Dean Ito visited FGV-EAESP in Brazil.
I visited Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV)-EAESP in San Paulo, Brazil on May 10, 2012
and met Prof. Dr. Julia von Maltzan Pacheco, Associate Dean, International Relations.
The FGV-EAESP is an only South-American institution that has a double degree program
with School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, and is
invited to be a member of Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) along with
the University of Tokyo's GraSPP. The two institutions agreed that GraSPP and
FGV-EAESP would explore to establish cooperation between the two institutions,
including student exchange.
I have published an op-ed piece on BOJ inflation "goal" policy in
Financial Times, April 25, 2012:
"Last chance for the BoJ to jettison defeatism"
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8919c2de-8e13-11e1-b9ae-00144feab49a.html
Please note that the last word in the first paragraph should have been
"deflation" instead of "inflation" -- a typo.
On March 29, I gave a lecture at Columbia University.
"The Political Economy of the Consumption Tax Hike: How Long Will JGBs Defy Gravity?"
On March 28, I participated in the panel discussion with the Prime Minister of Italy, H.E. Professor Mario Monti.
Organizer: Embassy of Italy in Japan / Nikkei Inc.
Venue: NIKKEI Hall (Nikkei Building 3rd floor, 1-3-7 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Special Lecture: 11:00-11:30
"Italy’s economy, the perspectives of the European Union and their impact on the world economy"
-- H.E. Professor Mario Monti (the Prime Minister of Italy)
Panel Discussion: 11:30-12:10
H.E. Professor Mario Monti (the Prime Minister of Italy)
Takatoshi Ito (Professor at Graduate School of Economics of the University of Tokyo)
Yasuhiko Ota (Editorial Writer & Senior Staff Writer of the International News Dept., Nikkei Inc. )
VIDEO
http://www.nikkei-events.jp/italy/
The following aritcle has appeared in VoxEU. （3/20/2012）
ITO, Takatoshi and Junko SHIMIZU,
"How should Japan’s current exchange rate be viewed?"
On March 17, I participated in IDB seminar in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Seminar: Navigating the International Financial Storms
Moderator: Michael Reid, Americas Editor, The Economist (United Kingdom)
Panelists:
Barry Eichengreen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Jose Juan Ruiz Gomez, Deputy General Director, Banco Santander (Spain)
Takatoshi Ito, Professor at Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Jose De Gregorio, former President, Central Bank (Chile)
Henrique Meirelles, former President, Central Bank (Brazil)
VIDEO
On March 9, I participated in "Forum on Risk Management" in Washington DC.
Event 7: Risk Management -From Natural Disaster to Economy-
Session 3: Economy
-Reconstruction and Challenge of the Japanese Economy after the 3/11 Disaster-
On February 29, I participated in a conference in Villa Madama in Rome.
"Japan one year after the disaster: Dignity, reconstruction, future, knowledge"
jointly organized by Embassy of Japan in Italy and Osservatorio Asia
in coooperation with Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On February 24, I participated in "Japan Economic Seminar" at Columbia University.
"Japan Economic Seminar"
-- An Annual Event of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, University of Tokyo
Paper Presenters: Etsuro Shioji, Professor, Hitotsubashi University;
Kenji Wada, Professor, Keio University
I visited Dean Helmut K. Anheier at Hertie School of Governance. (February 2, 2012)
Hertie School of Governance
A new paper will be published. (January 2012)
Takatoshi ITO, Satohsi KOIBUCHI, Kiyotaka SATO, and Junko SHIMIZU,
"The Choice of an Invoicing Currency by Globally Operating Firms:
A Firm-Level Analysis of Japanese Exporters,"
International Journal of Finance & Economics, forthcoming.
January 13-14, 2012, I participated in the Bellagio Group at Bern.
On January 6-8, 2012, I participated in American Economic
Association(AEA) Annual Meeting.
