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Seminar
For almost a decade since 2004, we have been
holding a seminar series at least twice a month usually second and
fourth Friday afternoons (16:30-18:00). It is called as “Waseda
Friday Economics Seminar.” We invited mainly young but sometime
established domestic and international researchers of economics and
related fields. On rare occasions, we hosted seminars on history,
mathematics, and commerce and international laws. Supported by this
fund, we will continue and strengthen this seminar series so as to
complement this research project.
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At present, we are focusing on business
practices and rules on accounting because of its unique features.
Accounting rules and bookkeeping procedures is one of the most
important and fundamental infrastructures to support market
transactions and business activities. It is a clear example of
public goods which generates deep and wide-spread spill overs within
workplaces, factories, firms, business clusters, industrial sectors,
macro economy, and international economies. We held two seminars on
accounting empirical research and one on accounting
system.
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It is indispensable for us to know real and
present situations of business and accounting in developing
countries, whether research topics are theoretical or empirical. Of
course, some members have to be more familiar with them for future
local surveys and possible experiments. In 2012, we held
international workshops to prepare for this project. We hosted two
lecture series on cooperative game theory and matching theory. Also,
we held an open seminar on the present situation of Sri Lankan
economy. In 2013, we hosted two lecture series on auction theory and
behavioral economics as a kick-off event. Also, we held two open
lectures on the business and accounting situations in Mongolia and
Bangladesh.
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