10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference

March 14-17, 2013 | Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by 
Keio University and the Tokyo Center for Economic Research

Keio

Keynote Address: Robert Engle, 2003 winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Opening Address: Atsushi Seike, President of Keio University

Other Keynote Speakers: Takatoshi Ito, Dean, Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, and WEAI 2013 President-Elect and Program Chair George G. Kaufman, Loyola University of Chicago.

The Japan Risk Management Society will hold sessions in conjunction with the conference where related topics include disaster preparedness and response, liability limits, and nuclear power.

More broadly, topics will cover the world economy, economic theory and measurement, the role of law in the creation of economic prosperity, financial fragility and reform, economic activity in Asia and the Pacific, and analysis of contemporary economic policy.
 

Program Committee Chairmen

  • George G. Kaufman
    Professor of Finance and Economics, Loyola University of Chicago
    WEAI Executive Board and President-Elect 2013
  • Fukunari Kimura
    Professor of Economics, Keio University
  • Eiji Hosada
    Professor of Economics, Keio University
  • Makoto Yano
    Professor of Economics, Kyoto University
    Director, WEAI Executive Board
  • Darwin C. Hall
    Professor of Economics, California State University, Long Beach
    Executive Director, WEAI Executive Board
     

Program Committee Members

  • Chenggang Xu
    President, Asia Law and Economics Association
    Quoin Professor in Economic Development, University of Hong Kong
  • Katsuyuki Kamei
    General Secretary, Japan Risk Management Society
    Professor of RIsk Management, Faculty of Safety Science, Kansai University
     

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