Global COE Hi-Stat Newsletter

No. 2 (September 2009)

Contents
Report on Lecture and Workshop on International Trade Jota Ishikawa...1
Activities of the Russia/Former Soviet Union Long-term Economic Statistics Group
Report on a Field Survey in Kenya Kazuya Wada...3
Discussion Papers ...5
Seminars and Conferences ...7
Personnel Transfer...9Awards…9

Kazuhiro Kumo...2

Report on Lecture and Workshop on International Trade
Jota Ishikawa
Sub-Leader, Micro Analysis Research Group (Theoretical Foundations)
Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

In the first week of March, the sub-group of the Microof duality theory is particularly useful in general

Analysis Research Group focusing on theoreticalequilibrium analysis and is widely thought to provefoundations organized two lectures for graduate

valuable in research on international trade.

students and a one-day workshop on international
trade, to which we had invited Prof. Alan Woodland of
the University of New South Wales (Australia) andProf. Pascalis Raimondos-Møller of the Copenhagen
Business School (Denmark).
Both professors play an active role at the forefrontof global research on international trade, and theirlectures were extremely stimulating for the graduate
students. Prof. Woodland is the author of an influential
Professor Raimondos-Møller specializes in public

textbook for graduate students published in 1982 on
Allocation.

economics and held a lecture on international taxation.

Unfortunately now out of print, the book reorganizes

He highlighted the issues and challenges with regard

trade theory in terms of duality, and in his lecture, Prof.

to taxation resulting from globalization and the fact

Woodland focused on the practical application ofthat the activities of firms increasingly transcend

duality theory in research. He suggested that the use

national borders. Drawing on a paper he has written

International

Trade

and

Resource1

on the issue, Prof. Raimondos-Møller in his lecture

economic integration, foreign direct investment, andidentified what sort of problems exist and the kind of

global environmental problems, and were followed byresearch questions they pose.

a lively discussion. The workshop overall was
well-balanced, with four of the six presentations
consisting of theoretical work and two of empiricalwork, and participants comprising not only staff andgraduate students of Hitotsubashi University, but also
many teaching staff and graduate students of otheruniversities, including from the Chubu and Kansai
regions.

The one-day workshop on international trade washeld on March 4th, and in addition to Profs. Woodland
and Raimondos-Møller, presenters included Jota
Ishikawa (G-COE, Hitotsubashi University), Kazutaka
Takechi (Hosei University), Kiyoyasu Tanaka (G-COE,
Hitotsubashi University), and Taiji Furusawa (G-COE,
Hitotsubashi University). Presentations focused on a
range of topics, including international organizations,

Activities of the Russia/Former Soviet Union Long-term Economic Statistics Group
Kazuhiro Kumo
Regional Studies/Market Analysis Group
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
The Regional Studies/Market Analysis Group of theState Archive of the Economy (RGAE) as well as the

Global COE Project includes a variety of projects. A

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Statistical

major one of these is the “Asian Historical Statistics

Committee (the successor to the Soviet Union Central

Projects” inherited from a previous COE Project on theStatistics Office). This has allowed us to gain access“Construction of a Pan-Asian Historical Economic

to internal documents of cabinet meetings of theStatistics

Konosuke

former Soviet Union as well as secret documents on

Odaka, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University)

industrial production, population movements, etc.,

begun in 1995. The Russia/Former Soviet Union

from the period of the October revolution.

Database”(Project

Leader:Long-term Economic Statistics Group forms part of

The Institute of Economic Research of Hitotsubashi

this larger project and is continuing its activities as

University since the end of World War II has been abefore.

major base in Japan for research on socialist planned

In our efforts to collect long-term economic statistics

economies and following the collapse of the Berlinfor Russia and the former Soviet Union, we have been

Wall in 1989 has come to be regarded as a leading

fortunate to obtain the cooperation of the Russian

center for theoretical and empirical research on the2processof

economictransition

in

the

formerSoviet rubles) during the Soviet era were obtainablecommunist world. The Russia/Former Soviet Union

only to an extremely limited extent. That we now haveGroup of the G-COE greatly benefits from thesuch statistics is thanks to the RGAE, the CIS

relationships with various organizations cultivatedStatistical Committee, and others, and the access they

during this process.

provided to materials used in the process ofEvery year, the Russia/Former Soviet Union Group
conducts

interviews

with

a

seriesofconstructing these statistics as part of our continuous

local

efforts leading up to this G-COE.

