CIGS Policy Conference: Abenomics and sustainability of the public debt

Summary of the CIGS Policy Conference

Session1: Presentation

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  [Opening Remarks]
  Toshihiko FUKUI, President of the Canon Institute for Global Studies(CIGS)
  
  
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  [Presentation]
  Takatoshi ITO, Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo, and Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo
  "Is the Sky the Limit?" (joint with Takeo Hoshi)
  
  
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  [Presentation]
  Selahattin IMROHOROGLU, Academic Director and Assistant Dean, IBEAR MBA Program, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
  "Fiscal Reform and Government Debt in Japan: A Neoclassical Perspective" (joint with Gary Hansen)
  Presentation Slides（PDF：91KB）
  
  
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  [Presentation]
  R. Anton BRAUN, Research Economist and Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  "The Implications of a Greying Japan for Public Policy" (joint with Douglas Joines)
  Presentation Slides（PDF：451KB）
  
  
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  [Comments on Three Papers]
  Tatsuyoshi MATSUMAE, Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
  Presentation Slides（PDF：619KB）
  
  

Session 2: Panel Discussion "Evaluation of Abenomics and policy proposals"

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  [Presentation]
  Hajime TAKATA, Chief Economist and Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.
  "'ABENOMICS' and the exit from the lost two decades"
  Presentation Slides（PDF：356KB）
  
  
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  [Presentation]
  Motohiro SATO, Professor, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
  "Abenomics from public finance perspective"
  Presentation Slides（PDF：3,832KB）
  
  
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  [Discussion and Q&A]
  Panelists: Takatoshi ITO
  

  Selahattin IMROHOROGLU
  R. Anton BRAUN
  Tatsuyoshi MATSUMAE
  Hajime TAKATA
  Motohiro SATO
  

  Moderator: Keiichiro KOBAYASHI, Research Director, CIGS