Dreams of urbanization: The local economic impacts of nuclear

The 57th Stockholm Seminar on Japan
Dreams of urbanization:
The local economic impacts of nuclear power
facilities and post-Fukushima regional policy
Michihito Ando, Research Fellow
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan
Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, it has been widely recognized in Japan
that municipalities which have accepted the location of nuclear power facilities (NPFs) receive
large employment opportunities and NPF-related fiscal benefits. This seminar provides some
empirical evidence of NPFs’ local impacts and its policy implications based on Ando’s recently
published article “Dreams of urbanization: Quantitative case studies on the local impacts of
nuclear power facilities using the synthetic control method”.
Michihito Ando is a researcher at National Institute of Population and Social Security
Research in Japan. He specializes in public economics, local public finance, and applied
econometrics. He is expected to obtain Ph.D. degree in Economics from Uppsala University
in May, 2015.
Discussant: Dr. Yoshihiro Sato, Research Fellow,
The European Institute of Japanese Studies
Moderator: Professor Marie Söderberg, Director,
The European Institute of Japanese Studies
Date and Time:
Venue:
Thursday, May 7, 15:00-16:30
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Room 542, 5 floor,
Stockholm School of Economics, Bertil Ohlins Gata 5
Language:
English
Please RSVP to nanhee.lee@hhs.se no later than April 30, 2015
The event is free of charge.
The seminar series is jointly organized by the European Institute of Japanese Studies at
Stockholm School of Economics, the East Asia Program at the Swedish Institute of
International Affairs, and the Department of Japanese Studies at Stockholm University.
It features monthly seminars on Japanese economy, politics and society.
Welcome!