NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
TOKYO CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH
CHUNG-HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Thirteenth Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics
Productivity
Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, Organizers
June 20-22, 2002
Productivity Commission, Australia
35 Collins Street
Level 28 - Rattigan Room
Melbourne, Australia
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, JUNE 20:
8:45 AM Welcome
Chair: ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER
9:00 AM STEVE DOWRICK, Australian National University
Ideas and Education: Level or Growth Effects?
Lessons from the Cambridge Counter-Revolution and Implications for Australian
Economic Growth
Discussants: JOHN LEAHY, Boston University and NBER
ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM DAVID LI and CHANGQI WU, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Economic Growth, Investment and Productivity after GATT/WTO Accessions:
Evidence from the World
Discussants: SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER
EPICTETUS PATALINGHUG, University of the Philippines
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM KEIKO ITO, ICSEAD
Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the Indonesian Automobile Industry:
Evidence from Establishment Data for 1990-1999
Discussants: MUHAMMAD CHATIB BASRI, University of Indonesia
FRANCIS LUI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
12:30 PM Lunch
Chair: To Be Announced
2:00 PM CHIN HEE HAHN and YOUNGJAE LIM, Korea Development Institute
Micro Evidence on the Effect of Bankruptcy Policy Reform on Post-Crisis
Productivity Growth in Korea
Discussants: CHONG-HYUN NAM, Korea University
EPICTETUS PATALINGHUG, University of the Philippines
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM ASSAF RAZIN, Cornell University and NBER
EFRAIM SADKA, Tel Aviv University
FDI Flows, Portfolio Flows and Domestic Investment: The Role of Information
Discussants: KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University
DEAN PARHAM, Productivity Commission, Australia
4:30 PM Adjourn
7:30 PM Dinner
Windsor Hotel, Canberra Room
FRIDAY, JUNE 21:
Chair: RICHARD SNAPE, Productivity Commission, Australia
9:00 AM ANDREW CAPLIN, New York University and NBER
JOHN LEAHY, Boston University and NBER
On the Relationship between Representative Agent and (S,s) Models
Discussants: JONG-IL KIM, Dongguk University
ASSAF RAZIN, Cornell University and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University
TOMOHIKO INUI, Nihon University
HIROKI KAWAI, Keio University
TSUTOMU MIYAGAWA, Gakushuin University
Sectoral Productivity and Economic Growth in Japan: 1970 - 1998
Discussants: PETER DRYSDALE, Australia-Japan Research Centre
ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER
11:30 AM Lunch and Adjourn
1:30 PM Coach trip to Yarra Valley
Guided visit to Healesville Sanctuary (over 200 species of native animals)
Wine tasting at Yering Station
Dinner at Sweetwater Café, Chateau Yering
SATURDAY, JUNE 22:
Chair: CHONG-HYUN NAM, Korea University
9:00 AM DEAN PARHAM, Productivity Commission, Australia
Australia's 1990s Productivity Surge and Its Determinants
Discussants: CHIN HEE HAHN, Korea Development Institute
FRANCIS LUI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM HIROKI KAWAI, Keio University
The Sources of Inefficiency in Current Japanese Economy
Discussants: TAKATOSHI ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER
JUNGHO YOO, Korea Development Institute
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM DARON ACEMOGLU and SIMON JOHNSON, MIT and NBER
JAMES ROBINSON, UC, Berkeley
Institutions, Volatility, and Crises
Discussants: To Be Announced
DIPINDER RANDHAWA, National University of Singapore
12:30 PM Lunch
Chair: TAKATOSHI ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER
2:00 PM JONG-IL KIM, Dongguk University
Impact of Information Technologies on Firm Performance in Korea
Discussants: CHONG-HYUN NAM, Korea University
DIPINDER RANDHAWA, National University of Singapore
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM KUEN-HUNG TSAI and JIANN-CHYUAN WANG, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Productivity Growth and R&D Expenditure in Taiwan's Manufacturing Firms
Discussants: TSUTOMU MIYAGAWA, Gakushuin University
JUNGHO YOO, Korea Development Institute
4:30 PM Adjourn
7:00 PM Dinner - The Empress of China 6/19/02