All Seminars in 1997
April 17, Thu. 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" The creation and development of Silicon Valley "
Martin KENNEY ( University of California )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
April 17, Thu. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sweden "
Sikander KHAN ( Stockholm University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
April 19, Sat. 10:30 a.m. -
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
" The Lessons from the European Monetary System and Their Implications
for the Reform of International Monetary System "
YAMASHITA Eiji ( Osaka City University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( New building, 2nd floor )
May 9, Fri. 3:30 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by IEFS Japan )
RIEB Seminar
" Endogenous Growth and International Labor Migration:The Case of A Small, Emigration Country "
Kar-Yiu WONG( University of Washington / Chinese University of Hong Kong )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
May 15, Thu. 4:00 p.m. -
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" Innovation in China's Automobile Industry "
Xielin LIU ( State Science and Technology Commission of China National ResearchCenter for Science and Technology for Development )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
May 19, Mon. 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
( Jointly supported by The Keizai Keiei Gakkai )
RIEB Seminar
" Opportunistic Accounting Policy and Distressed Companies "
Keith A. HOUGHTON ( The University of Melbourne )
Place : Meeting room. ( The School of Business Adiministration, 3rd floor )
May 22, Thu. 2:00 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by the Masuda Foundation Seminar )
RIEB Seminar
" Trade Theory and Regional Integration "
HAMADA Koichi ( Yale University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.( New building, 2nd floor )
May 24, Sat. 2:00 p.m. -
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
" Cointegration Tests for Market Efficiency in ForeignExchange Forward Markets "
KAMAE Hiroshi ( Hitotsubashi University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.( New building, 2nd floor )
May 26, Mon. 2:00 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by the Masuda Foundation Seminar )
RIEB Seminar
" Product differentiation, New Trade Theory, and Regional Integration "
HAMADA Koichi ( Yale University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.( New building, 2nd floor )
May 29, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" A Way to Combine Mass Production with Variety:"Itaku" Automotive Production in 1960s "
SHIOJI Hiromi ( Kyoto University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
May 30, Fri. 3:30 p.m. -
KANEMATSU Seminar
" Consequences, Opportunities, and Procedures "
SUZUMURA Kotaro ( Hitotsubashi University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
June 3, Tue. 2:00 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by the Masuda Foundation Seminar )
RIEB Seminar
" Political Economy of regional, Monetary Integration "
HAMADA Koichi ( Yale University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( New building, 2nd floor )
June 5, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
RIEB Seminar
" Endogenous Trade Policy under Foreign Direct Investment "
KONISHI Hideo ( Southern Methodist University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
June 5, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" Strategic spin-offs and organizational change in the Japanese
electric and electronic equipment industry "
Peggy TAKAHASHI ( University of San Francisco )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( New building, 2nd floor )
June 14, Sat. 2:00 p.m. -
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
" Finance Crises and Incentive Mechanism "
HAMADA Koichi ( Yale University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( New building, 2nd floor )
June 17, Tue. 2:00 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by the Masuda Foundation Seminar )
RIEB Seminar
" Law and Economics in Japan "
HAMADA Koichi ( Yale University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( New building, 2nd floor )
June 19, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" Management of Overseas Subsidiaries in Japanese Manufacturers - in relation
with "Japanese Multinational Companies" "
FUJINO Tetsuya ( Nagasaki University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
June 25, Wed. 2:00 p.m.-
( Jointly Supported by RIEB Seminar )
Seminar in Comparative Economic Analysis on Firms and Organizations
" Fast Track: is it in the Genes?
