Applied Economics Workshop

Past Seminars

Guanming Shi (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Risk Perception, Political Standing and Behavior Response: Evidence from the US in the Pandemic" joint with Jean-Paul Chavas, Haoyuan Xia and Dimitris Friesen
Chair: Kensuke Kubo
Presentation in English
Danny Ben-Shahar (Tel Aviv University, Coller School of Management)
"The Value of Status: Exploring the Price of Relative Positioning" joint with Y. Deng, T. Somerville, E. Sulganik, and H. Zhu
Chair: Michio Naoi
Presentation in English
Luca Macedoni (Aarhus University)
"Pricing to Heterogeneous Consumers and Firm Market Power: Evidence from the United States and China " joint with Mingzhi Xu and Yumin Hu
Chair: Akira Sasahara
Presentation in English
Takeru Sugasawa (Housing Research and Advancement Foundation of Japan)
"The impact of flight noise on urban housing markets: Evidence from the new landing flight paths of Haneda Airport in Japan" joint with Yuta Kuroda Kai Nomura Shohei Yasuda and Jun Yoshida
Chair: Naoto Mikawa
Presentation in English
Haruka Takayama (The State University of New York at Albany)
"Organizing Production Across Borders in a Time of Uncertainty" joint with Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Chair: Akira Sasahara
Presentation in English
Yoko Ibuka (Keio University)
"Income Receipt, Economic Activities, and Health: Evidence from Ambulance Transport Patterns"
Chair: Ryo Nakajima
Presentation in English
Taiyo Fukai (Gakushuin University)
"What Boosts Family-friendly Program Take-up and Maternal Employment?: The Policy Mediating Role of Employers" joint with Hiromi HARA
Chair: Ryo Nakajima
Presentation in English
Shinnosuke Kikuchi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Automation and Comparative Advantage"
Chair: Akira Sasahara
Presentation in English
Jean-Robert Tyran (University of Vienna)
"Why votes are (not) for sale — Empirical evidence from Southern India"
Chair: Kenju Kamei
Presentation in English
Ron Shadbegian (San Diego State University)
"The Effects of Short-Term, Prenatal and Postnatal Lead Exposure on Early Educational Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from NASCAR’s Deleading Policy" joint with Linda Buib, Heather Klemickc, Jennifer Tama, Anh Hoangd and Dennis Guignete
Chair: Masahiro Endoh
Presentation in English