Research Programmes

2. "The EU Economy"

Subject of this project is thinking about the EU economy, especially regarding the economic and monetary union, from various viewpoints. To implement a project, we plan to have joint research meetings regularly (once in two months) and to organise an international workshop every year.

Members and Assigned Research

  • Prof. Eiji Ogawa (Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University): Money market integration in EU
  • Prof. Soko Tanaka (Faculty of Economics, Chuo University): The European Economic Integration
  • Prof. Kyoji Fukao (Institute of Economics Research, Hitotsubashi University): Comparison of productivity in Asian and EU countries
  • Prof. Kentaro Iwatsubo (Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University): The costs and benefits of monetary union - Adjustment speeds of exchange rates and prices
  • Prof. Kentaro Iwasaki (Institute of Economics Research, Hitotsubashi University): EU Enlargement towards Central and Eastern Europe and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Regional Economic Development
  • Prof. György Széll (Institute of Economics Research, Hitotsubashi University): Labor market in EU
  • Prof. Corrado Molteni (Bocconi University): Economic system in EU
  • Assistant Prof. Kentaro Kawasaki (Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University): EU Enlargement and EURO: Is EU25 an OCA?
  • Prof. Takamoto Sugisaki (Tsuda University): Economic cycle and European Integration

Regular Meetings

1. First meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Wednesday, 24th November, 2004, 16:30-18:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University
Speaker: Prof. Ogawa (Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
Theme: Linkages of New EU Country Currencies to the Euro
2. Second meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Wednesday, 26th January, 2005, 13:30-15:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University
Speakers: Ms. Chikako Ohashi and Mr. Shinsuke Oyama (Bank of Japan)
Theme: The Introduction of the Euro as a Supply Shock
3. Third meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Thursday, 10th March, 2005, 10:30-12:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University
Speaker: Dr. Vladimir Bezdek (Senior Research Fellow, The National Bank of the Czech Republic)
Theme: Monetary Integration of Central Eastern Europe into Euro Zone
4. Forth meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Friday, 24 May, 2005, 10:00-11:30
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University
Speaker: Dr. Mechthild Schrooten ( Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Theme: "European Financial Integration - Which Way Ahead?"
5. Fifth meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Thursday, 10 November, 2005, 13:30-15:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University
Speaker: Professor Claus Vastrup (Aarhus University)
Theme: "Relations between Denmark and the eurozone" (tentative)
6. Meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Thursday, 8th December, 2005, 13:30-15:30
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University (3503)
Speaker: Elias Papaioannou (ECB)
Theme: "What Drives International Bank Flows? Policies, Institutions and Other Determinants"
7. Meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Thursday, 19th January, 2006, 16:30-18:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University (3503)
Speaker: Prof. Peter Winter (University of Mannheim, Mannheim Business School)
Theme: 「ドイツにおける債務会計思考と特質」
8. Meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Thursday, 6th March, 2006, 16:30-18:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University (3503)
Speaker: Professor Seiichi FUJITA (Faculty of Economics, Graduate school of Economics, Kobe
University)
Theme: International Role of the Euro
9. Meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Friday, 28th April, 2006, 16:30-18:00
Venue: Marunouchi Building 10th Fl (#1004)
Speaker: Dr. Eduard Hochreiter (Österreichische Nationalbank)
Theme: The European monetary union enlargement and the lessons for East Asia
10. Meeting of the EUIJ Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: Friday, 9th June, 2006, 16:30-18:00
Venue: EUIJ conference room at Mercury Tower 5F Hitotsubashi University (3503)
Speaker: Professor Kazuharu KIYONO (School of Political Science & Economics, Waseda University)
Theme: The EMU and Open-Macro Economics à la Mundell-Fleming

International Workshop

The First International Workshop of the Joint Research Study Group "EU Economy"
Date: 26 September 2005
Venue: EUIJ Conference Room (3503) at Mercury Tower, 5F, Hitotsubashi University
Contact: Prof. Eiji Ogawa (email: cc00104@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp)