As part of the Top Global University Project, the Center for Positive\/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy offers our doctoral students an overseas research program at leading overseas institutions in collaboration with the Center for Experimental Financial Market (CEFM). This program deepens exchanges with researchers overseas and provides doctoral students with international research opportunities. In addition, the program is expected to bring us even more exchanges between researchers, the start of joint research, and strong collaboration in graduate school education. We’d like to share a report by Yuki Murakami, who returned to Japan after completing two months of research activities at \u00c9cole Polytechnique (France) this fall.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the support of the Top Global University Project and the Center for Experimental Financial Market (CEFM), I have had the opportunity to stay at \u00c9cole Polytechnique in France from September 22nd to December 15th.<\/span><\/p>\n Motivation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Professor Masashige Hamano, my supervisor at Waseda University, is currently on sabbatical and staying in Paris. To receive research guidance and to accelerate our joint research, I was exploring opportunities to stay in Paris when I learned about the CEFM program. As I have had little experience abroad and limited interaction with researchers from other countries, I considered this a valuable opportunity and decided to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n Preparation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I was assigned a shared office at the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST).\u00a0 On weekdays, I conducted research on campus. To experience the atmosphere of the university and interact with students, I avoided confining myself to the office and instead worked in the library and shared spaces. During weekends, I worked at libraries in the city of Paris such as Biblioth\u00e8que Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve and the Richelieu Library.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t