15^th ANNUAL TRIO CONFERENCE

SUPPORTED BY NBER-CEPR-TCER-RIETI

New Development in Empirical International Trade

Kyoji Fukao, Takeo Hoshi, Sadao Nagaoka, and David Weinstein, Organizers

International House of Japan

Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032

Japan

December 10-11, 2002

PROGRAM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10:

9:20 AM Welcome, Organizers

Chair: TAKEO HOSHI, UC, San Diego, TCER and RIETI

9:30 AM STEPHEN REDDING and

ANTHONY VENABLES, London School of Economics and CEPR

Explaining Cross-Country Export Performance:

International Linkages and Internal Geography

Discussants: PETER DEBAERE, University of Texas

SHUMPEI TAKEMORI, Keio University and TCER

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM DONALD DAVIS and DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER

Why Countries Trade: Insights from Firm-Level Data

Discussants: MOTOSHIGE ITOH, University of Tokyo and TCER

STEPHEN REDDING, London School of Economics and CEPR

12:00 PM Lunch

Chair: DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER

1:20 PM KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University, TCER and RIETI

HIKARI ISHIDO, Institute of Developing Economies

KEIKO ITO, ICSEAD

Vertical Intra-Industry Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia

Discussants: JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

SHUJIRO URATA, Waseda University, TCER and RIETI

2:20 PM JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

ROHIT VANJANI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Is Japan's Trade (Still) Different?

Discussants: EIICHI TOMIURA, Kobe University

3:20 PM Break

Chair: SADAO NAGAOKA, Hitotsubashi University and TCER

3:50 PM EIICHI TOMIURA, Kobe University

Changing Economic Geography and Import Penetration in Japan

Discussants: PETER DEBAERE, University of Texas

JOHN RIES, University of British Columbia

4:50 PM KEITH HEAD and JOHN RIES, University of British Columbia

Foreign Direct Investment versus Exports: A Test of the Selection Hypothesis

Discussants: KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University, TCER and RIETI

JOTA ISHIKAWA, Hitotsubashi University and TCER

5:50 PM Adjourn

6:30 PM Group Dinner

Wan Jia Hui

7-12-23, Roppongi, Minato-ku

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11:

Chair: KYOJI FUKAO, Hitotsubashi University, TCER and RIETI

9:30 AM SIMON EVENETT, World Trade Institute and CEPR

Do All Networks Facilitate International Commerce?

U.S. Law Firms and the International Market for Corporate Control

Discussants: TAKEO HOSHI, UC, San Diego, TCER and RIETI

SADAO NAGAOKA, Hitotsubashi University and TCER

10:30 AM Break

10:45 AM TAKAMUNE FUJII, Aichi University

FUKUNARI KIMURA, Keio University and TCER

Globalizing Activities and the Rate of Survival:

Panel Data Analysis on Japanese Firms

Discussants: DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER

LAIXUN ZHAO, Hokkaido University

11:45 AM Lunch and Adjourn

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