IIPF Congress in Tokyo
This year’s International Institute of Public Finance’s 73rd Annual Congress was held in Tokyo, Japan. The OTPR Family was well represented with the following attendees: Claudio Agostini (2003), David Agrawal (2012), Jacob Bastian (2017), Sutirtha Bagchi (2014), Estelle Dauchy (2007), Enda Hargaden (2016), Makoto Hasegawa (2013), Ryo Ishida (2015), Laura Kalambokidis (1992), Sara LaLumia (2006), Ben Meiselman (2017), Eric Ohrn (2014), Nathan Seegert (2013), Teju Velayudhan (current student), Eleanor Wilking (current student), and one of our recent Visiting Scholars, Bassirou Sarr of Sengal.
During the ceremonial “Breaking of the Saki Barrel,” the IIPF presidency was transferred from Joel, who led the IIPF for three years, to Clemens Fuest of the University of Cologne.
Jacob Bastian, Claudio Agostini, Nathan Seegert, and Andrew McCallum.
OTPR attendees eagerly toured the city and enjoyed eating the delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
Joel, Eleanor, and Teju, along with Prof. Binzhen Wu from Tsinghua University, who is the PhD advisor of our current visiting scholar, Yan Li.
Claudio, David, and Jacob