PEPP Special Seminars Schedule, AY2022
2022/05/13
Spring ABC:
2022/05/19 (Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. Fukai (Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Chair: Prof. Kurokawa
Time: 16:45~18:15
Title: “How elastic is capacity choice in welfare facilities? Evidence from notches in Japan’s childcare subsidy scheme”
2022/05/26 (Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. Ramdani (Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Chair: Prof. Kurokawa
Time: 16:45~18:15
Title: “The uncertainty of geospatial data: category, how to handle, manage, and minimize it”
2022/06/16 (Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. Sawada Yasuyuki (Professor, University of Tokyo)
Chair: Prof. Malek
Time: 15:30~16:00 (Reception, Q&A), 16:45~18:15 (Seminar)
Title: “Asia’s Journey to Prosperity”
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/549191/asias-journey-prosperity.pdf
Format: Online
Zoom Link (pre-registration required):
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctc-2hrDMoHtFdK6487HpIbSnn_uuHeJD0
2022/06/23 (Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. Ryo Nakajima (Professor, Keio University)
Chair: Prof. Kurokawa
Time: 16:45~18:15
Title: “Marshall Meets Bartik: Revisiting the Mysteries of the Trade (with Yasusada Murata)”
Format: Onsite (University of Tsukuba) Room 3A308
2022/07/07 (Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. Qian Xingwang (Professor, Buffalo State (SUNY))
Chair: Prof. Kurokawa
Time: 16:45~18:15
Title: “International reserve management, global financial shocks, and firm investment in emerging market economies”
Full Text: https://www.nber.org/papers/w29303 Format: Onsite (University of Tsukuba) Room A101, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Building
2022/07/14 (Thur.)
Speaker: Dr. Tomohiro Hara (Alumni of University of Tsukuba, College of International Studies)
Chair: Prof. Minowa
Time: 16:45~18:15
Title: “Rainbow Nation” through Mass Media: Television, Cultural Diversity, and National Unity in Post-Apartheid South Africa”
Full Text: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bm0l8ripbfjeef8/Hara_UMD_JMP_2021.pdf?dl=0 Format: Onsite (University of Tsukuba) Room 3A308
2022/07/28 (Thur.)
Speaker: TBA
Chair: Prof. Naito
Fall ABC:
2022/10/13(Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. YAMAGATA Tatsufumi and Ms. TAKASU Naoko (Department College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
Chair: Prof. Kashiwagi
Time: 16:45~18:15
Title: “Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to 49 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Which Vaccines Go Where and How?”
Full Text: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/rjaps/40/1/40_83/_article/-char/en
Format: Zoom
Zoom Link (pre-registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwscOqhrTMoHtxII_FI3qFpBORmyCmJk9ZJ
2022/10/27 (Thur.)
Speaker: Dr.Shimamoto Daichi（Associate Professor, Kindai University)
Chair: Prof. Matsushima
Time: 16:45~18:45
Title: “A STUDY OF BID-RIGGING IN PROCUREMENT AUCTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA, GEORGIA, MONGOLIA, MALTA, AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA”
Format: Onsite (University of Tsukuba) Room 3B405
2022/11/24 (Thur.)
Speaker: Dr. Takeshi Aida (Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO))
Chair: Prof. Nakano
Time: 16:45~18:45
Title: “Paddy Cultivation as an Origin of Cooperative Norms: Evidence from Natural and Artefactual Experiments (with Kei Kajisa and Yasuyuki Sawada) ”
Format: Zoom
Zoom Link (pre-registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vf-GqrDspH9RAAyV_leEgRuFg49HbYkup
2022/12/08 (Thur.)
Speaker: Dr. Wu Wenchao (Research Fellow, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences)
Chair: Prof. Yu
Time: 16:45~18:45
Title: “The impact of land-based climate change mitigation measures on global agricultural markets and food security”
Format: Zoom
Zoom Link (pre-registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvceiorTkiH9yc-viNuAvuU8PsuB4yMuOx
2022/12/13 (Tue.)
Speaker: Dr. Astghik Mavisakalyan
Chair: Prof. Naito
Time: 12:15~13:45 (Student-Only Session), 16:45~18:45 (Open to Everyone)
Title: “Mining and Mistrust in Government”
Format: Onsite (University of Tsukuba) Room 3B402
2023/01/12 (Thur.)
Speaker: TBA
Chair: Prof. Fukai
2023/01/26 (Thur.)
Speaker: Prof. Jahen F. Rezki (Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Indonesia)
Chair: Prof. Ramdani
Time: 16:45～18:45 (Seminar)
Title: “Does the Mobile Phone Affect Social Development? Evidence from Indonesian Villages.”
Full Text: https://pepp.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Does-the-Mobile-Phone-Affect-Social-Development-Evidence-from-Indonesian-Villages-by-Prof.-Jahen-F.-Rezki.pdf
Format: Zoom
Zoom Link (pre-registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ucOGqrjMjEtI1xAKqypNsLsQFTB9FMg7i
