Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026

Venue: Conference Room, 8th Floor, Graduate School Building, Keio Mita Campus

10:00 - 10:05 Opening Remarks by Akira Sasahara

Session 1

Session Chair:  Masahiro Endoh

10:05 - 10:55 Gregory Corcos, École Polytechnique, France

                      "Firm-level Export and Import Dynamics over the Business Cycle"

11:05 - 11:55 Toshihiro Okubo, Keio

                      "International Engagement and the Greenness of Manufacturing Firms"

12:05 - 12:55 Pierre-Louis Vézina, King’s College London, UK

                      "The Rise of Viet Nam’s Solar Panel Industry: Inputs, FDI, and Spillovers"

12:55 - 13:00 Photo Session

13:00 - 13:50 Lunch Break

Session 2

Session Chair: Akira Sasahara

13:50 - 14:40 Xuanli Zhu, Keio

                      "Where is the Bottleneck? The Productivity Paradox of Generative AI"

14:50 - 15:40 Ying Yao, Keio

                      "Limiting Cigarette Variety Curbs Smoking"

15:50 - 16:40 Coleman Drake, University of Pittsburgh, USA

                      "Efficient Subsidy Targeting in the Health Insurance Marketplaces"

16:50 - 17:30 Masahiro Endoh, Keio

                      "Intrafirm Carry-Along Trade"

17:30 - 17:40 Closing Remarks by Masahiro Endoh

Post-conference dinner (Invitation only)    

Hosted by the Society of Business and Commerce, Keio University, and Center for International Economics, Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University