Announcement
RIETI and Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) will conduct a international seminar by Core-to-Core Program of JSPS. On November 5th, A 3-session symposium for invitees will be held as Day1 session. The purposes of this seminar are to wrap up the past research activities and to explore new issues to be challenged.
Information
- Date and time: 10:00-17:30, November 5th, 2019
- Venue: RIETI's seminar room #1119, 1121 (METI Annex 11th Floor)
https://www.rieti.go.jp/en/about/map.html - Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Program
10:00 -10:10 Opening Remarks
Rikutaro HAMADA (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
Makoto YANO (RIETI President and Chief Research Officer)
Session 1 : "The Role of Institutional Investors"
Chair:
Colin MAYER (University of Oxford)
1."The engagement of long-term investors: the case of Standard life" (tentative)
10:10-10:40 Presenter
Marco BECHT (Université Libre de Bruxelles),
Julian FRANKS (London Business School)
10:40-10:55 Discussant
Wataru TANAKA (University of Tokyo)
10:55-11:00 Q&A
2."Quiet activism in Japan"
11:00-11:30 Presenter
Kazunori SUZUKI (Waseda University)
11:30-11:45 Discussant
Vikas MEHROTRA (University of Alberta)
11:45-11:50 Q&A
Session 2: "Board Reforms and Corporate Governance and Labor Relations"
Chair:
Marco BECHT (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
3."Corporate Governance and Inequality: Wages and Non-standard Work in Japan"
13:00-13:30 Presenter
Gregory JACKSON (Free University of Berlin),
13:30-13:45 Discussant
Yupana WIWATTANAKANTANG (National University of Singapore)
4."Consequence of Corporate Governance Reforms"
13:50-14:20 Presenter
Hideaki MIYAJIMA (Waseda University)
14:20-14:35 Discussant
Colin MAYER (University of Oxford)
14:35-14:40 Q&A
Session 3: "Capital Market and Control"
Chair:
Julian FRANKS (London Business School)
5. "Asset Prices and Corporate Responses to Bank of Japan ETF purchases"
15:00-15:30 Presenter:
Yupana WIWATTANAKANTANG (National University of Singapore)
15:30-15:45 Discussant
Yusuke OSAKI (Waseda University)
15:45-15:50 Q&A
6. "Anatomy of Stock Returns in Japan from 1977-2017"
15:50-16:20 Presenter
Vikas MEHROTRA (University of Alberta)
16:20-16:35 Discussant
Kotaro INOUE (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
16:35-16:40 Q&A
7. "Stock Repurchases and Corporate Control: Evidnce from Japan"
16:40-17:10 Presenter
Ryo OGAWA (Chiba University of Commerce)
17:10-17:25 Discussant
Marco BECHT (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
17:25-17:30 Q&A
17:30 Closing Remarks
Hideaki MIYAJIMA (WIAS/RIETI)
