RH2017

Dataset †

All data and programs used for this research project are available on request.

Conference †

• 2nd International Conference on Economic History “Growth and Developing Process of Markets during the Modernization in East Asia” at Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto Japan.
  • Conference Program ksu_conference_2017.pdf

Publications †

Published in Refereed Journals †

• Mikio Ito, Kiyotaka Maeda and Akihiko Noda "The Futures Premium and Rice Market Efficiency in Prewar Japan," Economic History Review, accepted.

Works in Progress †

• Mikio Ito, Kiyotaka Maeda and Akihiko Noda "Discretion versus Policy Rules in Futures Markets: A Case of the Osaka-Dojima Rice Exchange, 1914-1939," [arXiv:1704.00985].
• Mikio Ito, Kiyotaka Maeda and Akihiko Noda "Market Integration in the Prewar Japanese Rice Markets," [arXiv:1604.00148], submitted.

Presentations †

Conference Presentations †

• An Alternative Estimation Method of A Time-Varying Parameter Model
  • Western Economic Association International 92nd Annual Conference in San Diego (June 2017)
  • 1st International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (June 2017)
• Discretion versus Policy Rules in Futures Markets: A Case of the Osaka-Dojima Rice Exchange, 1914-1939
  • Japanese Economic Association 2017 Autumn Meeting at Aoyama Gakuin University (September 2017)
  • Western Economic Association International 92nd Annual Conference in San Diego (June 2017)
  • Socio-Economic History Society 86th Annual Conference at Keio University (May 2017)
• Time-Varying Comovement of Foreign Exchange Markets
  • Western Economic Association International 92nd Annual Conference in San Diego (June 2017)

Seminar Presentations †

• An Alternative Estimation Method of A Time-Varying Parameter Model
  • Sydney Macro Reading Group Workshop at Reserve Bank of Australia (November 2017)
• Discretion versus Policy Rules in Futures Markets: A Case of the Osaka-Dojima Rice Exchange, 1914-1939
  • KEO Seminar at Keio University (January 2018)
  • Monetary Economics Workshop at Ryukoku University (July 2017)
• Market Integration in the Prewar Japanese Rice Markets
  • Economic History Seminar at National Taipei University (November 2017)
  • Osaka Workshop in Economic & Business History at Osaka University (November 2017)