27th NBER-TCER-CEPR Conference

Shin-ichi Fukuda, Takeo Hoshi, and Fukunari Kimura, Organizers

July 27, 2018

Theme: Globalization and Welfare Impacts of International Trade

Fukuracia Tokyo Station, Asahi Life Insurance, 2-6-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, July 27
 Format: speaker 15 minutes, discussant 10 minutes, replay and floor discussion 15 minutes
Chair: Fukunari Kimura, Keio University
9:00 am
Richard Baldwin, International Institute for Management Development and NBER
Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University

GVC Journeys when National and Territorial Comparative Advantage Differ
Discussant: Masashige Hamano, Waseda University
9:40 am
Ayako Obashi, Aoyama Gakuin University

Trade Agreement with Cross-Border Unbundling
Discussant: Hirokazu Ishise, Osaka University
10:20 am
Coffee Break
Chair: Kenichi Ueda, University of Tokyo
10:40 am
Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
Kozo Kiyota, Keio University

Potentials for Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
Discussant: Todo Yasuyuki, Waseda University
11:20 am
Keith Head, University of British Columbia
Thierry Mayer, Sciences-Po

Misfits in the Car Industry: Offshore Assembly Decisions at the Variety Level
Discussant: Robert Owen, University of Nantes
12:00 pm
Lunch
Chair: Pramuan Bunkanwanicha, ESCP Europe and Development Bank of Japan
1:00 pm
Gabriel Felbermayr, Ifo Center for International Economics
Fukunari Kimura, Keio University and TCER
Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University
Marina Steininger, Ifo Center for International Economics

Quantifying the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
Discussant: Shujiro Urata, Waseda University and ERIA
1:40 pm
Katheryn Russ, University of California, Davis and NBER
Kelly Stangl, University of California at Davis
Deborah Swenson, University of California, Davis and NBER

Trade Diversion and Trade Deficits under the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (slides)
Discussant: Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Baruch College
2:20 pm
Coffee Break
Chair: Shin-ichi Fukuda, University of Tokyo
2:40 pm
Akira Sasahara, Keio University

Explaining the Employment Effect of Exports: Value-Added Content Matters
Discussant: Tadashi Ito, Gakushuin University
3:20 pm
Olena Ivus, Queen's University
Walter Park, American University

Patent Reforms and Exporter Behaviour: Firm-Level Evidence from Developing Countries
Discussant: Keiko Ito, Chuo University
4:00 pm
Coffee Break
Chair: Junichi Nakamura, Development Bank of Japan
4:20 pm
Meredith Crowley, University of Cambridge
Ning Meng, Zhejiang University
Huasheng Song, Zhejiang University

Policy Shocks and Stock Market Returns: Evidence from Chinese Solar Panels
Discussant: Eiichi Tomiura, Hitotsubashi University
5:00 pm
Heiwai Tang, Hong Kong University
Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of British Columbia

Excessive Entry and Exit in Export Markets
Discussant: Daisuke Fujii, University of Tokyo
5:40 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner at Nogizaka Club of Development Bank of Japan



Sponsors: Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER).
Co-Sponsors: Center for Advanced Research in Finance (CARF), Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), and the Research Institute of Capital Formation (RICF), Development Bank of Japan.