At the 107th GRIPS Forum on April 27, 2015, Professor Toshihiro Ihori ,Professor of GRIPS, gave a lecture titled “Fiscal consolidation and generational equity”.

• Please click here to see the video of the Forum. (Only Japanese available)

Abstract

Japan’s fiscal situation and generational equity have been deteriorated. In an aging and stagnation society fiscal consolidation does not necessarily attain generational equity. This lecture investigates how to restore fiscal consolidation and generational equity by focusing on social security and election system reforms in a political economy.

Speakers’ Profile:

Professor Ihori has been Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Economics at University of Tokyo and is now in the National Graduate Institute for Public Studies since April 2015. He was an Executive Research Fellow in the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. He was the President of the Japanese Economic Association and the President of the Japanese Association of Public Finance. He is a member of the Fiscal System Council in the Ministry of Finance.