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 AMWelcome, VINCENT SIEW, President of CIER
9:00 AMKYOJI 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 AMBreak
10:15 AMCAROLYN 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 AMBreak
11:30 AMMITSUYO 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 PMLunch
2:00 PMCHIN 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 PMBreak
3:15 PMSHIN-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 PMAdjourn
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6:
Regional Arrangements
Chair:TAIN-JY CHEN, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
9:00 AMPHILIPPA 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 AMBreak
10:15 AMKOZO 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 AMBreak
11:30 AMDENG-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 PMLunch and Adjourn - Afternoon Tour
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7:
Determinants and Consequences
Chair:TAKATOSHI ITO, University of Tokyo and NBER
9:00 AMLEONARD 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 AMBreak
10:15 AMEDGAR 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 AMBreak
11:30 AMTAIN-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 PMLunch
Protectionism
Chair:CHING-FAN CHUNG, Academia Sinica
2:00 PMTHOMAS 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 PMBreak
3:15 PMDUKGEUN 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 PMClosing Remarks:
TAIN-JY CHEN, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
4:30 PMAdjourn
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