The Promotion Policy of a Large Japanese Firm "
ARIGA Ken ( Kyoto University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
June 25, Wed. 4:00 p.m.-
Seminar in Comparative Economic Analysis on Firms and Organizations
" Job Creation and Destruction in Japan "
GENDA Yuji ( Gakushuin University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
June 29, Sun. 1:00 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by the 3rd Kobe Forum )
KANEMATSU Seminar
" A Prospect for Valuation Theories in the 21st century and Their
Surrounding Issues "
IJIRI Yuji ( Carnegie Melon University )
Place : Room 102. ( The School of Business Administration,
Kobe University, 1st floor )
July 3, Thu. 4:00 p.m. -
RIEB Seminar
" Overlapping Generations and Moral Hazard "
John Tomas SJOSTROM ( Osaka University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
July 8, Tue. 3:30 p.m. -
KANEMATSU Seminar
" Impact of Commodity Production Cost Reduction on Social Welfare "
AKIYAMA Takamasa
( International Economics Dept., The World Bank )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
July 10, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
" Internal labor markets of Chinese enterprises "
MARUKAWA Tomoo ( Institute of Developing Economies )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
July 15, Tue. 2:00 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by RIEB Seminar )
Seminar in Comparative Economic Analysis on Firms and Organizations
" Vertical Foreclosure with the Choice of Input Specifications "
Jay Pil CHOI ( Osaka University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu New Building 2nd floor )
July 15, Tue. 3:30 p.m. -
RIEB Seminar
" Quota-Induced Cycles "
OHNO Yuka ( Rice University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
July 15, Tue. 4:00p.m. -
Seminar in Comparative Economic Analysis on Firms and Organizations
" Contracting for Technology : Keiretsu Linkage and technological Change "
HARADA Tsutomu ( Kobe University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu New Building 2nd floor )
July 17, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
RIEB Seminar
" Accuracy of OECD and IMF Projection "
Mordechai E. KREININ ( Kobe University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
July 19, Sat. 10:30 a.m. -
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
" Foreign Exchange Market Intervention in Japan "
MATSUMOTO Naoki ( Otemongakuin University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu New Building 2nd floor )
July 24, Thu. 3:30 p.m. -
( Jointly Supported by RIEB Seminar )
Seminar in Comparative Economic Analysis on Firms and Organizations
" Understanding Japanese Corporate Governance "
HOSHI Takeo ( Osaka University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.
( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
KANEMATSU Seminar
August 28, Thu. 3:30p.m.-(Jointly Supported by IEFS japan)
"Commercial Policies in the Presence of Intermediate Inputs and Smuggling
with Special Reference to Pakistan"
Sajal LAHIRI (Oska University)
Place : Seminar room at RIEB. (kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
(kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
RIEB Seminar
August 29, Fri. 3:30 p.m. -
"Empirical Research in Economic Integration: Present and Future"
Michael George PLUMMER ( Kobe University )
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )
September 20, Sat. 10:30a.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
"Financial Intermediaries and Incentive Mechanism"
KASUYA Munehisa (RIEB, Kobe University)
Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New building, 2nd floor)
September 25, Thu. 3:30p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"The Accuracy and Bias of Equity Values Inferred from Analysts' Earnings Forecasts"
YAEKURA Takahi (University of Illinois ad Urbanar-Champaign)
Place: Seminra Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
October 14, Tue. 1:30p.m.-
RIEB Seminar (Jointly supported by Monetary Economic
Seminar of Kobe University)
"Monetary Cooperation in Europe and EMU"
Massimo RUSSO (IMF)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall,1st floor)
October 18, Sat. 10:30a.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
"Globalization, and Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy
in Emerging Market Economies"
HINO Hiroyuki (RIEB, Kobe University)
Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall,
New Building, 2nd floor )
October 21, Tue.3:30p.m.-
RIEB Seminar (Jointly supported by Seminar in Comparative Analysis
on Firm and Organizations)
"Search Behavior and Firm Size Distribution"
Takako Fujiwara-GREVE (Keio University)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
October 31, Fri. 3:00p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Monetary Policy in Canada"
Charles FREEDMAN (Deputy Governer, Bank of Canada)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
November 4, Tue.
RIEB Seminar (Jointly supported by Seminar in Comparative Analysis on Firm and Organizations)
1:30p.m.-
"Optimal Financial Contracts for Long- Term Projects under the Presence of Competing Firms "ISHIBASHI Koji (Keio University)
3:30p.m.-
"Wealth Dynamics and Endogenous Firm Organization Design"
OSANO Hirosi (Kyoto University)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
November 15,Sat.
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
(Jointly supported by RIEB Seminar)
10:30 a.m.-
"The Research on the Influence of BOP Effects
on Chinese Monetary Supply"
Liu YUCAO (Kobe University)
Place: Meeting room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor)
November 25, Tue.
RIEB Seminar (Jointly supported by Seminar in Comparative Analysis on Firm and Organizations)
1:30p.m-
"The Foreign Exchange Allocation Policy in Postwar Japan: Its Institutional Framework and Function"
OKAZAKI Tetsuji (The University of Tokyo)
3:30p.m.-
"The Future of Japanese Financial System and Corporate Governance Structure"
Mitsuhiro FUKAO (Keio University)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
December 1, Mon.
