How Geopolitics Shape Policy Preferences of Firms: Experimental Evidence from Japan

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Date and Time

February 9, 2026
12:00PM EST

Location

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. and online via Zoom (registration required).

Speaker

Megumi Naoi, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California - San Diego

Moderator

Christina Davis, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

 

This seminar is part of the Special Series on Technology, Society, and Geopolitics, co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.

 

Additional Resources:

  1. Megumi Naoi, Banri Ito, and Naoto Jinji, 2026. "How Geopolitics Shape Policy Preferences of Firms: Experimental Evidence from Japan." RIETI Discussion Paper Series.

 

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