Applied Economics Workshop
Past Seminars
2026/10/30(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
South School Building , #436 (3rd fl.) on campus
Sueyoul Kim (Korea Development Institute)
"Does Generative Ai Crowd Out Human Creators? Evidence From Pixiv" joint with Ginger Zhe Jin and Eungik Lee
Chair: Naoki Wakamori
Presentation in English
2026/10/23(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
South School Building , #436 (3rd fl.) on campus
Sebastian Seitz (University of Manchester)
"Disability insurance between fiscal goals and individual outcomes"
Chair: Ying Yao
Presentation in English
2026/10/16(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
South School Building , #436 (3rd fl.) on campus
Kentaro Nakajima (Hitotsubashi University)
"Economies of Density in Multi-Stop Production: Evidence from Municipal Waste Collection"
Chair: Mizuki Kawabata
Presentation in English
2026/10/09(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
South School Building , #436 (3rd fl.) on campus
Jun Goto (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
"Coordination without Consolidation: Coercive Governance and Urban Development" joint with W. Bentley MacLeod
Chair: Hiroyuki Yamada
Presentation in English
2026/07/17(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
First School Building , #107 (1st fl.) on campus
Sungwan Hong (University of Pittsburgh)
"Powering Intelligence: Data Centers and Spatial Welfare"
Chair: Akira Sasahara
Co-organized The Center for International Economics
Presentation in English
2026/07/14(Tue)
16:30-18:00
in-person
South School Building , #475 (7th fl.) ※Room subject to change
Naoki Aizawa (University of Wisconsin at Madison-Madison)
"Job Amenity Bundles, Sorting and Monopsony"
Joint with Macroeconomics Workshop and Applied Economics Workshop
Chair: Yoshimasa Shirai
Presentation in English
2026/07/10(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
First School Building , #107 (1st fl.) on campus
Andrew Griffen (The University of Tokyo)
"Institutional Changes and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from a Developing Economy" joint with Yasuyuki Sawada
Chair: Kozo Kiyota
Presentation in English
2026/07/03(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
First School Building , #107 (1st fl.) on campus
Masahiro Shoji
"Cost and Demand Effects of Legal Adult Prostitution on Child Sex Trafficking" joint with Naoshi Doi, Kenmei Tsubota and Md. Sanaul Haque Mondald
The University of Tokyo
Chair: Kozo Kiyota
Presentation in English
2026/06/26(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
First School Building , #107 (1st fl.) on campus
Etienne Wasmer (NYU Abu Dhabi)
"Land and property taxation in a dynastic growth economy. Tax the Chatelains!" joint with Jiacheng Li and Alain Trannoy
Chair: Yukako Ono
Presentation in English
2026/06/19(Fri)
10:45–12:15
in-person
First School Building , #107 (1st fl.) on campus
Takuma Kamada (The University of Osaka)
"Blessing or Curse for Organized Crime? The Long-Term Effects of the Energy Transition from Coal to Oil on the Yakuza"
Chair: Manabu Nose
Presentation in English