17^th ANNUAL TRIO CONFERENCE

Supported by NBER-CEPR-TCER-KEIO University

Enhancing Productivity

Dale Jorgenson, Takeo Hoshi, and Masahiro Kuroda, Organizers

East Research Building, Mita Campus

Keio University

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku

Tokyo, Japan

December 10 and 11, 2004

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10:

9:30 AM Welcome, Organizers

Chair: MASAHIRO KURODA, Keio University and TCER

9:40 AM DALE JORGENSON, Harvard University and NBER

KOJI NOMURA, Keio University

Information Technology and the Japanese Growth Recovery

Discussants: FUMIO HAYASHI, University of Tokyo and TCER

YOSUKE OKADA, Hitotsubashi University and TCER

10:40 AM Break

11:00 AM DALE JORGENSON, Harvard University and NBER

KAZUYUKI MOTOHASHI, University of Tokyo and TCER

Information Technology and the Japanese Economy

Discussants: TAKEO HOSHI, UC, San Diego and NBER

TAKANOBU NAKAJIMA, Keio University and TCER

12:00 PM Lunch (Obento)

Chair: DALE JORGENSON, Harvard University and NBER

2:00 PM KAZUSHIGE SHIMPO, Keio University

Structural Change and Economic Growth in Japan:

Inter-Industry Effects of Productivity Growth

Discussants: TSUTOMU MIYAGAWA, Gakushuin University and TCER

FRANCK PORTIER, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR

3:00 PM Break

3:30 PM JIRO NEMOTO, Nagoya University and TCER

Productivity, Efficiency, Scale Economies and Technical Change:

A New Decomposition Analysis of TFP Applied to the Japanese Prefectures

Discussants: KAZUSHIGE SHIMPO, Keio University

AKIO TORII, Yokohama National University

4:30 PM Adjourn

6:00 PM Group Reception

Chugoku Hanten Restaurant

5-13-18 MTC Building, 1st Floor

Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11:

Chair: TAKEO HOSHI, UC, San Diego and NBER

9:30 AM PAUL BEAUDRY, University of British Columbia and NBER

FRANCK PORTIER, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR
Stock Prices, News and Economic Fluctuations

Discussants: SADAO NAGAOKA, Hitotsubashi University and TCER

JIRO NEMOTO, Nagoya University and TCER

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM YOSUKE OKADA, Hitotsubashi University and TCER
Competition, R&D and Productivity in Japanese Manufacturing Industries

Discussants: HIROKI KAWAI, Keio University

KAZUYUKI MOTOHASHI, University of Tokyo and TCER

12:00 PM Closing Remarks by Organizers

Lunch (Obento) and Adjourn

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