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12 Dec. 2009, The International Conference of Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy" of EUSI in Tokyo

The International Conference of Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy" of EUSI in Tokyo

The Financial Crisis: Learning from Europe, Learning from Japan

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Date and Time: 12 December, 2009 (Sat), 10:00-17:30
Venue: Keio University (Mita Campus), East Building Hall (8F), East Research Building
(Keio University, Mita Campus Map)
Organized by: Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy" of EUSI in Tokyo
Sponsored by: Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Group of International Finance
Language: English

Fee: Free
Application & Inquiry:
EUSI Office
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Tel: 042-580-9117

Time allocation: Speech (25 min.), Discussion (10 min.) and Q&A (15 min.)

Programme
09:40-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:10 Opening Remarks
Prof. Eiji Ogawa, Deputy Director of EUSI, Hitotsubashi University
Session I Japan's Lost Decade and the Current Crisis
Chair: Prof. Takamoto Sugisaki, Executive Member of EUSI, Tsuda College
10:10-11:00 Title: "Japan's Lost Decade revisited"
Speaker: Prof. Sahoko Kaji, Keio University
Discussant: Prof. Souichi Enkyo, Nihon University
11:00-11:50 Title: "Comparing the Current Crisis in the USA and the Crisis in Japan"
Speaker: Prof. Mitsuhiro Fukao, Keio University
Discussant: Prof. Toshiki Jinushi, Kobe University
11:50-13:30 Lunch
Session II Europe's Experience in the Current Crisis
Chair: Prof. Chisato Shibayama, Otaru University of Commerce
13:30-14:20 Title: "Europe and the Financial Crisis: Short term responses and medium term implications"
Speaker: Prof. Carlo Altomonte, Bocconi University
Discussant: Prof. Soko Tanaka, Chuo University
14:20-15:10 Title: "Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for EMU-Integration and Real Convergence in the EU"
Speaker: Prof. Helmut Wagner, University of Hagen
Discussant: Associate Prof. Masao Kumamoto, Tokyo Keizai University
15:10-15:30 Coffee Break
Session III Exchange Rates and Other External Effects
Chair: Lecturer Hideki Hayashi, Keio University
15:30-16:20 Title: "Economic and social governance in the making: EU governance in flux"
Speaker: Prof. Iain Begg, London School of Economics
Discussant: Prof. Junko Shimizu, Senshu University
16:20-17:10 Title: "Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Euro, the Pound and the yen"
Speaker: Prof. Eiji Ogawa, Deputy Director of EUSI, Hitotsubashi University
Discussant: Prof. Kentaro Kawasaki, Toyo University
17:10-17:30 Closing Remarks
Prof. Sahoko Kaji, Keio University
17:30-19:00 Reception (East Research Building 5th Floor)
Remarks by Prof. Toshiro Tanaka, Director of EUSI, Keio University