WINPEC will hold an international conference, Waseda-Irvine Conference on
Public Policy, on September 8th, 2015, in collaboration with SGU and CPPE
projects of Waseda University, Tokyo Center for Economic Research, and the
Public Finance Group of the Institute of Statistical Research. The
tentative program is as follows.

DATE: September 8th, 2015

VENUE: Conference Room No.1, 10th floor, Building No.3, Waseda Campus

14:00-14:05: Opening remarks

14:05-14:55: Amihai Glazer (UC Irvine), Signaling, Network Externalities,
and Subsidies

15:00-15:50: Rong Fu (Waseda University), Does Marriage Make Us Healthier?
Inter-country Comparative Evidence from China, Japan, and Korea.

15:50-16:10: Coffee Break

16:10-17:00: Hikaru Ogawa (Nagoya University), Occupational Choice in the
Tax Competition Model (tentative)

17:05-17:55: Tomomi Miyazaki (Kobe University), The Interaction between
Public and Private Investment: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures

17:55-18:00: Closing Remarks