2023年度の活動報告
Kenta Tanaka (Research Group Representative)
Activity results
In order to achieve the objectives of this study group, which are to deepen academic knowledge for building a sustainable society and economy and to stimulate research activities that contribute to building a sustainable society and economy, this study group has been working to build a research system through exchanges and discussions with related researchers both in Japan and abroad.
In 2023, the first year of the research group, research activities were centered on research seminars inviting researchers from Japan and abroad. This year, the research group held a total of 15 research seminars and workshops, including those co-hosted with funding from other research sources and those co-hosted with other external research groups (Japan-Tokyo Resource and Environmental Economics). In particular, in the research seminars and workshops held so far, we have been able to invite not only researchers affiliated with Japanese research institutions, but also researchers conducting research activities overseas, and as part of our research activities in the first year, we have been able to obtain multifaceted knowledge for building a sustainable society and economy. The research seminars held in 2023 are as follows. (The affiliations of the presenters are those at the time of the report.)
<Research meetings held>
・Ryo Takahashi (Waseda University)
Date and time: July 11, 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: From the Holy Land to the Homeland: The impact of Anime Broadcast on Local Economies in Japan.
・Motoaki Takahashi (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Date and time: Thursday, July 13, 2023
Time: 16:30-18:00
Title: The Aggregate Effects of the Great Black Migration
・Alex Bryson (University College London)
Date and time: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: The Adult Consequences on Wellbeing of Abuse and Neglect in Childhood
・Yusuke Ozaki (Waseda University)
Date and time: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Time: 16:30-18:00
Title: The endowment effect in public good game experiments - The motive behind warm glow -
・Motohiro Kumagai (Hitotsubashi University)
Date and time: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: Horses, Battles, and the State
・Susumu Sato (Hitotsubashi University)
Date and time: Thursday, October 26, 2023
Time: 16:30-18:00
Title: Oligopoly Pricing with Bundling and Fringe Entry: Semi-Aggregative Framework with An Application to Telecommunication Industry
・Kazuki Motohashi (Hitotsubashi University)
Date and time: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: The Impact of Municipal Mergers on Pollution Control: Evidence of River Pollution in Japan
・Yutaro Izumi (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Date and time: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: CEO Gender Bias in the Formation of Firm-to-Firm Transactions
・Katsu Otani (Rice University)
Date and time: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: Industry Dynamics with Shipping Cartels: The Case of the Container Shipping Industry
・Nobuhiko Nakazawa (Hitotsubashi University)
Date and time: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Time: 15:00-16:30
Title: Does How Air Pollution Levels Are Labeled Matter? Evidence from Consumption of Respiratory Medicine in South Korea
Note: Co-hosted with J-TREE (Japan-Tokyo Resource and Environmental Economics)
・Mariko Nakagawa (Hitotsubashi University)
Date and time: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Time: 17:00-18:30
Title: Attracting attention: Case of Corona beer sales after the COVID-19 shock
・Shinnosuke Kikuchi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Date and time: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Time: 14:00-15:30
Title: Automation and Comparative Advantage
・Takeharu Sogo (SKEMA Business School, France)
Date and time: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Time: 16:30-18:00
Title: Asymmetric Optimal Auction Design with Loss-Averse Bidders
・Renato Molina (University of Miami, USA)
Date and time: Friday, January 26, 2024
Time: 15:00-16:30
Title: The Social Value of Forecasting Hurricanes in the US
Note: Co-hosted with J-TREE
・Makoto Hasegawa (Kyoto University)
Date and time: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Time: 16:30-18:00
Title: The Effect of Foreign Dividend Exemption on Profit Repatriation through Dividends, Royalties, and Interest: Evidence from Japan
Venue: Room 1405 (4th floor, Building 1)
In addition, as a result of discussions held at the study group so far, collaborative research among study group members has already progressed this year, and based on the knowledge gained at the study group, applications have been made for research grants from foundations and other organizations as well as science and technology research grants.
Future developments
Regarding future developments of this study group, in order to achieve the purpose of this study group, which is to advance research that contributes to the creation of a sustainable society and economy, we plan to continue to hold study groups, research seminars, research workshops, etc. inviting related researchers from Japan and abroad. In addition, based on the knowledge gained from the study group's activities so far, we will more actively promote joint research that utilizes the network that has been created between the study group members and through the study group's activities. In addition, while the majority of the study group's members are currently researchers in the social sciences, we would like to more actively engage in exchanges with researchers in other academic fields and develop study group activities so that study group members can also participate.