International Workshop

Frontiers in Research on Trade Costs (Handouts)

Information

  • Time and Date: 10:00-17:50, Tuesday, August 4, 2016
  • Venue: RIETI's seminar room #1121 (METI Annex 11th floor)
  • Host(s): Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study and JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number 26220503)

Program

Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (RIETI)

ISHIKAWA Jota (RIETI, Hitotsubashi U.)

Session 1

Chair:

ARA Tomohiro (Fukushima U.)

"Rue the ROOs: Rules of Origin and the Gains (or Losses) from Trade Agreement"

Presenter:

Alan DEARDORFF (U. of Michigan)

Discussant:

ICHIDA Toshihiro (Waseda U.)

Q&A

"Multinational Firms and Export Dynamics"

Presenter:

Andreas MOXNES (U. of Oslo)
(with Anna GUMPERT and Felix TINTELNOT)

Discussant:

SUGITA Yoichi (Hitotsubashi U.)

Q&A

Session 2

Chair:

NAITO Takumi (Waseda U.)

"Currency Unions, Trade, and Heterogeneity"

Presenter:

Dennis NOVY (U. of Warwick)
(with Natalie CHEN)

Discussant:

OKUBO Toshihiro (Keio U.)

Q&A

"What Goes Around Comes Around: Export-enhancing effects of import-tariff reductions"

Presenter:

ISHIKAWA Jota and HAYAKAWA Kazunobu (IDE-JETRO)
(with TARUI Nori)

Discussant:

TOMIURA Eiichi (RIETI, Hitotubashi U.)

Q&A

"Does Trade Liberalization with China Influence U.S. Elections?"

Presenter:

Yi LU (National U. of Singapore)
(with Yi CHE, Justin R. PIERCE, Peter K. SCHOTT and Zhigang TAO)

Discussant:

MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Gakushuin U.)

Q&A

"The Quality of Distance: Quality Sorting, Alchian-Allen Effect, and Geography"

Presenter:

TAKECHI Kazutaka (Hosei U.)

Q&A

Closing Remarks

TOMIURA Eiichi