All Seminars in 1998

Apr. 20, Mon. 11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Trade and Environment: Theory and Empirical Results"
Michael Scott TAYLOR ( University of British Columbia )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematus Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Apr. 20, Mon. 1:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
"Capital Injection and the Reconstruction of Financial System in Japan"
HATAYAMA Takayoshi ( Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, Financial Crisis Management Committee, Deputy Head )
*Place: Room next to Documentation Center for Business Analysis ( Dai 4 Gakusha 2nd floor )

Apr. 24, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar

"The Thai Economic Crisis"
Medhi KRONGKAEW ( Thammasat University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Apr. 27, Mon. 11:00 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"The Simple Economics of Easter Island ( AER )"
Michael Scott TAYLOR ( University of British Columbia )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


May 5, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"M&A by foreign companies in Japan -some case studies"
Sikander KHAN ( Stockholm University )
*Place : Seminar Room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

May 14, Thu. 11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
-Workshop-
"Trade between Consumer and Conservationist Countries"
Michael Scott TAYLOR ( University of British Columbia )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

May 14, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS, Japan )
"Trade Imbalance and Domestic Market Competition Policy"
YANO Makoto ( Keio University )
*Place : Seminar Room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

May 16, Sat. 3:30 p.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
" Financial Crisis of ASEAN W and Korea International Policy Coordination and Independence of Monetary Policy "
TSUSAKA Akira
*Place : Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

May 18, Mon. 11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Credibility of Protection and Incentives to Innovation"
MIYAGIWA Kazuyuki ( Kobe University/Louisiana State University )
OHNO Yuka ( Rice University )
*Place : Seminar Room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

May 21, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar

"Concentration of Competing Retail Stores"
KONISHI Hideo ( Southern Methodist University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, NewBuilding 2nd floor )

May 29, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
"Economic Developments in Russian Far East and Japanese Contribution"
Andrei BELOV ( Fukui Prefectural University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


Jun. 1, Mon. 11:00a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Strategic R&D Policy and Appropriability"
OHNO Yuka ( Rice University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 5, Fri. 2:00 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar

"Central Government Budget:
Medium-and Long-term Issues and Outlook"
SAKAGUCHI Masakazu ( Ministry of Finance )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 6, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
( Jointly supported by WICTA )
"Production-Distribution Integrated System"
OKAMOTO Hirokimi ( Doshisha University )
*Place : Small Meeting Room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 8, Mon. 11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Stochastic Innovation and Research Joint Ventures"
MIYAGIWA Kazuyuki ( Kobe University/Louisiana State University )
*Place:Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 11, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Demand for Semiconductor and Information Systems"
TAKAJI Muneharu ( NEC )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 15, Mon. 11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Host-Country Policy, Transfer Pricing and Ownerhip Distribution in International Joint Ventures: A Theoretical Analysis"
Satya DAS ( Indian Statistical Institute )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 15, Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS, Japan )
"Demographic Structure, International Lending and Borrowing, and Growth in an Interdependent Economy"
MOMOTA Akira ( Tezukayama University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jun. 18, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Overcoming and Improving Unfavorable Domestic Environments:
The Success of Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia in Non-Domestic
Mobile Communication Standards"
Jeffrey L. FUNK ( Kobe University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 22, Mon. 11:00a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"On the Choice of International Joint Venture: The Role of Policy Moral Hazard"
"Direct Foreign Investment Versus Licensing"
Satya DAS ( Indian Statistical Institute )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 22, Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"The Economic Effects of Restrictions on Government Budget Deficits"
Karl SHELL ( Cornell University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jun. 24. Wed. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Growth under Perfect Competition"
Michele BOLDRIN ( Universidad Carlos V de Mdrid )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jun. 27, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
"International Policy Cordination and Independence of Monetary Policy"
KUROKI Yoshihiro
*Place : Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )


Jul. 2, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Trade Policy, Non-Compliance and the Environment"
Satya DAS ( Indian Statistical Institute )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, Newbuilding 2nd floor )

Jul. 2, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"The Japanese Corporate System and 'Market Oriented Principle'"
KIKKAWA Takero ( The University of Tokyo )
*Place : Seminar room at RIEB. ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 4, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
( Jointly supported by WICTA )
"Evolution of General Trading Companies in Japan"
HASHIMOTO Juro ( The University of Tokyo )
*Place: Small meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematse Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 4, Sat. 2:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Zaimu Kaikei Kenkyu no Tenkai to Sijou no Kakawari"
TAKAO Hiroji ( Osaka University )
*Place: Room next to Documentation Center for Business Analysis at RIEB ( Dai 4 Gakusha 2nd floor )

