Winter International Trade Seminars (WITS)
Winter International Trade Seminars (WITS)
Date: 10 March 2026
Venue: Otaru University of Commerce, Sapporo Satellite
ORGANIZERS
Jota Ishikawa , Gakushuin University and Hitotsubashi University
Chisato Shibayama, Otaru University of Commerce
SPONSORS
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (Transformation of the Global Value Chain and the Construction of a New International Economic Order)
Otaru University of Commerce
SPEAKERS
Tibor Besedes (Georgia Institute of Technology )
Ryo Makioka (Hokkaido University)
E. Young Song (Sogang University)
Yoichi Sugita (Keio Univrersity)
Frederic Warzynski (SSE Riga )
REGISTRATION
If you plan to attend WITS, please register from the following link by Feb. 28.
Note: Due to the capacity of the venue, the number of participants may be limited.
PROGRAM (Tentative)
9:50-10:00 Opening Remarks
Chair : Haruka Takayama (University at Albany, State University of New York )
10:00-11:00 Tibor Besedes (Georgia Institute of Technology )
"The Price We Pay: The Short-Run Welfare Cost of Trade Disruptions" ( with Antu Panini Murshid Murshid)
11:15-12:15 Ryo Makioka (Hokkaido Univrersity)
"Multinational Firm Innovation and Affiliate Sourcing Decisions"
Chair : June Zhang (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
13:45-14:45 E. Young Song (Sogang University)
"Multinational Production and Global Long-run Growth "
15:00-16:00 Yoichi Sugita (Keio University)
"Identification and Estimation of Production Function and Consumer Demand Function under Monopolistic Competition from Revenue Data" (with Chun Pang Chow and Hiroyuki Kasahara)
16:15-17:15 Frederic Warzynski (SSE Riga)
"Multiproduct Firms in French Manufacturing, the Rise of Subcontracting and Global Sourcing "
17:15-17:25 Closing Remarks
18:15- Reception