September 2017 Conference: 15-17 September, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan

Keynote Lectures

Technical Progress and the Diffusion of Innovations: Classical and Schumpeterian
Hein D. Kurz (University of Graz)

Keynes’s Two Memoirs
Ted Winslow (Department of Social Science, York University)

The Post Keynesian Macroeconomic Policy
Fernando Ferrari Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

What does the growing communality of contemporary capitalisms mean for economic theory?
Robert Boyer (Institut des Ameriques)

Malthus and Ricardo on International Trade and Structural Change:
A modern interpretation
Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa)

Keynes, International Credit Money and Exchange Rate Effectiveness
Jan Toporowski (SOAS, University of London)

Sraffa and Marx
Heinz D.Kurz (University of Graz)

Time Table

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Program

15 September 2017

Morning sessions

15^th Floor of Liberty Tower
9:30-10:00 Registration & Coffee

Room 1154
10:10-11:00
An Invariable Standard of Value and Its Application to Enpirical Analysis
Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)
Chair: Yusuke Shibata (Meiji University)

Room 1153
11:10-12:10
Benefits, Costs and Legacy of the Tokyo Olympic Game 2020 for JapanMatthieu Llorca (University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Laboratoire d’Economie de Dijon)    
Chair: Samba DIOP (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France)

Room 1154
11:00-12:10
Political Economy of Interest Groups in a Newly Democratized NationFarm Lobby's Resistance on Trade Liberalization in Korea
Akio Nawakura (Meiji University)
Chair: Hans D Hyun

12:10-14:00   Lunch

15 September 2017

Afternoon sessions

Room 1163 Keynote Lecture
14:00-15:00
Technical Progress and the Diffusion of Innovations: Classical and Schumpeterian
Hein D. Kurz (University of Graz)
Chair: Kiichiro Yagi (Setsunan Unieversity)

Room 1153
15:10-16:10
Monetary Institutions and Macroeconomic Performance in Brazil after the Global Financial Crisis
Fernando Ferrari Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Chair: Matthieu Llorca (University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté,                Laboratoire d’Economie de Dijon)

16:10-17:10
Was ‘Minsky Moment’ a Trojan Horse?
Samba DIOP (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France)
Chair: Fernando Ferrari Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

     Room 1154

15:10-16:10
The Textile‑Clothing Industry of Bangladesh and Asian Competitors: A Demand-Supply Chain Review
Kazuo Inaba  (Ritsumeikan University)
Md. Masum (Graduate School of Economics, Ritsumeikan University)Chair : Rajas Parchure (Gokhale Institute of Politics &Economics)

16:10-17:10
A Global Value Chain Analysis of Export in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan Chemical Industry
Ruey-Wan Liou
(Director in Department of Statistics Offfice, Ministry of Transportation and Communications,Assistant Professor in Department of International Trade, Chihlee University of Technology)
Hsing-Chun Lin (Professor, Department of Applied Economics, National Chiayi University)
Ching-Cheng Chang
(Research fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Department of Agri­cultural Economics, National Taiwan University,)
Shih-Hsun Hsu (Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University)
Chair: Makiko Tsukui (Tokyo International University)

Room 1163 Keynote Lecture
17:20-18:20
Keynes’s Two Memoirs
Ted Winslow (Department of Social Science, York University)
Chair : Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)

Reception

18:45-20:00

Global Lounge, 17th Floor of Global Front

16 September 2017

Morning sessions

Room 1153 Keynote Lecture
10:00-11:00
The Post Keynesian Macroeconomic Policy
Fernando Ferrari Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Chair: Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)

Room 1153
11:10-12:10
Breaking Par: Determinants of Yen-Dollar Swap Deviations
Stefan Angrick (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI))
Naoko Nemoto (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI))
Chair : Fernando Ferrari Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Room 1154
11:10-12:10Money and General Disequilibrium
Rajas Parchure (Gokhale Institute of Politics &Economics)
Chair : Heinz D Kurz (University of Graz)

Room 1154
11:10-12:10
Dynamics of Production and Trade of Flower Bulbs in the Netherlands, China and Japan
Yasutaka Niisato (Faculty of Economics, University of Toyama)
Chair: Hsing-Chun Lin (Professor, Department of Applied Economics,            National Chiayi University)

12:10- 13:45 Lunch

16 September 2017

Afternoon sessions

Room 1163 Keynote Lecture
14:00-15:0
What does the growing communality of contemporary capitalisms mean for economic theory?
Robert Boyer (Institut des Ameriques)
Chair : Hiroyasu Uemura (Yokohama National University)