Jul. 6, Mon. 11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"A Dynamic Structural Model of Exporting Behavior:
Quantifying the Effects of Market Entry Costs and Uncertainty"
Sanghamitra DAS ( Indian Statistical Institute )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jul. 9, Thu. 1:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Coordination Patterns in Product Development -Focusing on the Case of Automobile Parts Development-"
Mikyung HAN ( The University of Tokyo )
*Place : Seminar room at RIEB. ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 9, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Bridging Inter- and Intra-Firm Boundaries: Management of Supplier Involvement in Automobile Product Development "
TAKEISHI Akira ( Hitotsubashi University )
*Place : Seminar room at RIEB. ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 10, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Dynamic Trade Creation"
Eric FISHER ( Ohio State University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 15, Wed. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
( Jointly supported by SCAFO )
"Institutions, Economic Growth and Country Risk"
Yishay YAFEH ( Hebrew University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New building 2nd floor )

Jul. 15, Wed. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
"Economic Growth and Democracy"
Benjamin FRIEDMAN ( Harvard University )
Place : Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jul. 16, Thu. 3:30p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"A Markovian Approximation of a Stochastic Renewable
Resource Valuation Problem"
Jacek KRAWCZYK ( Victoria University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 17, Fri. 3:30p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"APEC beyond the East Asian Economic Crisis"
Peter DRYSDALE ( Australian National University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 23,Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS, Japan )
"Unilateralism in an Multilateral World"
Wilfred ETHIER ( University of Pennsylvania )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jul. 24, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
"Catching Up but falling behind in the Long Run
-The Case of Taiwan and Korea-"
Frank HSIAO ( Colorado Univ./ Nagoya Univ. )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


Sep. 11, Fri. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Asymmetric Effects of Money Supply Shocks and Trend Inflation"
SENDA Takashi ( Hiroshima University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Sep. 26, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University

"The Determinants of Bank Loans: The Case of Japanese Banking Firms"
KITASAKA Shinichi ( Kobe University )
*Place : Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Sep. 28, Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Limited Influence Estimator and Financial Policy in Japan"
KASUYA Munehisa ( RIEB at Kobe University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematus Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Sep. 29, Tue. 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Seminar in Comparative Analysis on Firms and Organization
"Specializing and Multiskilling Organization,"
OWAN Hideo ( Graduate School of Business, Stanford University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematus Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


Oct. 15, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS, Japan )
"Endogenous Growth and Nonrival Infrastructure"
Dipankar DASGUPTA ( Hokkaido University/Indian Statistikal Institute )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematus Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Oct. 15, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business

"Special Organization of Japanese Companies in Europe"
Rolf SCHLUNZE
*Place : Seminar room at RIEB. ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Oct. 22, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and Fall of Japan's PC-98"
Joel WEST ( University of Califolnia )
*Place : Seminar room at RIEB. ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Oct. 27, Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"The Environment and Welfare Implications of Trade and Tax Policy"
Hiro LEE ( Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Oct. 29, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"International of Chinese Market and Competition Strayrgic Responses by some Enterprises"
Yunshi MAO ( Management School Zhongshan University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB. ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Oct. 30, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"Trade, Welfare, and Comparative Advantage in General Equilibrium with Many Commodities"
KUBOTA Hajime ( Shiga University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Oct. 31, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University
"Stabilization Policy of Financial System -Function of Central Bank-"
KOMURA Schuichi ( Hiroshima Shudo University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )


Nov. 6, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"A Second Elementary Proposition Concerning the Formation of Customs Unions"
Murray C. KEMP ( Visiting professor, Chukyo Univ./New South Wales Univ. )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu memorial Hall, New building 2nd floor )

Nov. 18, Wed. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by SCAFO )
'"Big Bang" Deregulation and Japanese Corporate Governance: A Survey of the Issues'
Michael S. GIBSON ( FRB )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematus memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Nov. 19, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Unionization, Vertical Markets and Outsourcing"
Lex ZHAO ( Niigata University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu memorial Hall, New building 2nd floor )