organizations such as the ones mentioned above andA true highlight of this cooperation was when Yuri

holds discussions with them concerning, for example,

Ivanov, the vice-chairman of the CIS Statistical

how statistical data were constructed. In addition, on

Committee, whom we had invited to our international

these occasions, the Group intermittently collects

workshop held in March 2009, presented us with net

statistical materials from local archives. Furthermore,production and per capita income statistics expressed

the Group organizes workshops and, for each of thein ruble values on a calendar year basis from thedifferent fields, provides opportunities for discussing

1970s onward for each of the 12 Soviet republics now

the data collection and construction process and themaking up the CIS. As a matter of fact, for the author

validity of estimates substituting for primary data. Forof these lines, this was the first time to catch sight ofexample, in fiscal 2008, the first year of the G-COE

time series of personal income statistics of the Soviet

Project, we twice held the “Russia Long-term

Union spanning a period of more than 20 years, andEconomic Statistics Research Meeting,” once in June

the significance of having the possibility to gain2008 and once in March 2009.

access to the internal documents of the Soviet Union

Compiling reliable statistics for Russia and the former

Central Statistics Office became clear once more.

Soviet Union poses serious challenges. For example,

Againstit is frequently asserted that statistics for Russia andconclusion of academic exchange arrangements with

thedistortions,the CIS Statistical Committee are currently underway,

overestimations of growth rates, and the like. However,and it is hoped that this will help us to further

even after inspecting large quantities of documents

strengthen our collaborative relationship in the future.

hidden in archives and statistical materials published

Regarding the preparation of statistics on the Soviet

during the Soviet era and using these for comparison,era, much of our effort will go into trying to construct

we have been unable to find any clear inconsistencies.

macro-level statistics, since there are large amounts ofTherefore, as far as we can tell from the statistics thatdata available that have never even been published.

we have examined so far, there does not appear toGiven that in the past it was not even possible to

have

or

obtain aggregate data, the opportunity to collate theseoverestimation of statistics. The fact that we were able

kinds of statistics, in addition to conducting research

to investigate this matter owes entirely to the closeon the Soviet economy from a contemporary historical

relationship we have established with the RGAE, theperspective, is of great significance.

formerbeen

Sovietany

Union

containintentional

falsification

thisbackground,

preparations

for

the

CIS Statistical Committee, and other bodies, and it is

At the same time, we will continue our work on the

no exaggeration to say that this project was only

contemporary Russian economy. This means we will

possible because of this cooperation.

continue collecting aggregate data; but in addition, weThat being said, what is clear is that a considerable

are also planning to purchase access rights this fiscal

amount of statistical material intentionally was notyear to the micro data of the Russia Longitudinal

published. For instance, income and production

Monitoring Survey (RLMS), a large-scale survey

statistics expressed in terms of monetary values (inprepared by the University of North Carolina, which

3will provide us with contemporary Russian microbroad perspective. Empirical work along this line issurvey statistics. The use of the RLMS, which has

already commencing. Thus, we will continue in our

been continuously implemented since 1992, when theefforts to create a major center for research on thesystemic transition started, will greatly help in

Russian and Soviet Economies making use of theanalyzing the country’s economic transition from aaccumulation of both macro and micro data.

Report on a Field Survey in Kenya
Kazuya Wada
Former COE Young Researcher
Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
In order to nurture young researchers that in the future will play a leading role in statistical and empirical researchin the social sciences, the Global COE Program provides Ph.D. students in the latter stages of their research withsupport for overseas field research and surveys. In fiscal 2008, five graduate students including COE Young
Researcher Kazuya Wada, were dispatched. Wada conducted a field survey in Kenya and his research based on
this survey has been published as a discussion paper under the title “Intra‐couple Bargaining and School
Enrollment in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Microdata in Rural Kenya.” Here, Wada introduces
part of the survey activities related to this paper.

in rural Kenya actually tend to be worse for boys thanSurvey background
In Kenya, one of the countries on which I focus infor girls, a situation that is highly unusual. In

my research, primary school enrollment rates are stilldeveloping countries, the issues of school enrollment

very low. An analysis of household data from theand child labor tend to be closely intertwined, and thisResearch on Poverty, Environment, and Agricultural

may provide a potential reason for the patternTechnologies 2007 (REPEAT 2007) project, which wasobserved in Kenya. However, there is little research tomainly compiled by the World Agroforestry Centre

explain why in Kenya the school enrollment rate is(ICRAF) and the National Graduate Institute for Policy

lower for boys than for girls and one of the aims of theStudiesfield survey was to obtain some answers to this issue.

