The International Conference of Joint Research Study Group “EU Economy” of EUIJ-Tokyo Consortium

Date and Time 　 23 February 2009, 9:40-17:00
Venue 　 Hitotsubashi University,
Mercury Tower 7th Floor, Conference Room
（http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/e-campus/index.html）
Organized by 　 Joint Research Study Group “EU Economy” of EUIJ
Sponsored by 　 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Japan Society of Monetary Economics, Group of International Finance
Language 　 English

Agenda

9:40-10:00 　 Registration
10:00-10:10 　 Opening Remarks
Session I 　 Chair: Prof. Takamoto Sugisaki, Tsuda College
10:10-10:55 　 Speaker: Prof. Jens Hölscher, University of Brighton
Title: “20 Years of Economic Transition: Successes and Failures”
Discussant: Prof. Satoshi Mizobata, Kyoto University
10:55-11:40 　 Speaker: Prof. Jarko Fidrmuc, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Title: “Foreign Languages and Trade”
Discussant: Prof. Yutaka Kurihara, Aichi University
11:40-12:25 　 Speaker: Prof. Soko Tanaka, Chuo University
Title: “Is the European Economic Integration a model for other regions?”
Discussant: Prof. Kazuharu Kiyono, Waseda University
12:25-13:30 　 Lunch (Mercury Hall at Mercury Tower)
Session II 　 Chair: Prof. Seiichi Fujita, Kobe University
13:30-14:15 　 Speaker: Prof. Eiji Ogawa, Hitotsubashi University
Title: “A Single Monetary Policy under Different Persistent Inflation between Tradable and Non-tradable Goods across Euro Area Countries”
Discussant: Dr. Ｉppei Fujiwara, Bank of Japan
14:15-15:00 　 Speaker: Prof. Kentaro Kawasaki, Toyo University
Title: “Emerging EUs and their exchange rates ex ante and ex post Sub-prime crisis”
Discussant: Prof. Kiyotaka Sato, Yokohama National University
15:00-15:20 　 Coffee Break

Session III 　 Chair: Prof. Mariusz Krawczyk, Ryukoku University
15:20-16:05 　 Speaker: Prof. Junko Shimizu, Senshu University
Title: “Financial crisis and the choice of currency regime in CEE Countries”
Discussant: Prof. Kenji Iwata, Kyushu University
16:05-16:50 　 Speaker: Dr. Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales
Title: “Equilibrium Exchange Rates in the Turmoil”
Discussant: Prof. Sadayoshi Takaya, Kansai University
16:50-17:00 　 Closing Remarks
17:30- 　 Reception (Mercury Hall at Mercury Tower)

Speaker's Profile

Jens Hölscher (England)
Reader in Economics, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, England.
President of European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.
Research Interests : Institutional Economics and Economic Systems, Monetary and Financial Economics.

Prof. Jens Hölscher, University of Brighton
Jarko Fidrmuc (Germany)
Professor for European Integration and Political Economy with Emphasis on Eastern Europe, Department of Economics and Geschwister-Scholl-Institute　for Political Science, University of Munich, Germany; Visiting Associate Professor, Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Department of Applied Mathematics　and Statistics; and Research Fellow, CESifo Munich, Germany. Research Fellow, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute Brussels, Belgium.
Research Interests: International Economics, Econometrics, Transition Economics.

Prof. Jarko Fidrmuc, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Soko Tanaka
Professor of Chuo University.
President of The Japan Society of International Economics.
Research Interests : European economy, International Finance.

 Prof. Soko Tanaka, Chuo University
Eiji Ogawa
Professor of Hitotsubashi University.
Director of EUIJ Tokyo Consortium.
Research Interests : International Currency, International Finance.

 Eiji Ogawa, Hitotsubashi University
Kentaro Kawasaki
Professor of Toyo University.
Research Interests : International Currency, International Finance.

 Prof. Kentaro Kawasaki, Toyo University
Junko Shimizu
Professor of Senshu University.
Research Interests : Foreign Exchange, International Finance.

 Prof. Junko Shimizu, Senshu University
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (France)
Director of Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales, the French leading research institute in international economics. Member of France’s Commission Economique de la Nation, of the “Shadow ECB Council” and the Cercle des Economistes.
Research interests : Focus on the international monetary system and European macroeconomic policy.

 Dr. Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales

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