13:10 - 13:10 Opening Speech, Seiichi Katayama, Kobe University
13:15 - 14:00 Kar-yiu Wong, University of Washington
"Choosing between Innovation and Imitation in a Model of International Rivalry"
co-authored with Kenji Fujiwara, Kwansei Gakuin University, Koji Shimomura, Kobe University
14:00 - 14:45 Amy Glass, University of Texas A & M
"Imitation as a Stepping Stone to Innovation"
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:45 Fahad Khalil, University of Washington
"Allowing the Lesser of Two Evils:Bribery or Extortion?"
co-authored with Jacques Lawarree, University of Washington and ECARES, Sungho Yun, Hanyang University
15:45 - 16:30 Kazumichi Iwasa Kobe University
"A University Function Can Generate Giffen Behavior"
co-authored with Junko Doi, Kansai University, Koji Shimomura, Kobe University
17:15 - Reception at the university restaurant(Sakura)


December 22, 2006
9:30 - 10:15 Yu-chin Chen, University of Washington
"Adaptive Learning and Monetary Policy in an Open Economy:Lessons from Japan"
10:15 - 11:00 Yunfang Hu, Kobe University
"Analysis of Fiscal Shocks in a Small-Open Economy with Home Production"
co-authored with Kazuo Mino, Osaka University
11:00 - 11:45 Kenji Fujiwara, Kwansei Gakuin University
"Foreign aid and transboundary pollution in a dynamic factor endowment model"
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:45 Junko Doi, Kansai University
"A Variety Expansion Model of Growth with Rent Seeking Activities"
co-authored with Zhiwei Cen, Kyoto Sangyo University
13:45 - 14:30 Shun-Fa Lee, Chinese Culture University
"Important tariffs and growth in a model with habits"
co-authored with Been-Lon Chen, The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Koji Shimomura, Kobe University
14:30 - 14:45 Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:30 Ichiroh Daitoh, Tohoku University
"Productive Consumption and population Dynamics in an Endogenous Growth Model"


 Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration - Kobe University
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