NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

CHUNG-HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH

ACADEMIA SINICA

HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA

TOKYO CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH



Fourteenth Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics

International Trade



Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, Organizers



Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research and Academia Sinica, Local Hosts



September 5-7, 2003



Howard Plaza Hotel

Taipei, Taiwan



PROGRAM



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5:



Regional Trade Issues



Chair: ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER



8:45 AM Welcome, VINCENT SIEW, President of CIER



9:00 AM KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University

KEIKO ITO, ICSEAD

Vertical Intra-Industry Trade and the Division of Labor in East Asia



Discussants: CHIN HEE HAHN, Korea Development Institute

JI CHOU, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

10:00 AM Break



10:15 AM CAROLYN EVANS, Federal Reserve Board

JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

Tight Clothing: How the MFA Affects Asian Apparel Exports



Discussants: LEONARD CHENG, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

PHILIPPA DEE, Australian Productivity Commission



11:15 AM Break



11:30 AM MITSUYO ANDO and FUKUNARI KIMURA, Keio University

Unprecedented Formation of International Production /Distribution Networks in East Asia



Discussants: MENG-CHUN LIU, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

SOMKIAT TANGKITVANICH, Thailand Development Research Institute



12:30 PM Lunch



2:00 PM CHIN HEE HAHN, Korea Development Institute

Exporting and Performance of Plants: Evidence on Korea



Discussants: KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University

JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM SHIN-HORNG CHEN and MENG-CHUN LIU, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

International R&D Deployment and Locational Advantage of Developing Countries:

A Case Study of Taiwan



Discussants: THOMAS PRUSA, Rutgers University and NBER

SOMKIAT TANGKITVANICH, Thailand Development Research Institute



4:15 PM Adjourn



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6:



Regional Arrangements



Chair: TAIN-JY CHEN, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research



9:00 AM PHILIPPA DEE and JYOTHI GALI, Australian Productivity Commission

The Trade and Investment Effects of Preferential Trading Arrangements



Discussants: BIH-JANE LIU, National Taiwan University

ERLINDA MEDALLA, Philippine Institute for Development Studies

10:00 AM Break



10:15 AM KOZO KIYOTA, Yokohama National University

SHUJIRO URATA, Waseda University

The Impacts of East Asia FTA on Foreign Trade in East Asia



Discussants: DUKGEUN AHN, Korea Development Institute

ERLINDA MEDALLA, Philippine Institute for Development Studies



11:15 AM Break



11:30 AM DENG-SHING HUANG, Academia Sinica

Trading Blocs in East Asia: Empirical Evidence from Gravity Model



Discussants: KEIKO ITO, ICSEAD

ANDREW ROSE, UC, Berkeley and NBER



12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn - Afternoon Tour



SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7:



Determinants and Consequences



Chair: TAKATOSHI ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER



9:00 AM LEONARD CHENG and ZIHUI MA, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Effects of Financial Crises on International Trade



Discussants: CHIN HEE HAHN, Korea Development Institute

KOZO KIYOTA, Yokohama National University



10:00 AM Break



10:15 AM EDGAR CUDMORE and JOHN WHALLEY, University of Western Ontario and NBER

Border Delays and Trade Liberalization



Discussants: FRANCIS LUI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

CHONG-HYUN NAM, Korea University

11:15 AM Break





11:30 AM TAIN-JY CHEN and YING-HUA KU, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

The Effect of Overseas Investment on Domestic Employment



Discussants: KEIKO ITO, ICSEAD

FRANCIS LUI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology



12:30 PM Lunch



Protectionism



Chair: CHING-FAN CHUNG, Academia Sinica



2:00 PM THOMAS PRUSA, Rutgers University and NBER

The Growing Problem of Antidumping Protection and What It Means for the Asia-Pacific Region



Discussants: TAKATOSHI ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER

CHONG-HYUN NAM, Korea University



3:00 PM Break



3:15 PM DUKGEUN AHN, Korea Development Institute

WTO Dispute Settlements in East Asia



Discussants: DA-NIEN LIU, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

JOHN WHALLEY, University of Western Ontario and NBER



4:15 PM Closing Remarks:

TAIN-JY CHEN, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research



4:30 PM Adjourn







Notes



Session Format:

25 minutes for author's presentation and response

10 minutes for each of two discussants

15 minutes for general discussion



We discourage the use of illegible overhead transparencies (i.e., those with font size less than 24).





9/2/03