Room 1153
15:10-16:10
The Effects of the Income Distribution in Favor of the Rentiers on the Inflation Control. The Mexican case
Roberto Valencia Arriaga (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Chair : Tsuyoshi Yasuhara (Nanzan University)

16:10-17:10
Financial Fragility as a New Phase of Financialization: Analysis of the Net International Investment Position”
Tsuyoshi Yasuhara (Nanzan University)
Chair: Roberto Valencia Arriaga (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Room 1154
15:10-16:10
On Emergence and Persistency of Unequal Exchange Free Trade Equilibria in the Pre-Industrial Capitalist World Economy
Naoki Yoshihara(University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
Soh Kaneko(Oita University
Chair : Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa)

16:00-17:00
Role of SMEs and its Constraints: Case of Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Sevara Madgazieva (Graduate school of Economics, Ritsumeikan University)
Kazuo Inaba (Ritsumeikan Unievrsity)
Chair: Katsuhiro Saito (University of Tokyo)

Room,1156
14:55-15:55
John Stuart Mill on the Irish Question during the Great FamineHiroyuki Furuya (Faculty of Policy Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University)
Chair : Ted Winslow (York University)

16:00-17:00 (Session by the Ricardo Society)
Ricardo's criticism of Adam Smith: A defense
Yuji Sato (Rikkyo University)
Discussant: Shinji Fukuda (Hirosaki University)
Chair: Akihito Matsumoto (Tokushima Bunri University)

Room 1163 Keynote Lecture
17:20-18:20
Malthus and Ricardo on International Trade and Structural Change:
A modern interpretation
Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa)
Chair: Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)

Dinner

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18:50-21:00
Dinner
5th Floor of Shikonkan

17 September 2017

Morning sessions

Room 1153
10:00-11:00
Multi-Regional Comparison of Chinese Industries
Takashi Yagi (Meiji University) 
Chair: TBA

11:05-12:05
High-frequency Trading, Liquidity Withdrawal and the Breakdown of Conventions in Foreign Exchange Markets
Alexis Stenfors (University of Portsmouth)
CHair: Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)

Room 1154
10:00-11:00
A Note on Stock-Flow Consistency
Rintaro Matsuda (Graduate School, Meiji University) 
Chair: Yasutaka Niisato (Toyama University)

11:05-12:05
The Demand-Led Theory of Growth: its Superiority, its Limitations and Insights into the Modern History of Economic Development
Matthew Smith (University of Sydney)
Chair : Yasutaka Niisato (Toyama University)

Room 1154 (Session by the Ricardo Society)
10:00-11:00
David Ricardo on Taxation: Theory and Practice
Naoyuki Wakamatsu (Kobe University)
Discussant: Shigemasa Sato (Onomichi University)
Chair: Yoshifumi Ozawa (Kyushu Sangyo University)

11:05-12:05
Some Implications of the Variety of Interpretations of Ricardo’s Monetary Contributions
Christina Charikleia Laskaridis (SOAS, University of London)
Discussant: Susumu Takenaga (Daito Bunka University)

12:05-13:50 Lunch

17 September 2017

Afternoon sessions

Room 1153 Keynote Lecture
13:50-14:50
Keynes, International Credit Money and Exchange Rate Effectiveness
Jan Toporowski (SOAS, University of London)
Chair: Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)

Room 1153
15:00-16:00
Negative Interest Rate and the Public Deficit: Classical Loanable Funds Theory Revisited
Masako Tsujimura (Rissho University)   
Kazusuke Tsujimura (Keio University)
Chair : Jan Toporowski (SOAS, University of London)

Room 1154
15:00-16:00
Fiscal Theory of the Price Level in Colombia
Héctor David Suárez Carvajal (Economy Student, National University of Colombia) 
Chair : Fernando Ferrari Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Room 1154 (Session by the Ricardo Society)
15:00-16:00
Ricardo's Theory of Value and International Trade
Taichi Tabuchi (Doshisha University)
Discussant: Masatomi Fujimoto (Osaka Gakuin University)
Chair: Shigeyoshi Senga (Yokohama City University) 

Room 1163 Keynote Lecture
16:10-17:10
Sraffa and Marx
Heinz D.Kurz (University of Graz)
Chair: Takashi Yagi (Meiji University)

Dinner

17:10-18:50 Move to Takeshiba Pier
Until 18:45 Takeshiba Pier

19:00-21:20 Tokyo Bay Cruise & Dinner