(GRIPS),highlighted

severalnotablecharacteristics with regard to school enrollment in
Kenya.

Survey outline

A general pattern seen in developing countries

Taking time and budget considerations into account,around the world is that girls and women often occupy

I decided to focus in the survey on around 15

a lower rank in society than boys and men, andhouseholds in rural villages in Central Province, which

redressing this inequality represents one of the major

is adjacent to Nairobi. Moreover, I decided that thechallenges in developing countries. Education as wellaim of the survey would be to obtain data on the time

as health and hygiene are no exception in this regard.

use mainly of children under the age of 15. Other

However, the REPEAT 2007 data on the situation ofsurveyprimary school enrollment show that enrollment rates

attitudes on the education of boys and girls, the child

4

items

concerned

parents’opinionsandlabor situation, and the quality of the school thethought. Some studies suggest that primary school

childrenenrollment

were

attending.

Overall,afive-page

rates

in

developing

countries

differquestionnaire was devised to conduct a survey thatbetween girls and boys partly because girls are moreshould make it possible to bring out the factors

obedient and more diligent than boys. This survey

affecting differences in school enrollment among boys

provides strong confirmation for this hypothesis.

and girls.

Another common response was that since otherIn total, information on the primary education of

siblings were going to secondary education and thisaround 50 children from the 15 households was

was putting strains on the household finances,obtained. In addition, as far as possible, I also

younger brothers or sisters were intentionally made tointerviewed siblings that had already reached the age

repeat the same grade in elementary school. In Kenya,

for secondary education, and managed to obtainsecondary education is not compulsory and the costs

much useful information in this way.

are high. Thus, this response indicates that in ruralvillages in Kenya, the effect of household budget
constraints on children’s education is extremely strong.

Survey results
Before conducting the survey, I expected that there

While the fact that in developing countries the costs

would be a relationship between the land holdings of afor secondary education place an extremely heavy

household and child labor. That is, the expectation

burden on household budgets is nothing new, thiswas that if a household owns a large amount of land,

result provides clear illustration of the effects.

its demand for labor would be higher, and hence boys
wouldlikelyprovideimportant

labor

input

Finally,anotherfrequent

response was

that

in

because elementary school teachers do not conduct

agricultural production. And I assumed that thisthe lessons properly, it is difficult to do well in exams.

provided the explanation why the school enrollment

In Kenyan elementary schools, nation-wide promotion

rate was worse for boys than for girls. However, theexams

local survey showed this hypothesis most likely to be

December in every grade. Since students cannot

mistaken. The following is a summary of the survey

advance to the next grade unless they achieve a fixed

results.

score, the quality of a primary school has a great

are

held

simultaneously

every

year

in

First, parents actually think that with respect toinfluence on whether students can advance to theelementary school age children, there is no difference

next grade. According to interviews conducted during

between boys and girls in the farm work they can do,

the survey, the quality of teachers especially in public

and most of the responses indicate that boys and girls

elementary schools is often unsatisfactory, andwere made to do the same farm work without any

frequently, teachers do not show up for their classes.

distinction between the sexes. Second, housework is

It has often been pointed out that the low quality ofdone mainly by girls, and as a result of this, the total

public educational institutions in developing countries

work hours of girls are longer. Third, a frequently given

is a major problem, and the survey showed that Kenya

reason why boys often repeat the same grade in

is no exception.

primary school is that their relationship with teachers
is not very good because boys tend to be disobedient

Survey assessment

and confrontational.

In many cases, it is possible to examine a certain

Although it may be too early to say that there is no

issue using data available in Japan. However, there iscausal relationship between land holdings and childmuch that cannot be learned simply by looking at data.

labor (especially by boys), the responses suggest that

Although I had been aware of this, in the course of

the relationship may be much weaker than previously

conducting the survey I realized that I still had not5appreciated this point sufficiently. It is sufficient neither*Kazuya Wada was a COE Young Researcher until August

to just look at data nor to only conduct field research.

31, 2009. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Chr.

