2014
April 24 (Thu), 18:15-19:45
Speaker: Yukichi Mano (Hitotsubashi University),
Title: Role of Access to Credit in the Rice Green Revolution in Sub Saharan Africa:
The Case of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya
##Presentation in English##
May 8 (Thu), 18:15-19:45
Speaker: Matthias Helble (Asia Development Bank Institute),
Title: A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade
with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
##Presentation in English##
June 12 (Thu), 16:30-19:45,
1st presentation: 16:30-18:00
Speaker: Yifan Zhang (Linghan University & Gakushuin University)
Title: FDI and Cross-Country Diffusion of Culture: A Firm-Level Analysis of Gender Inequality in China
2nd presentation: 18:15-19:45
Speaker: Brian Kovak (Carnegie Mellon University),
Title: Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics: Evidence from 25 Years of Brazillian Matched Employer-Employee Data (joint with Rafael Dix-Carneiro)
Venue: South School Building (#6 in campus map), 7F, Room #473
##Presentation in English##
July 3 (Thu), 18:15-19:45,
1st Presentation
Speaker: Toshiyuki Matsuura (Keio University)
Title: The impact of extensive margin and intensive margin of FDI on corporate performance at from Japanese automobile suppliers
2nd Presentation
Speaker: Kozo Kiyota (Keio University)
Title: The Effect of Moving to a territorial Tax System on Profit Repatriations:
Evidence from Japan (with Makoto Hasegawa)
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
July 31 (Thu), 16:30-18:30,
Pos-Doc & Graduate Student Session
1st Presentation
Speaker: Mateus Silva Chang
Title: The Evolution of Production Networks in Machinery Industries
2nd Presentation
Speaker: Doan Thi Thanh Ha
Title: Trade Liberalization and Firm Productivity in Vietnamese Manufacturing
3rd Presentation
Speaker: Thanapol Srithanpong
Title: Export Orientation and Spillovers from FDI in Thailand: Evidence from Plant-level Analysis
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Oct 2 (Thu), 18:15-19:45,
Speaker: Atsushi OHYAMA (Hokkaido University)
Title: Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability:
Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Oct 30 (Thu), 18:15-19:45,
Speaker: Eiichi NAKAZAWA (Meikai University)
Title: Regional Value Chains: Determinants of Trade in Value-added in East Asia
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Dec 4(Thu), 18:15-19:45,
Speaker: Hirokazu ISHISE (Osaka University)
Title: Dynamic adjustment of international trade under capital heterogeneity
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Co-hosting with Keio Economic Observatory
Dec 11 (Thu), 18:15-19:45,
Speaker: Pierre-Louis VÉZINA (University of Birmingham)
Title: Production fragmentation, Upstreamness, and Value-added: Evidence from Factory Asia 1985-2005
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Co-hosting with Keio Economic Observatory
Jan 8(Thu), 17:00-19:45.
1st Speaker: Rene BELDERBOS (KU Leuven)
Time: 17:00-18:00
Title: Direct Evidence on Learning by Exporting: Customers, Competitors and Technology Leadership?
2nd Speaker: Tsuyoshi DEGUCHI (Mitsubishi Research Inc.)
Time: 18:15-19:45
Title: How can we grasp the World Trade? Perspective from the Complex Network Approach
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Jan 15 (Thu), 16:30-18:30, (start time has changed!)
Faculty Member Session
1st Speaker: Mistuyo ANDO (Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
Title: Globalization and Domestic Operations: Applying the JC/JD Method to Japanese Manufacturing Firms
(co-authored with Fukunari Kimura)
2nd Speaker: Masahiro ENDOH (Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
Title: The Wage Effects of Offshoring:Evidence from Japanese Matched Worker-Firm Data
Venue: Graduate School Building (#8 in campus map), 8F, KEO Meeting Room (in front of elevator)
##Presentation in English##
Jan 29 (Thu), 18:15-19:45,
Speaker: Andrew Tat Tin Ching (University of Toronto)
Title: The Effects of Publicity on Demand: The Case of Anti-Cholesterol Drugs