CEPR-RIETI Workshop

Regional Integration, Financial Stability and Competitiveness: Perspectives from Europe and East Asia

Information

  • Time and Date: 9:20-16:30; Friday, March 28, 2008
  • Venue: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, London
  • Language: English
  • Hosts: Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) / Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Agenda

Session 1

Chair: Ken WARWICK (BERR)

9:20-9:30 Introduction

9:30-10:00 "The Internationalization of European Firms"

Thierry MAYER and Gianmarco OTTAVIANO

10:00-10:20 Comments and Discussion

10:20-10:50 "Offshoring and Trade in East Asia"

WAKASUGI Ryuhei

10:50-11:10 Comments and Discussion

11:10-11:30 Coffee

11:30-12:00 "Equity Markets and Institutions: Perspectives from Japan, Germany, and the UK"

Julian FRANKS and MIYAJIMA Hideaki

12:00-12:20 Comments and Discussion

12:20-12:50 "Steps Toward the Development and Integration of the Asian Bond Market"

YOSHINO Naoyuki

12:50-13:10 Comments and Discussion

13:10-14:15 Lunch

Session 2

Chair: Richard PORTES (Professor of Economics, London Business School / President, CEPR)

14:15-14:45 "Regional Integration in East Asia: an Overview"

FUJITA Masahisa

14:45-15:15 Comments and Discussion

15:15-15:45 "The Euro's Trade and FDI Effects"

Richard BALDWIN

15:45-16:15 Comments and Discussion

16:15-16:30 Concluding Remarks

* This seminar is funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.