In continuing with my research, this survey provided

Michelsen Institute (CMI), Norway, since September 2009.

me with an extremely valuable experience.

Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Papers (March 2009 － August 2009)
No. 40 (March 2009) Shiba Suzuki, “Risks after

Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Japanese

Disasters: A Note on the Effects of Precautionary

and U.S. Multinational Enterprises.”

Saving on Equity Premiums.”

No. 47 (March 2009) Robert Dekle and Kyoji Fukao,

No. 41 (March 2009) Tomoaki Yamada, “Income Risk,“The Japan-U.S. Exchange Rate, Productivity, andConsumption Inequality, and Macroeconomy in

the Competitiveness of Japanese Industries.”

Japan.”

No. 48 (March 2009) Eiji Ogawa and Kentaro

No. 42 (March 2009) Vu Tuan Khai, “Re-examining

Iwatsubo, “External Adjustments and CoordinatedSymmetry of Shocks for East Asia: Results Using a

Exchange Rate Policy in Asia.”

VAR with Sign Restrictions.”

No. 49 (March 2009) Eiji Ogawa and Taiyo Yoshimi,

No. 43 (March 2009) Junichiro Takahata, “An“Analysis on β and σ Convergences of East Asian

Economic Analysis on Pension Financing Methods:

Currencies.”

Is VAT Better than Wage Proportional Tax?”

No. 50 (March 2009) Eiji Ogawa and Kentaro

No. 44 (March 2009) Jay Pil Choi, “Patent Pools andIwatsubo, “External Adjustments under Increasing

Cross-Licensing in the Shadow of Patent Litigation.”

Integration: Japanese Perspective.”

No. 45 (March 2009) Reiko Aoki and Aaron Schiff,

No. 51 (March 2009) Hiroaki Chigira and Tsunemasa“Collective Rights Organizations and Investment in

Shiba,

Upstream R&D.”

Regression Error Heteroscedasticity” (Revised: April

No. 46 (March 2009) Kiyoyasu Tanaka, “Vertical2009).

6“Bayesian

EstimationofUnknown

No. 52 (March 2009) Mayu Fujii, “The Dynamic Effects

No. 65 (April 2009) Keiya Eto, “An Examination of theof Family Income on Child Health in the United

Statistical Data Sources of the Philippines: Notes onStates.”Estimating the Historical GDP of the PrimaryNo. 53 (March 2009) Kazuko Miyamoto, “A New

Industry (1)” (in Japanese).

Approach to Estimating Tax Interactions in Fiscal

No. 66 (April 2009) Toshiaki Watanabe and Masato

Federalism.”Ubukata, “Option Pricing Using Realized Volatility

No. 54 (April 2009) Masaya Yasuoka and Naohisa

and ARCH Type Models”

Goto, “Pension and Child Care Policies with

No. 67 (April 2009) Shin Chen Huang and Chia Hui Lu,

Endogenous Fertility.”“Asymmetric Information and Global Sourcing”.

No. 55 (April 2009) Daisuke Nagakura and Toshiaki

No. 68 (May 2009) Kiyotaka Nakashima and Makoto

Watanabe, “A State Space Approach to Estimating

Saito, “Credit Spreads on Corporate Bonds and thethe Integrated Variance and Microstructure Noise

Macroeconomy in Japan.”Component.”

No. 69 (May 2009) Fabien Durringer, “The Trilemma:

No. 56 (April 2009) Anders Akerman and Rikard

An Empirical Assessment over 35 Years Since theForslid, “Firm Heterogeneity and Country Size

1970s.”

Dependent Market Entry Costs.”

No. 70 (May 2009) Yukinobu Kitamura, Masato

No. 57 (April 2009) Richard Baldwin and Dany
Jaimovich,

“Are

Free

Trade

Nishiwaki, and Tetsushi Murao, “On Empirical

Agreements

Estimation

Contagious?”“TestingtheProduction

Function

under

Imperfect Capital Markets” (in Japanese) (Revised:

No. 58 (April 2009) Daniel M. Bernhofen and John C.
Brown,

oftheGeneralValidityofJune 2009).

theNo. 71 (May 2009) Tangjun Yuan, Tokihiko Settsu,

Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem: The Natural ExperimentJean-Pascal Bassino, and Kyoji Fukao, “Grossof Japan.”Prefectural

No. 59 (April 2009) Arnaud Costinot, Lindsay Oldenski,

Domestic

ProductandIndustrial

Structure in Pre-war Japan” (in Japanese).

and James Rauch, “Adaptation and the Boundary of

No. 72 (May 2009) Jouchi Nakajima, Munehisa

Multinational Firms.”
No. 60 (April 2009) Keisaku Higashida and Shunsuke

Kasuya,andToshiaki

Watanabe,

AnalysisofTime-Varying“BayesianParameter

VectorManagi, “Determinants of Trade in Recyclable

Autoregressive Model for the Japanese Economy

Wastesand Monetary Policy.”

betweenDeveloping

andDeveloped

Countries.”

