Hitotsubashi Conference on International Trade & FDI 2014
December 13-14, 2014
Conference Room, 7F, Mercury Tower , Hitotsubashi University
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Hitotsubashi Conference on International Trade & FDI 2014 Program


 


 December 13   (Saturday)
9:55-10:00   Opening remarks
Chair : Yukichi Mano
10:00-10:50 Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)

Portrait of Factory Asia: Production Network in Asia and Its Implication for Growth - the ‘Smile Curve
10:50-11:00   B r e a k
11:00-11:50 Stephen Yeaple (Pennsylvania State University)

The Internal Labor Markets of Multiproduct Firms
11:50-12:00   B r e a k
12:00-12:50 Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)

Backfiring with Backhaul Problems: Trade and Industrial Policies with Endogenous Transport Costs
12:50-14:30   L u n c h
 Chair : Lex Zhao
14:30-15:20 Fukunari Kimura (Keio University)

Firm-level Trade Diversion
15:20-15:35   B r e a k
15:35-16:25 Andrei Levchenko (University of Michigan)

Granular Comovement
16:25-16:40   B r e a k
16:40-17:30 Stephen Redding (Princeton University )

What is ’Firm Heterogeneity’ in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost
18:00-20:00   Reception

 


 December 14  (Sunday)
Chair : Yoichi Sugita
10:30-11:20 Thomas Sampson (London School of Economics)

Dynamic Selection: An Idea Flows Theory of Entry, Trade and Growth
11:20-11:30   B r e a k
11:30-12:20 Kiminori Matsuyama (Northwestern University)

Globalization and Synchronization of Innovation Cycles
12:20-14:00   L u n c h
Chair : John Gilbert
14:00-14:50 Taiji Furusawa (Hitotsubashi University)

International Trade and Capital Movement under Financial Imperfection
14:50-15:05   B r e a k
15:05-15:55 Miaojie Yu (PekingUniversity)

Multiproduct Firms, Export Product Scope, and Trade Liberalization: The Role of Managerial Efficiency
15:55-16:10   B r e a k
16:10-17:00 Keith Head (University of British Columbia )

Geography, Ties, and Knowledge Flows: Evidence from Citations in Mathematics
17:00-17:05   Closing remarks
17:45-   Dinner (invitation only)



Hitotsubashi Conference on International Trade & FDI 2014
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