Seminar in Comparative Analysis on Firm and Organizations
1:30p.m.-
(Jointly supported by The Keizai Keiei Gakkai)
" The Evolution of a Manufacturing System"
FUJIMOTO Takahiro (The University of Tokyo)
3:30p.m.-
"The Modernization of Factory Management in Japan : Kanegafuchi Spinning Co.,1900-1920"
KUWAHARA Tetsuya (Kobe University)
Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building
2nd floor)
December 9, Tue.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
1:30p.m.-
"Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Capabilities in Chinese Manufacturing Firms"
Richard Steven WHITE (Kobe University)
December 9, Tue.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
3:30p.m.-
"China's New Competitive Economy and Labor Market Structure"
Hao YANSHU (Meiji University)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
December 11, Thurs.
Kanematus Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"Endogenous Substitutions of Energy Resources:
Implications for Global Warning and EnEnergy Policy"
U. CHAKRAVORTY (Hawaii University)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
December 13, Sat.
Monetaary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
2:00p.m.-
"The Position of the Yen - From an Asian viewpoint - "
KITAMURA Toshiharu (Institute of Fiscal & Monetary Policy
Ministry of Finance, Japan)
Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building
2nd floor)
December 17,Wed.
Kanematsu Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"A Sequence of Pareto Improving Financial Innovations"
HARA Chiaki (Cambridge University)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematus Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
December 18, Thu.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
3:30p.m.-
"The Link between Supplier Relations and Labour Market Structure in the Auto Industry"
SAKO Mari (The University of Tokyo)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
December 19, Fri.
RIEB Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"The Design of Software-based Payments System "Ecash""
MORIOKA Taro (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
Monetary and Economic Seminar of Kobe University
January 10, Sat. 2:00p.m.-
"Impacts of the Basle Capital Standard on Japanese Bank's Behavior"
ITO Takatoshi (Hitotsubashi University)
Place : Meeting room at RIEB. (Kanematsu Memorial Hall,
New building 2nd floor)
RIEB Seminar
January 20, Tue. 3:30 p.m. -
"Hiring and Firing Costs, Trade and Unemployment: A Genaral Equilibrium Analysis"
Paul OALINGTON (Deakin University)
Place : Seminar room at RIEB.(Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
RIEB Seminar
January 29, Thur. 3:30 p.m.-
"Estimating the Effects of Monetary Shocks: An Evaluation of Different Approaches"
SAITO Makoto (Kyoto University)
Place : Seminar room at RIEB. (Kanematus Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
February 2, Mon.
RIEB Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"Some Models to Guide Monetary Policy Makers"
R. Anton BRAUN ( International University of Japan)
Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building
2nd floor)
February 12, Thu.
RIEB Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"On Decentralized Organization and Influence Costs"
KATAYAMA Masaaki (Kobe University)
Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
February 19, Thu.
Kanematus Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"The Degrees of Scale Economies
and the Welfare Effects of a Production Subsidy"
SUZUKI Katsuhiko (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Place:Seminar room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
February 19, Thu.
RIEB Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"International Joint Ventures and Trade Policy"
ABE Kenzo (Osaka University)
Place: Seminar room at RIEB (Kanematsu memorial Hall, 1st floor)
February 19, Thu.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
3:30p.m.-
"Marketing Strategy of Korean Companies in Japan"
Soo Hyung LEE (Kobe University)
Place: Meeting Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building
2nd floor)
February 26, Thu.
RIEB Seminar
3:30p.m.-
"Trade and Factor Price Convergence"
AKITA Jiro (Kyoto University)
Place: Meeting room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building
2nd floor)
February 26, Thu.
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
3:30p.m.-
"Global Networked Entreprenuership: Linking the World's Technoparks for Shared Prosperity at Home and Abroad"
Chris STILES (University of Texas at Austin)
Place: Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
March 14, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar (Jointly supported by Monetary Economic
Seminar of Kobe University)
"Asian Financial Crises"
William BRANSON (Princeton University)
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
(After the lecture of Branson)
" Structural Reform Issues of the Korean Economy "
Yoon Je CHO
Place : Meeting room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall,
New Building 2nd floor )
March 30, Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Nonverifiability, Noncontractibility and Ownership Determination
Models in Foreign Direct Investment, with an Application to Foreign
Operations in Japan"
NAKAMURA Masao ( University of British Columbia)
Place: Seminar room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor)
***Paper is available one week before each seminar at the section of Research Assistants.***