No. 73 (May 2009) Kazuya Wada, “Intra-couple

No. 61 (April 2009) Kozo Kiyota, “Trade Liberalization,

Bargaining and School Enrollment in Developing

Economic Growth, and Income Distribution in a

Countries: An Empirical Analysis of Microdata in

Multiple-cone Neoclassical Growth Model.”Rural Kenya” (in Japanese).

No. 62 (April 2009) Kaz Miyagiwa, “The Silk Road: Tax

No. 74 (June 2009) Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi,

Competition Among Nation States.”and Ken Yamada, “The Minimum Wage in a

No. 63 (April 2009) Jee-Hyeong Park, “Enforcing

Deflationary Economy: The Japanese Experience,

International Trade Agreements with Imperfect

1994－2003.”

Private Monitoring: Private Trigger Strategies and a

No. 75 (July 2009) Yuka Takeda, “Economic Growth

Possible Role for the WTO.”

and its Effect on Poverty Reduction in Russia.”

No. 64 (April 2009) Yoichi Sugita, “Matching, Quality

No. 76 (July 2009) Kiyoyasu Tanaka, “Producer

Upgrading, and Trade Between Heterogeneous

Services and Manufacturing Productivity: Evidence

Firms.”

from Japan Industrial Productivity Database.”

7

No. 77 (July 2009) Michele Lombardi and Roberto

Cash Holdings in Japan: Evidence from Panel

Veneziani, “An Impossibility Result for Social

Analysis of Listed Companies” (in Japanese).

Welfare Relations in Infinitely-Lived Societies.”

No. 82 (September 2009) Keita Owari, “Robust

No. 78 (July 2009) Michele Lombardi and Roberto

Exponential Hedging in a Brownian Setting.”

Veneziani, “Liberal Egalitarianism and the Harm

No. 83 (September 2009) Junko Shimizu and Eiji

Principle.”

Ogawa, “Stability of East Asian Currencies During

No. 79 (August 2009) Rene Belderbos, Bart Leten,

the Global Financial Crisis.”and Shinya Suzuki, “Does Excellence in Academic

No. 84 (September 2009) Zhao Chen, Ming Lu, andResearch Attract Foreign R&D?”

Hiroshi Sato, “Social Networks and Labor Market

No. 80 (August 2009) Takahiro Ito, “Education and Its
Distributional

Impactson

LivingEntry Barriers: Understanding Inter-industrial Wage

Standards:

Differentials in Urban China.”

Evidence from Rural India.”

Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series

No. 81 (August 2009) Keiichi Hori, Koichi Ando, andhttp://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/english/research/discussion/i
ndex.html

Makoto Saito, “On the Determinants of Corporate

Seminars and Conferences (March 2009－September 2009)
47th (March 10, 2009)

University), and Konosuke Odaka (Hitotsubashi

Russian Research Center Conference, “Lecture

University)th49 (March 17, 2009)

Series on the Political Economy of Russia and the
CIS,” co-organized with the Hitotsubashi Invited

Game Theory Lecture

Fellow Program

Kalyan Chatterjee (Pennsylvania State University),

Georgii Kleiner (TsEMI, Russia) and Vadim Kleiner“Bilateral and Multilateral Bargaining”(TsEMI,

Russia),“The

Forefrontof50th (March 19, 2009)

RussianEnterprises Studies”

Workshop on Economic Theory

Youri Ivanov (CIS STAT) and Tatiyana Khomenko

Takuro Yamashita (Stanford University),”Worst-case(CIS STAT), “Approaches to the Economic Analysis

Mechanism Design in Undominated Strategies”

of the CIS"

Kalyanth

University), “A Model of Pre-Electoral Coalitions”

48 (March 14-15, 2009)

