ESRI International Conference 2018
Better Measurement for Better Policy Formation
Date: July 31st, 2018, 9:30-18:00
Venue:Conference room in the ADBI, Tokyo
- 9:30-9:35
- Opening ceremony
- 9:35-10:05
- Keynote speech: Measurement Challenges in Advanced Economies: Learning from Income and Consumption Trends in the United States
Kevin Hassett, The Chair of the CEA
- 10:05-10:25
- Q&A
- 10:25-10:45
- Coffee break
- 10:45-12:00
- First session: Has the business cycle changed after the global financial crisis and what does that imply for business cycle dating?
Chair: Fumihira Nishizaki, ESRI
Satoshi Urasawa, ESRI
Makoto Hazama, ESRI
Comment: Mark Watson, Princeton University
- 12:00-13:30
- Lunch
- 13:30-14:35
- Second Session: Does the growth of the service sector and the digital economy create new measurement challenges?
Chair: Atsushi Seike, ESRI
Charles Bean, London School of Economics
Comment:Kiyohiko Nishimura, Chairman of Statistics Commission
- 14:35-14:55
- Coffee break
- 14:55-16:00
- Third Session: What can be done to measure productivity better?
Chair: Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago
Comment: Shigeru Sugihara, Graduate Institute of Policy Studies
- 16:00-16:25
- Coffee break
- 16:25-17:55
- Fourth Session: Panel Discussion
Coordinator: Alan Auerbach, University of California
Panelist: Kevin Hassett, CEA
Motoshige Itoh, Gakushuin University
Kiyohiko Nishimura, Statistics Commissionslides(PDF-Format 912 KB)
Charles Bean, London School of Economics
Annex Seminar on Business Cycle Indicators
Date: August 1st, 2018, 10:00-12:00
Venue:Conference room in the ADBI, Tokyo
Coordinator: Shuichi Matsuta, ESRI
- 10:00-11:00
- Keynote speech: Stability of the US Business Cycle? The Slow Recovery from the Financial-Crisis Recession
James Stock, Harvard University
- 11:00-11:15
- Comment
Ryuzo Miyao, University of Tokyo
- 11:15-12:00
- Q&A