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