Stanford Summer Juku 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013 | 9:00 AM - Thursday, August 22, 2013 | 5:00 PM
(Pacific)
Stanford Summer Juku on Japanese Political Economy (SSJ-JPE)
August 19-22, 2013
Oksenberg Conference Room
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
The Japan Studies Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (S-APARC) at Stanford University is starting an exciting new program called Stanford Summer Juku (SSJ). In SSJ, researchers on Japanese politics and Japanese economy get together and discuss their research in a relaxed setting. In addition to presentation and discussion of research papers that is standard for any academic conference, SSJ is distinctive by setting aside ample time for informal discussions and interactions. We believe you will find this an excellent opportunity to expand your network of researchers on Japan in both political science and economics. We also hope that the interactions at SSJ will lead to some future collaboration among the participants.
Our inaugural meeting will be held at Stanford on August 19-22, 2013. The first two days will focus on research in political science/political economy and international relations, and the latter two days will focus on research in business and economics.
Finally, a little bit about the name of this program; Juku here does not refer to modern Japanese cram schools. What we have in mind is the private schools at the end of Edo period, which attracted young motivated students and ended up producing numerous leaders in the Meiji period. Our goal is to attract many young researchers who will go on to become leaders in the studies of Japanese politics and Japanese economy in the near future. We look forward to welcoming you to Stanford this summer.
Takeo Hoshi, Kenji E. Kushida, Phillip Lipscy
Report - Stanford Summer Juku 2013
Program
8/19/2013
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Welcome: Gi-Wook Shin, (Director, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University)
9:15-10:25 Session I:
"America's Role in Making Japan's Economic Miracle: New Evidence for a Landmark Case", Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth College), Michael Beckley (Tufts University), and Jennifer M. Miller (Dartmouth College)
Discussants:
Amy Catalinac (Australian National University)
William Grimes (Boston University)
10:25-10:50 Break
10:50-12:00 Session II:
"The Electoral Politics of Energy", Phillip Lipscy (Stanford University)
Discussants:
Greg Noble (University of Tokyo)
Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth College)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 Session III:
"Pork to Policy: The Rise of National Security in Elections in Japan", Amy Catalinac (Australian National University)
Discussants:
Saori Katada (University of Southern California)
Christiana Davis (Princeton University)
8/20/2013
8:30-9:15 Breakfast
9:15-10:25 Session I:
"The Politics of Commoditization in Information Communications Technology: Lessons from Japan's 'Galapagos' ICT Sector", Kenji E. Kushida (Stanford University)
Discussants:
Greg Noble (University of Tokyo)
Ulrike Schaede (University of California, San Diego)
10:25-10:50 Break
10:50-12:00 Session II:
"Private Money as Public Funds: Distributive Politics Under Austerity", Kay Shimizu (Columbia University)
Discussants:
Steve Vogel (University of California, Berkeley)
Jonathan Rodden (Stanford University)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 Session III:
"Asian Designs: Rising Powers and the Shaping of International Governance", Saadia Pekkanen (University of Washington)
Discussants:
William Grimes (Boston University)
Christina Davis (Princeotn University)
6:30 Group Dinner
8/21/2013
8:30-9:15 Breakfast
9:15-10:25 Session I:
"Trading Corporate Assets in Japan: An Event Study of Subsidiary Trades Among Listed Companies", Ulrike Schaede (University of California, San Diego) and Tatsuo Ushijima (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Discussants:
Robert Eberhart (Santa Clara University)
Ayako Yasuda (University of California, Davis)
10:25-10:50 Break
10:50-12:00 Session II:
"School Entry Cutoff Dates and the Timing of Births", Hitoshi Shigeoka (Simon Fraser University)
Discussants:
Karen Eggleston (Stanford University)
Toshiaki Iizuka (University of Tokyo)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 Session III:
"New Management at the Bank of Japan, End of the 'Independent' Bank of Japan and Implications for the Cencept of Central Bank Independence", Thomas F. Cargill (University of Nevada) and Jennifer Holt-Dwyer (Hunter College)
Discussants:
Helen Popper (Santa Clara University)
Ken Kuttner, (Williams College)
8/22/2013
8:30-9:15 Breakfast
9:15-10:25 Session I:
"Using Dynamic Electricity Pricing to Address Energy Crises: Evidence from Randomized Field Experiements", Koichiro Ito (Stanford University), Takanori Ida (Kyoto University), and Makoto Tanaka (GRIPS)
Discussants:
Masahiko Aoki (Stanford University)
Matthew Kahn (University of California, Los Angeles)
10:25-10:50 Break
10:50-12:00 Session II:
"Choice of Invoicing Currency: New evidence from a questionnaire survey of Japanese export firms", Satoshi Koibuchi (Chuo University), Takatoshi Ito (RIETI), Kiyotaka Sato (Yokohama National University), Junko Shimizu (Gakushuin University)
Discussants:
Katheryn Russ (University of California, Davis)
Mark Spiegel (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 Session III:
"Banks restructuring sonata: How capital injection triggered labor force rejuvenation in Japanese banks", David Vera (California State University, Fresno), Kazuki Onji (Australian National University), Takeshi Osada (Bunri University of Hospitality)
Discussants:
Masami Imai (Wesleyan University)
Kelly Wang (Federal Reserve Board)