Applied Economics Workshop

Past Seminars

Kazuto Sumita (Toyo University)
"Bequest Motives, Inheritance Tax, and Housing Choice: A Problem of Inefficient Empty Nests" joint with Miki Seko and Jiro Yoshida

abstract and paper
Chair: Yukako Ono
Oikawa Masato (Waseda University)
"Effects of The Health Checkup on Health Outcomes and Behaviors: Heterogeneous Effects Depending on Education"
Chair: Yoko Ibuka
Masao Ogaki (Keio University)
"How to protect the quality of childcare when a university or a hospital uses a consignment contract :
A Study of the Public, Market, and Community Mechanisms "
joint with Fumio Ohtake, Tokushi Okura,Naoko Okuyama,Shusaku Sasaki and Nobuaki Yamamoto
Chair: Hideo Akabayashi
Presentation in English
Yutaro Sakai (The University of Tokyo)
”Running to Stand Still: Common Property Induced Inertia in the Spatial Commons”
Chair: Yoko Ibuka
Michio Yuda (Tohoku University)
”Unexpected supply shock on cigarette industry and smoking behaviors”
Chair: Yoko Ibuka
Shigeharu Okajima (Osaka University of Economics)
"Monetary and Moral Incentives of Behavioral Interventions: Field Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation?"
Chair: Ryo Nakajima
Keisuke Kondo (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry)
"The Impact of Local Agglomeration on Firm Entry and Exit" joint with Toshihiro Okubo
Chair: Mizuki Kawabata
Presentation in English
Kensuke Kubo (Keio University)
"When Are Non-Direct Flights Priced Competitively? Evidence from U.S. Airlines"
Chair: Yoko Ibuka
Presentation in English
Raphael Franck (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"Labor Scarcity and the Adoption of Labor Saving Technologies"
Joint with Macroeconomics Workshop and Applied Economics Workshop 
Chair: Masao Ogaki
Presentation in English
Yu Sasaki (Waseda Institute for Advanced Study )
"Royal Consultants: Personnel Modernization and Statebuilding in Pre-modern Europe"
Chair: Ryo Nakajima