Chatterjee(The

PennsylvaniaState

51st (April 14, 2009)

Long-term Economic Statistics for Russia Research
SeminarIndustrial

Masaaki Kuboniwa (Institute of Economic Research,

Workshop

Hitotsubashi

co-organized with the Inter-generational Studies(Yokohama

University),
National

Yasushi

University),

Nakamura

Akira

Organization

and

Labor

Economics

Workshop

Uegaki(Seinan Gakuin University), Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Ayako Kondo (Institute of Social and Economic(Shimane University), Ohtsu Sadayoshi (Osaka

Research, Osaka University), “Female Labor Market

SangyoConditions and Family Formation”

University),

ManabuSuhara(Nihon52nd (April 28, 2009)

University), Shin-ichiro Tabata (Slavic ResearchCenter,Hokkaido(Instituteof Economic

Kumo

Industrial

Research, Hitotsubashi

Workshop

University),

Kazuhiro

8

Organization

and

Labor

Economics

Jung Wook Shim (Institute of Economic Research,

Hitotsubashi Lecture Series on Statistics and

Hitotsubashi University), “An Empirical Analysis of

Econometrics

Nepotism in Japanese Family Firms” (in Japanese)

Ryo Okui (Hong Kong University of Science andrdTechnology), ”Recent Development in Panel Data

53 (May 12, 2009)
Industrial

Organization

and

Labor

Analysis”

Economics

59th (June 29-30, 2009)

Workshop
Chul Woo Baek (Korea Institute of Science andFifth Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Trade

Technology Evaluation and Planning; Hitotsubashi

Seminars (APTS)

University) “Productivity Growth and Competition

held at the University of Hong Kong
60th (June 30, 2009)

Across the Asian Financial Crisis: Evidence from
Korean Manufacturing Firms” (with Young Gak Kim,

Industrial

Hyeog Ug Kwon)

Workshopth54 (May 19, 2009)

Shinpei Sano (Kobe University), “The Effect ofWorkshop on International Trade and FDI

Standard College Entrance Exam on College

co-organized with the Center for Research on
MacLaren

Associate(University

Professor),of

Melbourne

Mini Workshop on "East Asian Economic

andGeneralDevelopment in Historical Perspective"“Partial

co-organizedthInstitutions

55 (May 22, 2009)
Meeting

for

Labor

Economics

61st (July 3, 2009)

Equilibrium Measures of Trade Restrictiveness”
Pre-ConferenceandRanking”

Contemporary Economic Systems
DonaldOrganization

the

with

the

Centerfor

Economic

62nd (July 7, 2009)“International

Comparison of Output and Productivity in History”

Industrial Organization and Labor Economics

Session, XVth World Economic History Congress,

Workshop

Utrecht

Yuji Honjo (Chuo University), ”Start-up Funding

Kyoji Fukao (Institute of Economic Research,

Gaps and Entrepreneurial Human Capital”
63rd (July 14, 2009)

Hitotsubashi University, Harry X. Wu (Hong Kong
Polytechnic

University),

StephenIndustrial Organization and Labor Economics

Broadberry(University of Warwick)Workshopth

Takehiko Komatsu (Aoyama Gakuin

56 (May 26, 2009)
Industrial

Organization

and

Labor

Economics

University), ”Transaction Costs, Product Positioning,

Workshopand Patents: Make-or-Buy Decision at the ProductJunichi Suzuki (University of Toronto), “Land Use

Level in the Semiconductor Industry” (with Hideo

Regulation as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from the

Owan)
64th (July 17, 2009)

Texas Lodging Industry”
57th (June 2, 2009)
Industrial

Economic Statistics Workshop

Organization

and

Labor

Economics

Mototsugu(Vanderbilt

University),“Nonlinear Models and Testing for a Unit Root andWorkshopKentaroShintani

Nakajima

Cointegration”(Tohoku

65th (July 27, 2009)

University), ”Agglomeration or Selection? The Caseof the Japanese Silk Reeling Industry, 1909-1916”

Public Economics Seminar for Young Researchers(with Yutaka Arimoto and Tetsuji Okazaki)

co-organized with the Center for Research onthContemporary Economic Systems

58 (June 16-17, 2009)9

Yasutora

Watanabe(Kellogg

Schoolof

University and the Support Program for Improving

Management, Northwestern University), ”Inferring

Graduate School Education by the Ministry ofStrategic Voting”

