Apr. 3, Mon. 3:00 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
"Transformation: Some Experiences in Central Europe the case of Hungary"
Eva EHRLICH ( Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Apr. 15, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Zero Interest Rate Policy"
USDA Kazuo ( The Bank of Japan )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( New Building 2nd floor )

May. 15, Sat. 2:00 p.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Optimal Commitment Plan under Noisy Information"
AOKI Kosuke ( Kobe University )
"Securitization of Finance Transactions and Financing Structures"
YUNO Tsutomu ( Ryukoku University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( New Building 2nd floor )

May. 19, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"A Framework for Fragmentation"
Henryk KIERZKOWSKI ( Graduate Institute of International Studies/Geneva )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

May. 25, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"On the Dynamic Properties of Government Expenditures"
INOUE Tadashi ( University of Tsukuba )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

May. 27, Sat. 1:00 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar ( Jointly supported by Information Strategy for Regional Development Research Group )
"Significance of tourism from the point of landscape conservation"
KANAGAWA Kouji ( 21st Century Hyogo Project Association Research Institute for Regional Policy )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

May. 31, Wed. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar
"Some International Evidences on Independence of Central Bank and Correlation between Inflation and Taxation"
TAKEDA Yosuke ( Sophia University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jun. 8, Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Bank Runs and International Financial Instability Revisited"
TAKEDA Fumiko ( Yale University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jun. 17, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Project Bonds"
NISHIKAWA Nagamiki ( Kobe University )

Jun. 23, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
Kanematsu Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Horizontal Mergers and Trade Policy towards an International Oligopoly with a General Firm-Specific Cost Structure"
SUGETA Hajime ( New York University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jun. 30, Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
IEFS Japan Seminar
"An Overlapping-Generations Model of International Trade with a Durable Consumption Good"
NAKANISHI Noritsugu (Kobe University)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jul. 3rd Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"International Competition and Asymmetric Technology Game"
SATO Ryuzo ( New York University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jul. 7 Fri. 10:50 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"Conjectural Variations and Public Good Provision in a Repeated Game Setting"
ITAYA Jun-ichi ( Hokkaido University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jul. 7 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Russia under Globalization of Economy: From an Analysis of the Balance of Payments Statistics"
UEGAKI Akira ( Seinan Gakuin University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jul. 11 Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"An Open-loop Nash Equilibrium in an Environmental Game with Coupled Constraints"
Jacek KRAWCZYK ( Victoria University of Wellington )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jul. 15, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Internatuional Monetary System"
SUZAKI Masao ( Sensyu University )

Jul. 15 Sat. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by Information Strategy for Regional Development Research Group )
"International Exchange of Tourism: Fact-finding on"Welcom Plan 21" Strategy"
SUMINO Akira ( Ryukoku University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jul. 24 Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"R&D Cooperation and Product Market Collusion"
MIYAGIWA Kazuyuki ( Louisiana State University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jul. 25 Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan )
"The Factor Content of North-north Trade"
David WEINSTEIN ( Colombia University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jul. 26 Wed. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Voluntary Disclosure of Interim Consolidated Financial Statements and Capital Cost"
SUDA Kazuyuki ( Kansai University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Sep. 7. Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Latin America Seminar
"Neoliberalism, Labor Movements and Catholic Church: Argentina Case"
MATSUSHITA Hiroshi (Kobe University)
*Seminar Room at RIEB(Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st Floor)

Sep. 23, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Seigniorage、Appropriation of Net Income and Capital in Central Bank"
OGURI Seiji ( Shiga University )
*Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Oct. 5. Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Latin America Seminar
"Economic Reforms, Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America in 90s"
HOSONO Akio (Kobe University)
*Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Oct. 5 Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Commitment Problem in Credit Market and Economic Growth"
SHIRAI Yoshimasa ( Keio University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Oct. 6 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"The Lens Condition in the Four-commodity Case"
Ling QI ( Kyoto University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Oct. 21, Sat. 14:30 p.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Evaluating the Japanese Government and Corporate Bond Using Derivative Instruments"
TAKAHASHI Toyoharu ( Takachiho University )
*Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Oct. 26 Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"The Comparative Analysis of Structual Changes in the Processes of Economic Development in Korea and Japan"
Puk ung KIM ( Kobe University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Oct. 27 Fri. 1:30 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"The Role of Government and Firm Actions in Determining Global Standards in the Mobile Communications Industry"
Jeffrey L. FUNK ( Kobe University )
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Oct. 27 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Liability and Formal Authority: An Effect on Communication"
YANAGAWA Noriyuki ( University of Tokyo )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Oct. 28 Sat. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar( Jointly supported by Information Strategy for Regional Development Research Group )
"The Tourism Study; Its Present Situation and Problems"
OKANO Hidenobu ( Osaka Meijo University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Nov. 9 Tue. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Asset Pricing Puzzles and the Business Cycle in Agency Cost Model"
Kunhong KIM ( Victoria University of Wellington )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Nov. 9 Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Entrepreneurship, Export Variety and Economic Welfare"
Zhihao YU ( University of Nottingham )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Nov. 9 Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
Latin America Seminar
"Privatization in Electric Sector: Cases of Chile and Argentina"
KAMISHIMA Shunichi (Graduate School of International Cooperation/ Kobe University)
*Place: Seminar Room at Documentation Center for Business Analysis of RIEB (Dai 4 Gakusha 2nd floor)

