Part I Intergenerational Interactions -- 1 An equilibrium model of child maltreatment (Akabayashi).-2 Tough Love and Intergenerational Altruism (Bhatt, Ogaki) -- Part II Behavioral Macroeconomics.-3 Consumer interdependence via reference groups (Hayakawa, Venieris, Yiannis) -- 4 Bounded rationality, social and cultural norms, and interdependence via reference groups (Hayakawa) -- 5 Keeping one step ahead of the Joneses: Status, the distribution of wealth, and long run growth (Futagami, Shibata, Akihisa) -- 6 Macroeconomic implications of conspicuous consumption: A Sombartian dynamic model (Yamada) -- 7 On Persistent Demand Shortages: A behavioural Approach (Ono, Ishida).-Part III Time Preference in Macroeconomics -- 8 Rate of Time Preference, Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution, and Level of Wealth (Ogaki, Atkeson) -- 9Economic development and time preference schedule: The Case of Japan and East Asian NICs(Ogawa) -- 10 Luxury and Wealth (Ikeda, Shinsuke) -- 11 On decreasing marginal impatience (Hirose, Ikeda) -- Part IV Bubbles and Crash -- 12 Why Did the Nikkei Crash? Expanding the Scope of Expectation Data Collection (Shiller, Kon-Ya, Tsutsui) -- 13 Price Bubbles Sans Dividend Anchors: Evidence from Laboratory Stock Markets (Hirota, Sunder, Shyam) -- Part V Experimental Markets -- 14 Revenue Non-Equivalence between the English and the Second-Price Auctions: Experimental Evidence (Soo Hong, Nishimura) -- 15 An experimental test of a committee search model(Hizen, Kawata, Sasaki) -- 16 Equilibrium refinement vs. level-k analysis: An experimental study of cheap-talk games with private information (Kawagoe, Takizawa).-Part VI Behavioral Contract Theory -- 17 Moral Hazard and Other-Regarding Preferences(Itoh) -- 18 Contracting with self-esteem concerns(Ishida) -- 19 Optimal Promotion Policies with the Looking‐Glass Effect(Ishida).-Part VII Market Efficiency and Anomalies -- 20 Is No News Good News? The Streaming News Effect on Investor Behavior Surrounding Analyst Stock Revision Announcement (Azuma, Okada, Hamuro) -- 21 The Winner-Loser Effect in Japanese Stock Returns(Kato, Iihara, Tokunaga) -- 22 Addition to the Nikkei 225 Index and Japanese market response: Temporary demand effect of index arbitrageurs(Okada, Isagawa, Fujiwara) -- 23 The Calendar Structure of the Japanese Stock Market: The ‘Sell in May Effect’ versus the ‘Dekansho-bushi Effect'( Sakakibara, Yamasaki, Okada).