Hitotsubashi-RIETI International Workshop on Real Estate and the Macro Economy

December 14-15, 2017

Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

1-3-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JAPAN

Organizers

Chihiro Shimizu (Nihon University) and Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University and RIETI)

Each presentation has a 25-minute presentation, a 10-minute discussion, followed by a 10-minute open floor discussion

December 14 (Thursday)

10:00       Registration

10:30       Opening Remarks:

RIETI and

Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University and RIETI)

【Session1 Chair:】

10:45-11:30

Presenter①Arito Ono (Chuo University)

Discussant:

11:30-12:15

Presenter②Masahiro Hori (Cabinet Office)

Discussant:

12:15-13:30            Lunch

【Session2 Chair:】

13:30-14:15

Presenter③Chihiro Shimizu (Nihon U.)

Discussant:

14:15-15:00

Presenter④Dan McMillen (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)

Discussant:

15:00:15:30 Coffee break

【Session 3 Chair:】

15:30-16:15

Presenter⑤Tomohiro Hirano (University of Tokyo)

Discussant:

16:15-17:00

Presenter⑥Robert Hill (Institute of Economics, University of Graz)

Discussant:

17:00-17:45

Presenter⑦Jiro Yoshida (The Pennsylvania State University) “Depreciation in Commercial Property”

Discussant: Dan McMillen (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)

18:00-Reception

December 15 (Friday)

10:00       Registration

【Session 4 Chair:】

10:30-11:15

Presenter⑧Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University) “Collateral channel versus bank lending channel: Evidence from a massive earthquake”

Discussant:

11:15-12:00

Presenter⑨

Discussant:

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:45

Presenter⑩

Discussant:

13:45-14:30

Presenter⑪

Discussant:

14:30       Concluding Remark: Chihiro Shimizu (Nihon University)