Conference / SymposiumTRIO Conference
Fri, Mar 11, 2022 - Sat, Mar 12, 2022
The 29th NBER-TCER-CEPR (TRIO) Conference on “Covid-19 and the macroeconomy and finance”
Date
Friday March 11 – Saturday March 12, 2022
Starting at 20:00 (Japan JST) / 12:00 (EU CET) / 6:00 (US EST)
Tokyo, Japan (online)
Cohost
The Center for Advanced Research in Finance (CARF)
Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE)
Organizers
Shin-ichi Fukuda (TCER), Joshua Hausman (NBER), and Kenichi Ueda (CEPR, TCER)
Friday, March 11
Session 1: Economic impacts
Chair: Joshua Hausman (University of Michigan, NBER)
| Presenter and coauthor(s) | |
| JST 20:00 CET 12:00 EST 6:00 | Daisuke Fujii (University of Tokyo), Hiroyuki Kubota (University of Tokyo), Yuta Maeda (University of Tokyo), Kohei Machi (University of Tokyo), Masataka Mori (Middlebury College),Taisuke Nakata (University of Tokyo), and Haruki Shibuya (University of Tokyo) “Value of a COVID-19 Death” Discussant: Chris Papageorgiou (International Monetary Fund) |
| JST 20:50 CET 12:50 EST 6:50 | Kayoko Ishii (Keio University), Isamu Yamamoto (Keio University), and Mao Nakayama (Keio University) “Potential Benefits and Determinants of Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Household Panel Data” Discussant: Masaru Sasaki (Osaka University) |
| JST 21:40 CET 13:40 EST 7:40 | Coffee Break |
| JST 21:50 CET 13:50 EST 7:50 | Joseph Gagnon (Peterson Institute for International Economics), Steven B. Kamin (American Enterprise Institute), and John Kearns (American Enterprise Institute) “The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Global GDP Growth” Discussant: Etsuro Shioji (Hitotsubashi University) |
| JST 22:40 CET 14:40 EST 8:40 | Adjourn |
Saturday, March 12
Session 2: State aid for the corporate sector
Chair: Kenichi Ueda (University of Tokyo, CEPR, TCER)
| Presenter and coauthor(s) | |
| JST 20:00 CET 12:00 EST 6:00 | Tommaso Bighelli (Halle Institute for Economic Research, CompNet), Tibor Lalinsky (National Bank of Slovakia), and Juuso Vanhala (Bank of Finland) “Covid-19 Pandemic, State Aid and Firm Productivity” Discussant: Arito Ono (Chuo University) |
| JST 20:50 CET 12:50 EST 6:50 | Tomohito Honda (University of Tokyo), Kaoru Hosono (Gakushuin University), Daisuke Miyakawa (Hitotsubashi University), Arito Ono (Chuo University), Iichiro Uesugi (Hitotsubashi University) “Determinants and Effects of COVID-19 Business Support Programs: Evidence from a Survey to SMEs in Japan” Discussant: Tibor Lalinsky (National Bank of Slovakia) |
| JST 21:40 CET 13:40 EST 7:40 | Coffee Break |
Session 3: Monetary policy and government debt
Chair: Shin-ichi Fukuda (The University of Tokyo, TCER)
| Presenter and coauthor(s) | |
| JST 21:50 CET 13:50 EST 7:50 | Gong Cheng (Bank for International Settlement), Enrique Alberola (Bank for International Settlement), Andrea Consiglio (University of Palermo), and Stavros A. Zenios (University of Cypress) “Debt sustainability and monetary policy: The case of ECB asset purchases” Discussant: Junko Koeda (Waseda University) |
| JST 22:40 CET 14:40 EST 8:40 | Michael Bordo (Rutgers University, NBER) and John V. Duca (Oberlin College and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) “How the New Fed Municipal Bond Facility Capped Municipal-Treasury Yield Spreads in the Covid-19 Recession” Discussant: Mototsugu Shintani (University of Tokyo) |
| JST 23:30 CET 15:30 EST 9:30 | Conclude |
NOTE
Format: Speaker 25 minutes, discussant 15 minutes, floor discussion 10 minutes
Presented papers are expected to be included in the conference volume of the Journal of Japanese and International Economies