| Week I | Thu 6-Sep | Introduction: Earthquake! | magnitudes, models, data (production function) |
| Tue 11-Sep | Growth: K, ε | Solow and TFP | |
| Thu 13-Sep | Solow Model <=== one class day behind | ||
| Week II | Tue 18-Sep | TFP | Macro balances |
| in class | term paper topic due | ||
| Thu 20-Sep | Demographywas S-I: Capital flows and forex | Papers on Sakai; see data homework Open economy issues |
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| in class | take-home exam distributed | ||
| Week III | Tue 25-Sep | S-I: domestic capital flows | Money & banking, bird’s eye |
| in class | take-home exam due | ||
| Thu 27-Sep | Trading Firms & SMEs | Money & banking, ground eye | |
| evening | Tampopo | film, 7:00 pm | |
| Week IV | Tue 2-Oct | Shoshaman | genre fiction: business novels |
| in class | paper due! <=== | ||
| Thu 4-Oct | Bureaucracies | 縦割行政—turf & policy | |
| Week V | Tue 9-Oct | Paul Scalise, Univ of Tokyo | brief on energy policy due! |
| evening | tentative dinner with Dr. Scalise | ||
| Thu 11-Oct | no class Reading days | ||
| Week VI | Tue 16-Oct | Generation change: consumption | rice, consumer durables, residuals |
| in class | term paper annotated bibliography due | ||
| Thu 18-Oct | Leaving rabbit hutches behind | housing, urban structure, mobility | |
| take-home exam distributed | |||
| evening | Sūpā no Onna | film, 7:00 pm | |
| Week VII | Tue 23-Oct | Retail revolution | business strategies and structures |
| in class | take-home exam due! | ||
| Thu 25-Oct | Education: Schooling & OJT | becoming “Japanese” | |
| Week VIII | Tue 30-Oct | Age 22: The start of work? | Regular and irregular jobs |
| Thu 1-Nov | Age 65: The end of work? | Baby boomers and retirement | |
| Week IX | Tue 6-Nov | Interlude: Japan’s bubble | financing retirement |
| Thu 8-Nov | Reigniting growth? | MP & FP, 1989-2011 | |
| Week X | Mon 12-Nov | Alan Meltzer, H Parker Willis lecture | 5:30 pm in Stackhouse |
| at lecture | Monetary Policy paper based on OECD & IMF due | ||
| Tue 13-Nov | Debt and stability | financing retirementIMF Article IV Report 2012 (pp 9-15)
OECD Survey: Japan 2011 (Chapter 2> Broda & Weinstein paper (pp 1-12) |
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| Thu 15-Nov | Pension reform? | OECD and IMF, above continuedIMF Article IV Background 2012 (Part I, Pension Reform> | |
| Fri 16-Nov | term paper due <=== | ||
| Thanksgiving Break | |||
| Week XI | Tue 27-Nov | Japan in a global economy | trade and finance (I): comparative advantage and trade |
| Thu 29-Nov | Japan in a global economy | trade and finance (II): Japan in AsiaIMF Spillover Report | |
| Week XII | Tue 4-Dec | Restoring growth: macro policy | OECD and IMF views |
| Thu 6-Dec | Restoring growth: labor policy | OECD and IMF views | |
| Final Exams 8 December – 14 December | |||
| FP=Foreign Policy Book SH=ShoshamanRS=Reading on SakaiIMF=IMF (duh) OECD=OECD |