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, The 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, 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 of the City University of New York
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, The 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.