Dear All,

We are pleased to inform you that the 7th Urban Economics Workshop 2014 will be held at The University of Tokyo as follows:

- Date : Friday, October 17 2014

- Time : 15:30 – 18:30 

- Venue: Meeting Room 3G 3rd fl., on your right from the main gate of National Graduate Institute

              for Policy Studies

　　  　   (GRIPS)　http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/

- Language: English

- Speaker: 

1)　HIRAOKA Noriyuki （University of Tsukuba, Mitsubishi Research Institute)       

“Relationship between urban population and utility level of workers with income heterogeneity:

  who bears urban costs?”

2)  Hangtian Xu　(Tohoku University)

“Revisiting the SilkRoad: Speeding-Up of Railways and Exports”

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The Urban Economics Workshop 2014

Link: http://www.cirje.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/workshops/urban/urban.html

Contact:　Suzuki (Ms), secretary to Professor Kanemoto

E-mail:　 kanemoto.ofc@grips.ac.jp

Phone:    03 6439 6170

Address:  7-22-1 Ropponngi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677 Japan URL:http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/