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 th 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!