Year

NBER - East Asian Seminar on Economics 2019

6–7 June 2019

NBER - East Asian Seminar on Economics 2019

ห้องปัญญาไพศาล อาคาร 2 ชั้น 2 ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย

6 June 2019

8:30

Registration

8:55

Welcome Remark

Veerathai Santiprabhob

Bank of Thailand

Labor market

9:00	Using Equity Market Reactions to Infer Exposure to Trade Liberalization Authors Peter K. Schott Yale University and NBER Andrew Greenland Elon University Mihai Ion University of Arizona John Lopresti College of William & Mary Discussants Wisarut Suwanprasert Middle Tennessee State University Kanis Saengchote Chulalongkorn University
9:55	Impacts of Increased Chinese Imports on Japan’s Labor Market Authors Shujiro Urata Waseda University and ERIA Kazunobu Hayakawa Institute of Developing Economies Tadashi Ito Gakushuin University Discussants Pushan Dutt INSEAD Junko Shimizu Gakushuin University

10:50

Break

Effects of Integration

11:10

The Impact of Chinese Imports on Korean Manufacturing Plants

Authors

Minho Kim

Korea Development Institute

Iona Hyojung Lee

Singapore Management University

Discussant

Keiko Ito

Chuo University

12:05

Impact of Regional Economic Integration on Taiwan’s Industrial Supply Chain of Vehicles

Authors

Yu-Yin Wu

Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

Shih Hui-Tzu

Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

Chu-Hsuan Su

Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research

Chu-Nan Hu

Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

Discussants

Archanun Kophaiboon

Thammasat University

Shujiro Urata

Waseda University and ERIA

13:00

Lunch break

Chinese Developments

14:30	Is Processing Good? Theory and Evidence from China Authors Bingjing Li National University of Singapore Loren Brandt University of Toronto Peter Morrow University of Toronto Discussants Yatang Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Vlad Sushko Bank for International Settlements
15:25	Optimal Ownership and Firm Performance: Theory and Evidence from China’s FDI Liberalization Authors Hong Ma Tsinghua University Peter Eppinger Tubingen University Discussants Bingjing Li National University of Singapore Yao Amber Li Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

16:20

Break

16:45

Keynote Speech

Anne Krueger

Johns Hopkins University and NBER

17:30

Adjourn

18:30

Dinner at the Bank of Thailand

7 June 2019

8:30

Coffee/Tea

Production I

9:00	Heterogeneous Globalization: Offshoring and Reorganization Authors Teresa C. Fort Dartmouth College and NBER Frederic Warzynski Aarhus University Andrew B. Bernard Dartmouth College and NBER Valerie Smeets Aarhus University Discussants Sunghoon Chung Korea Development Institute Wisarut Suwanprasert Middle Tennessee State University
9:55	Global Sourcing and Domestic Value-added in Gross Exports Authors Edwin Lai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Steffan Qi Hong Kong Baptist University Heiwai Tang Johns Hopkins University Discussants Lin Ma National University of Singapore Ayako Obashi Aoyama Gakuin University
10:50	Break
11:10	The Sandwich Effect: Challenges for Middle-Income Countries Authors Yong Wang Peking University Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University and NBER Discussants Kazunobu Hayakawa Institute of Developing Economies Lin Ma National University of Singapore

12:05

Lunch break

Production II

13:30	GVC Journeys: Industrialisation and Deindustrialisation in the Age of the Second Unbundling Authors Toshihiro Okubo Keio University Richard Baldwin Graduate Institute, Geneva and NBER Discussants Fukunari Kimura Keio University Archanun Kophaiboon Thammasat University
14:25	New Developments in International Production Networks: Impact of Digital Technologies Authors Ayako Obashi Aoyama Gakuin University Fukunari Kimura Keio University Discussants Juthathip Jongwanich Thammasat University Steffan Qi Hong Kong Baptist University

15:20

Break

Conflict

15:40	US-China Rivalry: The Macro Policy Choices Authors Rodney Tyers Australian National University Yixiao Zhou Curtin University Discussants Francisco Dakila, Jr. Central Bank of the Philippines James Villafuerte Asian Development Bank
16:35	Robots, Trade, and Luddism Authors Arnaud Costinot Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Iván Werning Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Discussants Elisabetta Gentile Asian Development Bank Kaipichit Ruengsrichaiya Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand

17:30

Adjourn

18:30

Dinner at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel