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Hitotsubashi COE Conference on International Trade and FDI 2009

December 12-13, 2009

Conference Room, 7F, Mercury Tower

Hitotsubashi University

December 12 (Saturday) 9:10-9:15   Opening remark                                          Chair : Toshihiro Ichida (Waseda University) 9:15-10:15 Kala Krishna (Pennsylvania State University) Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments B r e a k 10:30-11:30 Edwin L.-C. Lai (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Innovation and Patentability Requirement in a Globalized World B r e a k 11:45-12:45 Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University) Environmental Standards under International Oligopoly L u n c h                                          Chair : Laixun Zhao (Kobe University) 14:00-15:00 Larry Qiu (University of Hong Kong) Trade, Capital Redistribution and Firm Structure B r e a k 15:15-16:15 Susumu Imai (Queen's University) A Quantile-based Test of Protection for Sale Model B r e a k 16:30-17:30 Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University) Task Trade between Similar Countries 18:00-20:00   Reception   December 13 (Sunday)                                          Chair : Morihiro Yomogida (Sophia University) 9:15-10:15 Kiminori Matsuyama (Northwestern University) Equilibrium Income Distribution Across (ex-ante) Identical Countries B r e a k 10:30-11:30 Jee-Hyeong Park (Seoul National University) A Story of Trade-Induced Industrialization B r e a k 11:45-12:45 Taiji Furusawa (Hitotsubashi University) Globalization under Financial Imperfection L u n c h                                           Chair : Kazutaka Takechi (Hosei University) 14:00-15:00 Hiroyuki Kasahara (University of British Columbia) Do Importing and Exporting Increase the Demand for Skilled Workers? Plant-level Evidence from Indonesia B r e a k 15:15-16:15 Kyoji Fukao (Hitotsubashi University) Vertical Intra-Industry Trade, Unit Values of Commodities, and Factor Contents:　An Empirical Analysis Based on Micro-Data of the Census of Manufactures B r e a k 16:30-17:30 James R. Markusen (University of Colorado) Physical Capital, Knowledge Capital and the Choice Between FDI and Outsourcing 17:30-17:35   Closing remark 18:00-20:00   Dinner