International Workshop

Frontiers in Research on Offshoring (Handouts)

Information

  • Date: August 2, 2019
  • Venue: RIETI's seminar room #1119 & 1121 (METI Annex 11th floor)
  • Host(s): Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study

Program

Opening Remarks

Makoto Yano (President and CRO, RIETI)

Jota Ishikawa (RIETI / Hitotsubashi U.)

Session 1

Chair:

Takechi Kazutaka (Hosei U.)

"Intellectual Property Related Preferential Trade Agreements and the Composition of Trade"

Presenter:

Keith Maskus (Univeristy of Colorado)

Discussant:

Lin Tian (INSEAD)

"Tax Havens and Cross-border Licensing"

Presenter:

Jota Ishikawa (RIETI / Hitotsubashi U.)

Discussant:

Hiroyuki Kasahara (University of British Columbia / Hitotsubashi U.)

Session 2

Chair:

Hiroshi Mukunoki (Gakushuin U.)

"Trade Agreements when Profits Matter"

Presenter:

Monika Mrazova (University of Geneva)

Discussant:

Tomohirio Ara (Fukushima U.)

"Individual Preferences on Trade Liberalization: Evidence from a Japanese Household Survey"

Presenter:

Toshihiro Okubo (Keio U.)

Discussant:

Hongyong Zhang (RIETI)

Session 3

Chair:

Eiichi Tomiura (RIETI / Hitotsubashi U.)

"The Quantitative Effects of Trade Policy on Industrial and Labor Location"

Presenter:

Fernando Parro (Johns Hopkins University)

Discussant:

Yoichi Sugita (Hitotsubashi U.)

"Processing Trade, Productivity and Prices: Evidence from a Chinese Production Survey"

Presenter:

Amber Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Discussant:

Kazutaka Takechi (Hosei U.)

"CATs and DOGs"

Presenter:

Carsten Eckel (University of Munich)

Discussant:

Hiroshi Mukunoki (Gakushuin U.)

Closing Remarks

Eiichi Tomiura (RIETI / Hitotsubashi U.)