NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN FINANCE, UNIVERSITY
OF TOKYO |
CHINA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
CHUNG-HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE |
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA |
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY |
TOKYO CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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17th Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics |
International Financial Issues Around the
Pacific-Rim |
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Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, Organizers |
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June 22-24, 2006 |
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Mauna Lani Bay Hotel |
Kohala Coast, Hawaii |
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PROGRAM |
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 21: |
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7:00
pm |
Welcome
Reception and Dinner |
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THURSDAY,
JUNE 22: |
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9:00
am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:30
am |
Welcome |
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International
Financial Integration |
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9:45
am |
PETER
HENRY, Stanford University and NBER |
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PRAKASH
KANNAN, Stanford University |
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Discussants:
TAKATOSHI ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER |
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ETSURO SHIOJI, Hitotsubashi University |
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10:45
am |
SHIN-ICHI
FUKUDA and YOSHIFUMI KON, University of Tokyo |
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Discussants:
LINDA GOLDBERG, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER |
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ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley
and NBER |
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11:45
am |
Break |
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12:00
pm |
LEE-RONG
WANG, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research |
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Financial Liberalization under the WTO and Its Relationship with
the Macro Economy |
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Discussants:
SHIN-ICHI FUKUDA, University of Tokyo |
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ROBERTO MARIANO, Singapore
Management University |
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1:00
pm |
Lunch |
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International
Monetary Regimes |
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2:00
pm |
MICHAEL
DOOLEY, UC, Santa Cruz and NBER |
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DAVID FOLKERTS-LANDAU, Deutsche Bank |
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PETER
GARBER, Deutsche Bank and NBER |
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Life on the Tri-Polar Sphere: How Should Interest and
Exchange Rates Realign Next? |
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Discussants:
BARRY EICHENGREEN, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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JOHN SIMON, Reserve Bank of
Australia |
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3:00
pm |
EIJI
OGAWA, Hitotsubashi University |
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KENTARO
KAWASAKI, Toyo University |
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Adopting a Common Currency Basket Arrangement into the
ASEAN Plus Three |
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Discussants:
MICHAEL DOOLEY, UC, Santa Cruz and NBER |
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KIYOTAKA SATO, Yokohama
National University |
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4:00
pm |
Adjourn |
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7:00
pm |
Reception
and Dinner |
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FRIDAY,
JUNE 23: |
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9:00
am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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International
Capital Movements |
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9:30
am |
TAKATOSHI
ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER |
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YUKO
HASHIMOTO, Toyo University |
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Price Impacts of Deals and Predictability of the Exchange Rate
Movements |
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Discussants:
PETER GARBER, Deutsche Bank and NBER |
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ELI REMOLONA, Bank for
International Settlements |
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10:30
am |
CHULSOO
KIM, Sookmyung Womens University |
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Discussants:
ASHVIN AHUJA, Bank of Thailand |
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PETER NICHOLAS KRIZ, Singapore
Management University |
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11:30
am |
Break |
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11:45
am |
INSEOK
SHIN and CHANGYUN PARK, Korea Development Institute |
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Stock Market Opening and the Cost of Capital: The Case of
Korea |
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Discussants:
YUKO HASHIMOTO, Toyo University |
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CHULSOO KIM, Sookmyung
Womens University |
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12:45
pm |
Lunch |
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1:45
pm |
KYOJI
FUKAO and MIHO TAKIZAWA, Hitotsubashi University |
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KEIKO
ITO, Senshu University |
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HYEOG
UG KWON, Nihon University |
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Cross-Border
Acquisitions and Target Firms Performance: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level
Data |
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Discussants:
CHATIB BASRI, University of Indonesia |
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ROBERTO MARIANO, Singapore
Management University |
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2:45
pm |
BARRY
EICHENGREEN, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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PIPAT
LUENGNARUEMITCHAI, IMF |
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Bond Markets
as Conduits for Capital Flows: How Does Asia Compare? |
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Discussants:
EIJI OGAWA, Hitotsubashi University |
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ELI REMOLONA, Bank for
International Settlements |
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3:45
pm |
Adjourn |
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7:00
pm |
Reception
and Dinner |
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SATURDAY,
JUNE 24: |
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8:00
am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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International
Aspects of Monetary Policy |
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8:30
am |
LINDA
GOLDBERG, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER |
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JOSE
MANUEL CAMPA, IESE |
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Pass Through of Exchange Rates to Consumption Prices:
What Has Changed and Why? |
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Discussants:
CHATIB BASRI, University of Indonesia |
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KIYOTAKA SATO, Yokohama
National University |
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9:30
am |
Break |
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9:45
am |
CHUNG-SHU
WU and JIN-LUNG LIN, Academia Sinica |
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The Relationship
between Openness and Inflation in Asian 4 and G 7 |
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Discussants:
PETER HENRY, Stanford University and NBER |
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JOHN SIMON, Reserve Bank of
Australia |
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10:45
am |
JIANHUAI
SHI, CCER |
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Discussants:
ASHVIN AHUJA, Bank of Thailand |
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DANTE CANLAS, University of
the Philippines |
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11:45
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Boxed
Lunches Provided - Afternoon on own |
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7:00
pm |
Reception
and Dinner |
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Conference
Format - One hour per paper: |
25
minutes for author presentation |
10
minutes each for discussant comments |
15
minutes general discussion |
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The
organizers are grateful to the Center for Global Partnership for their
financial support of this conference. |
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6/15/06 |