Nov. 10 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"The Effects of Shocks to Monetary Policy on Exchange Rates: A Structural Vector Error Correction Model Approach"
OGAKI Masao ( Ohio State University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Nov. 18, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"EU's industrial competitiveness and its industrial policy"
KUBO Hiromasa ( Kobe University )
*Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Nov. 25 Sat. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by Information Strategy for Regional Development Research Group )
"What we can learn from rural tourism projects in Austria"
AZUMA Jun-ichi ( University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Nov. 27 Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Empirical Analysis of Local Bonds Permit in Japan"
DOI Takero ( Keio University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Dec. 4 Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Corporate Governance, Relational Banking and R&D Investment: Evidence from Japanese Large Firms in the 1980s and 1990s"
KATO Atsushi ( Aoyama Gakuin University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Dec. 6 Wed.11:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Japan Premium and Stock Prices: Two Mirrors of Japanese Banking Crises"
Takatoshi Ito ( Ministry of Finance Japan )
HARADA Kimie ( Japan Securities Research Insitute )
*Place: Meeting Room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Dec. 11 Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Globalization and Intra-firm Trade: Further Evidence"
KIMURA Fukunari ( Keio University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Dec. 16, Sat. 14:00 p.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"Asset Prices, Financial Stability, and Monetary Policy: Based on Japan’s Experience of the Asset Price Bubble"
SHIRATSUKA Shigenori ( Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan )
*Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Jan. 9 The. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Vertical Intra-Industry Trade and Factor Proportions"
YOMOGIDA Morihiro ( University of Rochester )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jan. 19 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"A Theory of Money with Market Places"
SHIMIZU Takashi ( University of Tokyo )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Jan. 27 Sat. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by Information Strategy for Regional Development Research Group )
YAMASHITA Noriko ( Konan Womens University )
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Feb. 1 Thu. 5:00 p.m.-
Ezaki-Glico Seminar in International Business
"Venture Firms in japan"
SAKAKIBARA Kiyonori (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, 1st floor )

Feb.15 Thu. 3:30 p.m.-
Latin America Seminar
"Japanese Direct Investment in Latin America in the Nineties"
Eduardo Kiyoshi TONOOKA　(Kobe University)
*Place: Seminar Room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Mar. 2 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Measuring Impediments to Trade in Srvices"
Christopher FINDLAY ( Australian National University)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Mar. 6 Tue. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Costly Monitoring in Principal-Multi Agent Relationships"
MIYAHARA Yasuyuki (Kobe University)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Mar. 9 Fri. 10:00 a.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
"Intergenerational Transfers Motivated by Altruism from Children
towards Parents: Children's Gifts and Parents' Education Investments"
FUJIU Hiroshi (Chiba Keizai University)
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( New Building 2nd floor )

Mar. 16 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Nonmyopic Optimality of Conditional Learning"
NOGUCHI Yuichi (Hitotsubashi University)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Mar. 17, Sat. 10:30 a.m.-
Monetary Economics Seminar of Kobe University
"The Structure and the Performance of Japanese Mutual Funds"
FUJIWARA Kenya ( Kobe University)
*Meeting room at RIEB( Kanematsu Memorial Hall, New Building 2nd floor )

Mar. 19 Mon. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
"Existence of an Asymmetric Informations Structure in Gene Diagnosis
―　The Mechanism by which Genetic Discrimination is Induced in the Life Insurance Market―"
SOGA Nobuyuki (Kobe University)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Mar. 21 Wed. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar
゛Disorganization due to Forbearance of Debt Restructuring"
KOBAYASHI Keiichiro (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

Mar. 23 Fri. 3:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by IEFS Japan Seminar )
゛Filing a petition for administered protection as a provision of a binary public good"
ICHINO Yasukazu (University of Washington)
*Place: Meeting room at RIEB ( New Hall 2nd floor )

Mar. 24 Sat. 1:30 p.m.-
RIEB Seminar ( Jointly supported by Information Strategy for Regional Development Research Group )
"Towards the Various Tourism Promotion"
MORI Tetsuo (Employmental Bureau, Industry and Employment Department, Hyogo Prefectural Gobernment)
*Place: Seminar room at RIEB ( Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st floor )

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