Stanford Juku 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016 | 9:00 AM - Saturday, October 1, 2016 | 4:00 PM
(Pacific)
Stanford Juku on Japanese Political Economy 2016
September 29 - October 1, 2016
Oksenberg Conference Room
Stanford Japan Program at Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
The Japan Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (S-APARC) at Stanford University started Stanford Summer Juku (SSJ) in 2013. In SSJ, researchers on Japanese politics and Japanese economy get together and discuss their research in a relaxed setting. The fourth annual meeting is held at Stanford on September 29 - October 1, 2016. The first portion of the program focuses on research in political science/polilitcal economy and international relations, and the latter portion of the program focuses on research in economics.
Takeo Hoshi, Kenji E. Kushida, Phillip Lipscy
Program
9/29/2016
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Session I:
"Identifying Voter Preferences for Politicians' Personal Attributes: A Conjoint Experiment in Japan", Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth College), Daniel Smith (Harvard University) and Teppei Yamamoto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Discussants:
Ethan Scheiner (University of California, Davis)
Mike Tomz (Stanford University)
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session II:
“Party Strategies and Foreign Policy in Post-Electoral Reform Japan”, Amy Catalinac (New York University), Frances Rosenbluth (Yale University), Hikaru Yamagishi (Yale University)
Discussants:
Gary Cox (Stanford University)
Teppei Yamamoto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Session III:
“The Limits of Japan's Energy Angst: The Case of Geothermal Power”, Jacques Hymans (University of Southern Califorrnia) and Fumiya Uchikoshi, Ph.D. (University of Tokyo)
Discussants:
Mark Thurber (Stanford University)
Steve Vogel (University of California, Berkeley)
2:15- 3:30 Session IV:
“Democratic Community and Its Consequences: Evidence from Japan”, Jonathan Chu (Stanford University)
Discussants:
Christina Davis (Princeton University)
Megumi Naoi (University of California, San Diego)
9/30/2016
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Session I:
“Joining the Club: Accession to the GATT/WTO”, Christina Davis (Princeton University) and Meredith Wilf (University of Pittsburgh)
Discussants:
Jonathan Chu (Stanford University)
Phillip Lipscy (Stanford University)
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session II:
“What Do Voters Learn from Foreign News? Experimental Evidence on PTA Diffusion in Japan and Taiwan”, Chun-Fang Chiang (National Taiwan University), Jason Kuo (Post-doc, Georgetown University), Jin-tan Liu (National Taiwan University), and Megumi Naoi (University of California, San Diego)
Discussants:
Kenji Kushida (Stanford University)
Yuki Takagi (Stanford University)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Session III:
“Government Spending Multipliers under the Zero Lower Bound: Evidence from Japan”, Wataru Miyamoto (Bank of Canada), Thuy Lan Ngyuen (Santa Clara University) and Dmitriy Sergeyev (Bocconi University)
Discussants:
Yuriy Gordonichenko (University of California, Berkeley)
Johannes Wieland (University of California, San Diego)
2:15-3:30 Session IV:
“Product Dynamics and Aggregate Shocks: Evidence from Japanese product and firm level data”, Robert Dekle (University of Southern California), Atsushi Kawakami (Teikyo University), Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University) and Tsutomu Miyagawa (Gakushuin University)
Discussants:
Huiyu Li (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Shuichiro Nishioka (West Virginia University)
6:30 Group Dinner at Tacolicious
10/1/2016
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Session I:
“Will the Sun Also Rise? Five Growth Strategies for Japan”, Yoko Takeda (Mitsubishi Research Institute)
Discussants:
Michael Hutchison (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Ryo Kambayashi (Hitotsubashi University)
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session II:
“Natural Disaster and Natural Selection”, Hirofumi Uchida (Kobe University), Daisuke Miyakawa (Hitotsubashi University), Kaoru Hosono (Gakushuin University), Arito Ono (Chuo University), Taisuke Uchino (Daito Bunka University) and Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University)
Discussants:
Nobuhiko Hibara (Waseda University)
Johannes Wieland (University of California, San Diego)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Session III:
“Information Frictions, Switching Costs, and Selection on Elasticity: A Field Experiment on Electricity Tariff Choice”, Koichiro Ito (University of Chicago), Takanori Ida (Kyoto University) and Makoto Tanaka (GRIPS)
Discussants:
Karen Eggleston (Stanford University)
Hitoshi Shigeoka (Simon Fraser University)
2:15-3:30 Session IV:
“Good Jobs and Bad Jobs in Japan: 1982-2007”, Ryo Kambayashi (Hitotsubashi University) and Takao Kato (Colegate University)
Discussants:
Takeo Hoshi (Stanford University)
David Vera (California State University, Fresno)