SWET2017: International Economics

Information

Date :
Sunday 6 Aug 2017, 09:30 → 17:15 Asia/Tokyo

Venue:
Hokkaido University

Co-Sponsorship:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), Grant No. 26220503, “Diverse Risk Assessment in the Global Economy from the Viewpoint of International Economics”

Organizers:
Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)
Yoichi Sugita (Hitotsubashi University)

Program:

• 09:30 → 10:30（1h）
  Shipping inside the Box: Containerization and Trade
  Discussant: Olivia Quek (Waseda University)
  Speaker: Kerem Cosar (University of Virginia)
• 10:30 → 10:45（15m）
  coffee break
• 10:45 → 11:45（1h）
  Wage Markdown and FDI Liberalization
  Discussant: Anna Gumpert (LMU Munich)
  Speaker: Yoichi Sugita (Hitotsubashi University)
• 11:45 → 13:45（2h）
  lunch
• 13:45 → 14:45（1h）
  The Average-Marginal Relationship and Tractable Equilibrium Forms
  Speaker: Michael Fabinger (University of Tokyo)
• 14:45 → 15:00（15m）
  coffee break
• 15:00 → 16:00（1h）
  Markup Convergence, Labor Protection and Declining Labor Shares in China
  Discussant: Tran Thi Trang (Hitotsubashi University)
  Speaker: Shuichiro Nishioka (West Virginia University)
• 16:00 → 16:15（15m）
  coffee break
• 16:15 → 17:15（1h）
  Harmful Pro-Competitive Effects of Trade in Presence of Credit Market Frictions
  Discussant: Gang Li
  Speaker: Reto Foellmi (University of St. Gallen)