ESRI International Conference 2024 "Major Future Economic Challenges"

Japanese version
English version

Economic and social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

Summary

International Conference(PDF-Format 189 KB)

1. Date and Time

Thursday, August 1, 2024, 9:30-18:05 (JST)

(Wednesday, July 31, 20:30-29:05 (EST))

2. Method

Hybrid (Face-to-face & Online) *zoom webiner

3. Program

9:30-9:40: <Opening Speech>; Yutaka Murayama, President Economic and Social Research Institute; video Opening Speech; <Speech from the Minister>; Yoshitaka Shindo, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; video Welcome Speech

9:40-10:30

<Keynote Speech>

Kazumasa Iwata, President, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)

slides(PDF-Format 2.89 MB)

video Keynote Speech

10:45-12:05

<Session 1> Role of economic measures such as carbon tax to tackle climate change

Chair：Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley

Presenter：Hitoshi Matsushima, Professor, University of Tokyo

slides(PDF-Format 107 KB)

Discussant：Catherine Wolfram, Professor, MIT Sloan

slides(PDF-Format 723 KB)

video first session

13:30-14:50

<Session 2> Geo-Economic Fragmentation and Economic Nationalism

Chair：Anil Kashyap, Professor, University of Chicago

Presenter：Adam Posen, President, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

slides(PDF-Format 1.04 MB)

Discussant：Keiko Ito, Professor, Chiba University

slides(PDF-Format 632 KB)

video second session

15:05-16:25

<Session 3> International mobility of people: Economic opportunities and political challenges

Chair：Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley

Presenter：Giovanni Peri, Professor, UC Davis

slides(PDF-Format 2.80 MB)

paper(PDF-Format 1.64 MB)

Discussant：Yu Korekawa, Director of Department of International Research and Cooperation, National institute of Population and Social Security Research of Japan