Nov. 30, Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Non-Hilbert Conditioning and value of Information"
Hiroyuki OZAKI ( Tohoku University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu memorial Hall, New building 2nd floor )


Dec. 3, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"Gains from Trade versus Gains from Migration: What Makes Them So Different?"
Hammond Peter JACKSON ( Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Dec. 5, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by WICTA )
"Product Development and Production Systems in Japanese Steel Industry: The period from the Oil Crises to the End of Bubble"
KAWABATA Nozomu ( Tohoku University )
*Place: Small Meeting Room ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Dec. 5, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University

"JP Morgan's Economic Outlook"
Patricia KUWAYAMA ( Columbia University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Dec. 10, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"The Development of the Chinese Automobile Industry and the Japanese, American and European Firms"
Chunli LEE ( Aichi University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Dec. 11, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"A Second Elementary Proposition Concerning the Formation of Customs Unions"
Murray C. KEMP ( Chukyo University/University of New South Wales )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


Jan. 22, Fri. 2:00 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"Rights, Rationality and Social Choice"
Manimay SENGUPUTA ( Otaru University of Commerce )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jan. 22, Fri. 4:00 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"A General Theory of Privatisation"
Robin STONECASH ( University of New Sauth Wales )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jan. 23, Sat. 2:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Profit Concept in FASB Concwptual Framework"
TAKASU Norio ( Kinki University )
*Place: Small Meetingroom at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Jan. 23, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University

"How did the dollar peg fail inAsia"
OGAWA Eiji ( Hitotsubashi University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


Feb. 4 Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Public Investment and the Risk premium for Equity"
Simon GRANT ( Australian National University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Feb. 22 Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar

"Computation of Utility and Value Functions from Choices"
KAMIYA Kazuya ( The Univ. of Tokyo )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Feb. 23 Thu. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Self-Regulatory Roles of KICPA in Reformed Accounting Profession"
Seong-Pyo CHO ( Kyungpook National University )
*Place: Small Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Feb. 23 Tue. 3:30 p.m-
RIEB Seminar

"Population Aging and Endogenous Economic Growth"
Sheng-Cheng HU ( Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Feb. 24 Wed. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
'The Introduction of "Kanematsu Shiryo Mokuroku"'
FUJIMURA Satoshi ( RIEB )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Feb. 25 Thurs. 3:30p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Moral Hazard and private Monitoring"
Bhaskar VENKATARAMAN ( The Univ. of Tokyo )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )


Mar. 4, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Survival and Profitability: The Role of Capabilities in Japanese Foreign Subsidiary Performance"
Andrew DELIOS ( Hong Kong University of Science and Technology )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar. 4 Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"A Simple Example of Complex Dynamics"
Anjan MUKHERJI ( University of Tsukuba )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Mar. 8 Mon. 2:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Comparisons of Foreign Multinationals and Local Firms in Asian Manufacturing"
Eric RAMSTETTER ( ICSEAD )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar. 11, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Organizational Leaning Through Reverse Transfer of R&D: Perspectives of the Japanese Overseas Subsidiary"
Methe David THOMAS ( Kobe University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar.12 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"Reorganizations and Prospects of the Automobile Industry in Korea"
Bong-Gil KIM ( Kyong-buk University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar.13 Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"TRIMs, Pollution Tax and Foreign Investment"
Eden YU ( The Chinese University of Hong Kong )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar. 18 Thurs. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar

"An Empirical Analysis of an Oligopoly Market-A Case of Japanese Sheet Glass Industry"
UEDA Masahiro ( RIEB, Kobe University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar. 23, Tue.
RIEB Seminar
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m

"Introduction to Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory"
HARA Chiaki ( Kobe University )

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m
"Survey on the Term Struoture of Interest Rates"
SHINKAWA Hiroshi ( Tokyo Institute of Technology )

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
Dynamic Equilibrium in the Capital Market with Heterogeneous Investors: when the mean production rate is stochastic.
HONDA Toshiki ( Yokohama National University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar. 26, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Credibility Issues in Krugman's BOP Crisis Model."
Partha SEN ( Delhi University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Mar. 27, Sat. 2:00 p.m. -
Monetary Economic Seminar of Kobe University

"Cash and Economy"
YONEZAWA Junichi ( Property and Casuality Insurance Rating Organization of Japan )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )


*** Paper is available one week before each seminar at the section of Research Assistants.***