November 10, 2009
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan
Uris 301
Uris 140
Directions and Map
The Center on Japanese Economy and Business and The Program for Economic Research
present:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Uris 301, Columbia Business School
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Panelists
Heizo Takenaka, Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University; former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and former Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Patrick Bolton, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Takatoshi Ito, Visiting Professor, Finance and Economics Division, Columbia University; Professor, The University of Tokyo
Commentator
Merit E. Janow, Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law & International Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator
David Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of Japanese Economy, Columbia University; Associate Director for Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Synopsis
This conference addresses future implications of the current financial crisis in terms of policies in the U.S. and Japan. Professor Heizo Takenaka, Director of the Global Security Research Institute at Keio University, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and former Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services will briefly share some lessons from Japanese experience, and focus his presentation on the direction of the new regulatory framework and the new Japanese government's financial policies. Professor Patrick Bolton of the Columbia Business School will discuss mainly on the U.S. situation, and Professor Takatoshi Ito of The University of Tokyo, who is a Visiting Professor at the Columbia Business School this fall, will focus mainly on Japan. Professor Merit E. Janow of the School of International and Public Affairs will be commentator. Professor David Weinstein will be the moderator.
This will be an inaugural event for CJEB's new program, "New Financial Architecture-Japan & the U.S."
Advance registration is required to attend this conference.
present:
Coping with Crisis: Financial Policy in the U.S. and Japan
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Uris 301, Columbia Business School
Click here to register.
Panelists
Heizo Takenaka, Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University; former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and former Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services
Patrick Bolton, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Takatoshi Ito, Visiting Professor, Finance and Economics Division, Columbia University; Professor, The University of Tokyo
Commentator
Merit E. Janow, Professor in the Practice of International Economic Law & International Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator
David Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of Japanese Economy, Columbia University; Associate Director for Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Synopsis
This conference addresses future implications of the current financial crisis in terms of policies in the U.S. and Japan. Professor Heizo Takenaka, Director of the Global Security Research Institute at Keio University, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and former Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services will briefly share some lessons from Japanese experience, and focus his presentation on the direction of the new regulatory framework and the new Japanese government's financial policies. Professor Patrick Bolton of the Columbia Business School will discuss mainly on the U.S. situation, and Professor Takatoshi Ito of The University of Tokyo, who is a Visiting Professor at the Columbia Business School this fall, will focus mainly on Japan. Professor Merit E. Janow of the School of International and Public Affairs will be commentator. Professor David Weinstein will be the moderator.
This will be an inaugural event for CJEB's new program, "New Financial Architecture-Japan & the U.S."
Advance registration is required to attend this conference.