Venue: G-Lab, East Research Building, 6th-7th Floor @ Keio University
(Building ⑬ on the campus map )

November 16 (Saturday)

12:15: registration begins

12:55: Opening remarks by Etsuro Shioji (Chuo University)

Session 1: Chair: Ippei Fujiwara (Keio University)

13:00-14:10: Nobuhiro Abe (Bank of Japan)
“Interest Rate Differentials, Exchange Rates, and Equity Prices,”
Discussant: Hidehiko Matsumoto (Keio University)

14:10-15:20: Ryo Jinnai (Hitotsubashi University)
“Expectation-Driven Bubbly Episodes and Macroeconomic Fluctuations,”
Discussant: Takeo Hori (Tokyo University of Science)

15:20-15:40: Coffee break

Session 2: Chair: Etsuro Shioji (Chuo University)

15:40-16:50: Keiichiro Kobayashi (Keio University)
“Asset Price Booms and Macroeconomic Debt Overhang,”
Discussant: Tomoyuki Nakajima (University of Tokyo)

16:50-18:00: Daniel Barczyk (McGill University)
“Preference Heterogeneity versus Economic Incentives: What Determines the Choice to Give Care?”
Discussant: Akihisa Kato (Osaka University)

18:15: Dinner

November 17 (Sunday)

Session 3: Chair: Takayuki Tsuruga (Osaka University)
9:30-10:40: Kozo Ueda (Waseda University)
“Effects of Japan’s Unconventional Monetary Policy: Survey”
Discussant: Mototsugu Shintani (University of Tokyo)

10:40-11:50: Yuta Takahashi (Hitotsubashi University)
“Does Unconventional Fiscal Policy Work at the Zero Bound? Evidence from Japanese Value-Added Tax Hikes,”
Discussant: Yuichiro Waki (Aoyama Gakuin University)

11:50-13:20: Lunch and discussion

Session 4: Chair: Tsutomu Watanabe (University of Tokyo)
13:20-14:30: Yusuke Aoki (Indeed)
“From Perception to Expectation: The Role of GenAI: Job Replacement in Shaping Economic Outlooks and Behavioral Views in the U.S. and Japan,”
Discussant: Yuko Ueno (Hitotsubashi University)

14:30-14:50: Coffee break

Session 5: Chair: Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University)
14:50-16:00: Hiroshi Inokuma (Bank of Japan)
“Innovation Choice, Product Life Cycles, and Optimal Trend Inflation,”
Discussant: Yuki Teranishi (Keio University)

16:00: Closing remarks by Masaya Sakuragawa (Keio University)

The format: 20 minutes for the presenter
　　　　　    20 minutes for the discussant
　　　 　　   30 minutes for open floor discussion