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologythWilliam Dunsmuir (University of New South Wales,

Joint Seminar co-organized with the Economic

Sydney), Lim, Kian Guan (Singapore Management

Statistics Workshop, International Exchange

University), and Cornelis W. Oosterlee (Delft

Seminar, Macroeconomics and Finance Workshop,

University of Technology)

66 (July 27, 2009)st
71 (August 31, 2009, September 1-2, 2009)

and the Center for Research on Contemporary
Economic Systems

Lecture Series co-organized with the Regional

Joon Park (Texas A&M University), ”Inference on

Studies, Market Analysis Group and the Micro

Conditional Mean Models in Continuous Time:

Analysis Research Group

Theory and Application”

Agricultural Bookkeeping – Kyoto University Style

Yoosoon Chang (Texas A&M University), ”Using

and Agricultural Economic Statistics

Kalman Filter to Extract and Test for Common

Atsuyuki Asami (Graduate School of Agriculture,

Stochastic Trends”

Kyoto University)

th

72nd

67 (July 28, 2009)(August

24,

2009,

September

1,

2009,

Industrial Organization and Labor Economics

September 3, 2009)

Workshop

Hitotsubashi G-COE Lectures on Choice, Games,

René A. Belderbos (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven),

and Welfare 2009

“Does Excellence in Academic Research Attract

co-organized with the Center for Research on

Foreign R&D?”

Contemporary Economic Systems and InternationalthExchange Seminar

Global COE Lecture

Nicolas Houy (Ecole Polytechnique), “Prudent

co-organized with the Law and Economics Group,

Choices”

Hitotsubashi University

WalterMark Ramseyer (Harvard Law School), “Law and“Suzumura-Consistency in Individual and Social

Economics at Harvard Law School,” and “The

Choice”

AllocationMarc

68 (July 30, 2009)of

TalentUnder

National

HealthBossertFlerubaey(University(University

of

Paris

Montreal),

Descartes),Insurance: Cosmetic Surgery in Japan”“Beyond GDP: The Quest for a Measure of Socialth

Welfare”

2009 International Symposium on Econometric

Bhaskar Dutta (University of Warwick), “Honest

Theory and Applications (SETA 2009)

Implementation”

69 (July 31, 2009, August 1-2, 2009)

co-organized

with

Osaka

University,

Kyoto
Past Seminars
http://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/english/events/past_seminars/index.htm

University, the University of Tokyo, and the Centre
for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP)
70th (August 8, 2009)
International Conference on Financial Engineering
Education
co-organized

with

the

Centerfor

FinancialEngineering Education (CFEE) at Hitotsubashi

10Personnel Transfer
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Masahiro Sato

Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research,

Professor,

Hitotsubashi University

Hitotsubashi University

Program Member, effective April 2009

Program Member, effective April 2009

Tokuo Iwaisako

Kozo Yamaguchi

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics,

Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research,

Hitotsubashi University

Hitotsubashi University

Program Member, until March 2009

Program Member, until March 2009

Transferred to the Ministry of Finance, Japan

Transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs andInstituteofEconomicResearch,

Communications, Japan

Awards51st (2008) Nikkei Economics Book Award

5th (FY 2008) Japan Academy Science Promotion

Osamu Saito is Visiting Fellow of the Global COE

Prize; 5th (FY 2008) Japan Society for the

Hi-Stat Program (G-COE Hi-Stat) and the leader ofPromotion of Science (JSPS) Prize

its predecessor, the 21st Century COE program

Tatsuji Furusawa, Program Member of G-COE"Research Unit for Statistical Analysis in the Social

Hi-Stat and Professor of the Graduate School of

Sciences." His book, Economic Development in

Economics, Hitotsubashi University, received the 5th(in(FY 2008) Japan Academy Science Promotion PrizeJapanese; Iwanami Shoten, 2008) won the Nikkei

and 5th (FY 2008) Japan Society for the Promotion of

Economics Book Award, one of the most prestigious

Science (JSPS) Prize for his research, “Gameawards for economists in Japan.

Theoretic

Comparative

andHistorical

Perspectives

ApproachtoInternational

Political

Economy.”Global COE Hi-Stat Newsletter No. 2 (September 2009)
Issued by Hitotsubashi University Global COE Program
Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
c/o Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
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