The 2nd Joint Economics Symposium of 4 Leading Universites in Taiwan and

Date: Saturday, March 31, 2018 Venue: Meeting Room (2F), University Hall ( Campus) Hosted by: Graduate School of Economnics, Osaka Universtiy

09:25- Van leaves Senri Hankyu Hotel

09:55- Opening Remarks (Professor Hisashi Tanizaki, Dean of GSE, Osaka University) Session 1 Chair: Prof. Kenzo Abe, Osaka University Presenter: Jack Wen-Chieh Wu, National Chengchi University Title: Property Taxation of Residential Property with Illegal Structures

Presenter: Saori Chiba, Title: Can a Lengthy Application Title Make Your Application Successful? A Perspective 10:00-12:00 of Information Theory

Presenter: Shingo Ishiguro, Osaka University Title: Moral Hazard and Target Budgets

12:00-13:00 Lunch Session 2 Chair: Prof. Mototsugu Fukushige, Osaka University

Presenter: Ming-Jen Lin, National Taiwan University Title: Can Partisan News Shift Political Preference and Voting Behavior? Experimental Evidence from Taiwan's General Election 2016

Tzu-Ting Yang, Academia Sinica & National Chengchi University 13:00-15:00 Presenter: Title: An Evaluation of Optimal Unemployment Insurance Using Two Natural Experiments

Presenter: Shinichi Nishiyama, Kyoto University Title: Achieving Actuarial Balance in Social Security: Measuring the Welfare Effects on Individuals

15:00-15:30 Break Session 3 Chair: Prof. Takekazu Iwamoto, Kyoto University Presenter: Pei-Ju Liao, National Taiwan University Title: Aging and Population Policy in Developing Economies: Welfare Implications across Generations 15:30-16:50 Presenter: Koichi Futagami, Osaka University Title: Capital Accumulation Game with Quasi-Geometric Discounting and Consumption Externalities

16:50- Closing Remarks (Professor Kenzo Abe, Osaka University)

17:00- Van leaves Osaka University

17:30- Reception @ Meigetsuki (Japanese Restaurant)