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