Empirical
Investigations in
Trade and
Investment
Sponsored by:
March 7-9, 2013
Hosted by
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and
EAST ASIA (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia
Organizers:
Fukunari Kimura, Keio University
Jon Haveman, Bay Area Council Economic
Institute
Venue: Ratchaphruek Room,
Grande Centre Point Hotel & Residence
Ratchadamri, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.freit.org/EITI
http://www.keio.ac.jp/index-en.html
http://www.eria.org/
Thursday, March 07, 2013
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration
Session 1
Chair: TBC
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
“WTO Accession and Tariff Evasion”
 Beata Javorcik, Oxford University
(pdf)
Discussant: Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:00 –10:15 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
“Antidumping and the Death of Trade”
 Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology
(pdf)
Discussant: Beata Javorcik, Oxford University
11:15 –11:30 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
“Tariff Liberalization and Trade Integration of Emerging
Countries”
 Anne-Celia Disdier, Paris School of Economics
Discussant: Banri Ito, Senshu University
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1
(pdf)
Session 2
Chair: TBC
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
“Heterogeneous Firms and Trade: The Determinants of
Exporters’ Performance in Destinations, Varieties, and Quality ”
 Chih-Hai Yang, National Central University
(pdf)
Discussant: Anne-Celia Disdier, Paris School of Economics
2:30 – 2:45 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
“Regional Variations in Productivity Premium of Exporters:
Evidence from Plant-level Data”
 Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University
(pdf)
Discussant: Chih-Hai Yang, National Central University
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“Diversification, Cost Structure, and the Stock Returns of
MNCs”
 Lindsay Oldenski, Georgetown University
(pdf)
Discussant: Marc-Andreas Muendler, University of California, San
Diego
Adjourn
6:30 p.m.
Dinner Reception, Venue: TBC
Friday, March 08, 2013
Session 3
Chair: TBC
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
“Rethinking Deindustrialization”
 Andrew B. Bernard, Darmouth College
(pdf)
Discussant: Benjamin R. Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
“Trade and Inequality: From Theory to Estimation”
 Marc-Andreas Muendler, University of California,
San Diego
(pdf)
Discussant: Aekopol Chongvilaivan, ISEAS
11:15 –11:30 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
“International Competition and Industrial Evolution: Evidence
from the Impact of Chinese Competition on Mexican
Maquiladoras”
 Hale Utar, University of Colorado
Discussant:Frederic Michel Patrick Warzynski, Department of
Economics and Business, Aarhus University
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
2
(pdf)
Session 4
Chair: TBC
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
“Geography of Export Prices and Importer-Exporter Income
Differences”
 Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University
(pdf)
Discussant: Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National University
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
“Export Intensity and Input Trade Costs: Evidence from Chinese
Firms”
 Miaojie Yu, CCER, Peking University
(pdf)
Discussant: Toshiyuki Matsuura, Keio University
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“Going Global: Markups and Product Quality in the Chinese Art
Market”
 Benjamin R. Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New
York
(pdf)
Discussant: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University
Adjourn
6:30 p.m.
Dinner Reception, Venue: TBC
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Session 5
Chair: TBC
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
“Structural Change and Relative Demand for Skilled Workers: (pdf)
New Evidence from the U.S. Manufacturing”
 Aekopol Chongvilaivan, ISEAS
Discussant: Jakob R. Munch, Department of Economics,
University of Copenhagen
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
“Trade Margins and Labor Heterogeneity”
 Tuan Anh Luong, Shanghai University of Finance
and Economics
(pdf)
Discussant: Hale Utar, University of Colorado
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Break – Snacks and beverages provided
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
“The Impact of Chinese Import Penetration on Danish Firms
and Workers”
 Jakob R. Munch, Department of Economics,
University of Copenhagen
Discussant: Valerie Anne Rolande Smeets, Department of
Economics and Business, Aarhus University
Adjourn Conference
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
3
(pdf)