Special EventsAPO-KEO Productivity Special Lecture
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| Productivity Measurement within a New Architecture for US National Accounts: Lessons for Asia |
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Hosted by:
Asian Productivity Organization (APO) and Keio Economic Observatory (KEO), Keio University Speaker: Dr. Dale W. Jorgenson Samuel Morris University Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University Thursday, 15 January 2009 (15:30-17:30) 3F Meeting Room of North Hall, Keio University, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
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A special lecture on Productivity Measurement within a New Architecture for US National Accounts: Lessons for Asia by Dr. Dale W. Jorgenson will be given on 15 January 2009 under the auspices of the APO and KEO of Keio University. Dr. Jorgenson is a world-renowned specialist in productivity and productivity measurement. This special lecture, the second in the APO-KEO Productivity Special Lecture series, is part of ongoing efforts to raise public awareness of productivity issues. It will touch upon various topics in productivity measurement and the evolution of measurement methodology, as well as its contribution to policy formulation for national socioeconomic development. In that connection, Dr. Jorgenson will highlight the new architecture of national accounts developed in the USA based on his most recent research. |
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| EVENT PROGRAM | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Registration |
| 15:30-15:45 | Opening Remarks
Shigeo Takenaka (Secretary-General, APO) |
| 15:45-16:00 | “A Survey of National Accounts in Asia for Cross-Country Productivity Comparison”
Koji Nomura (Associate Professor, Keio University) |
| 16:00-17:00 | “Productivity Measurement within A New Architecture
for the U.S. National Accounts: Lessons for Asia”
Dale W. Jorgenson (Professor, Harvard University) |
| 17:00-17:15 | Comments
Kanji Yoshioka (Professor, Keio University) |
| 17:15-17:25 | Concluding Remarks
Hitoshi Hayami (Director, KEO, Keio University) |
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