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AGENDA

Conference on the Next Steps for Japanese SNA
"Toward More Accurate Measurement and More
Comprehensive Accounts"


 
Economic and Social Research Institute
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

1. Date: March 25, 2005    9:30-18:10

2. Venue: Ark Academy Hills 36, Tokyo

3. Language: English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

4. Agenda
   (9:30-9:35)  Opening remarks by Yutaka Kosai (President, Economic and Social Research Institute)
   (9:35-9:50)  Keynote speech by Yoshimasa Kurabayashi (Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University, Former UNSO Director)
  (PAPER1 PDF-Format 64KB)

Session 1: Updating Concepts and Methods for National Accounts

Kick-off Presentation
   (9:50-10:40)  
Steven Landefeld (Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.A.)
New Development of U.S. National Accounts
  (PAPER2 PDF-Format 70KB)
(report: 9:50-10:20; discussion: 10:20-10:40)
Reports
   (10:40-11:25)  
Koji Nomura (Associate Professor, Keio University)
Framework of Capital Stock Measurements
  (PAPER3 PDF-Format 476KB)
  (PAPER3(2) PDF-Format 286KB)
(report: 10:40-11:05; discussion: 11:05-11:25)
   (11:25-12:10)  
Itsuo Sakuma (Professor, Sensyu University)
Research on FISIM
  (PAPER4 PDF-Format 61KB)
  (PAPER5 PDF-Format 122KB)
  (PAPER5(2) PDF-Format 17KB)
(report: 11:25-11:50; discussion: 11:50-12:10 )
Break (12:10-13:00)

Session 2: The Measurement of Productivity

Kick-off Presentation
   (13:00-13:50)  Paul Schreyer (Head of Price and Structural Economic Statistics, OECD)
Measures of Productivity
  (PAPER6 PDF-Format 356KB)
(report: 13:00-13:30; discussion: 13:30-13:50)
Reports
   (13:50-14:35)  Tsutomu Miyagawa (Professor, Gakushuin University)
Research on Productivity
  (PAPER7 PDF-Format 451KB)
(report: 13:50-14:15; discussion: 14:15-14:35)
   (14:35-15:20)  Yoichi Nakamura (Professor, Hosei University)
Sectoral Allocation of Production Factors
  (PAPER8 PDF-Format 113KB)
  (PAPER8(2) PDF-Format 12KB)
(report: 14:35-15:00; discussion: 15:00-15:20)
Coffee break (15:20-15:40)

Session 3: Index Number Theory and Price Index

Kick-off Presentation
   (15:40-16:30)  Erwin Diewert (Professor, the University of British Columbia, Canada)
Some Issues concerning Index Number Theory
  (PAPER9 PDF-Format 123KB)
(report: 15:40-16:10; discussion: 16:10-16:30 )
Reports
   (16:30-17:15)  Makoto Shimizu (Director, Price Statistics Office, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Latest Research on the Consumer Price Index
  (PAPER10)
    1. PDF-Format 403KB
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(report: 16:30-16:55; discussion: 16:55-17:15)
   (17:15-18:00)  Naohisa Hiragata (Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan)
Latest Research on the Hedonic Approach
  (PAPER11 PDF-Format 241KB)
  (PAPER11(2))
    1. PDF-Format 131KB
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  (PAPER12 PDF-Format 52KB)
(report: 17:15-17:40; discussion: 17:40-18:00)
   (18:00-18:10)  Closing remarks by Masahiro Kuroda (Professor, Keio University, Chair, the Advisory Committee)

Note
Prior to this conference, the kick-off meeting was held on March 24, 2005.
The presentation papers are as follows.
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