Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data
2009 Conference
October 2-4, 2009
Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Program(as of October 3, 2009, Subject to Change)

Thursday, October 1
19:00-21:30

Welcome Dinner (for invited speakers)
Banquet Room, Tokyo Dome Hotel (1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

Friday, October 2
9:00-9:20

REGISTRATION

9:20-9:30
Auditorium

OPENING REMARKS
Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University

9:30-11:30
Auditorium

PLENARY SESSION
Access to Enterprise Micro Data in Asia (WG4  )(a 20 minute presentation for each speaker and a 20 minute discussion)
Chair: Takeshi Hiromatsu, Institute of Information Security
Japan
Japanese Microdata Use Environment and Future Issues:
Considerations from a Comparison of Japan, the United States, and Britain
Akira Kawai, Secretariat of Commission for Promotion of Decentralization Reform, Cabinet Office
Shigeru Hirota, Department of National Accounts, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet
OfficeTomohiko Inui, Statistics Commission Office, Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Office

WG refers to the Working Group for this session.
WG1: Industry Dynamics; WG2: Firm Performance; WG3: Worker Outcomes; WG4: Data Access and Quality

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KoreaAccess to and Findings from Establishment Micro Data in Korea
Sanghoon Ahn, Korea Development Institute
China
The Transformation of the Chinese Statistical System and Its Micro-data Foundation
Harry Wu, Hitotsubashi University
ASEAN
Firm- and Plant-level Analysis of Multinationals in Southeast Asia: Data and Literature Review,and the Perils of Balancing Panels
Eric Ramstetter, The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development and Kyushu
University
New Zealand
A Rough Guide to New Zealand's Longitudinal Business Database
Richard Fabling, Reserve Bank of New ZealandConference Room 3

11:30-11:40

Coffee Break

11:40-13:40

SESSION 1 (five parallel sessions, each with four speakers; a 20 minute presentation and 10 minutediscussion for each speaker)

Auditorium

SESSION 1a: Improvement of Micro Data Access in Europe and North America (WG4)(Please note that the time allotment for this session is exceptional; four speakers, a 25 minutepresentation for each, and a 20 minute discussion)
Chair: Julia Lane, the University of Chicago
US
Resolving the Tension between Access and Confidentiality: Past Experience and Future Plans at
the U.S. Census Bureau
Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
Germany
The RDC of the Federal Employment Agency as a Part of the German RDC Movement
Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
England
Designing a National Model for Data Access
Felix Ritchie, UK Office for National Statistics
CanadaLessons in Establishing and Operating a Research Data Centre Network: The Canadian
Experience2Chuck Humphrey, University of Alberta
Conference Room 4

SESSION 1b: Intangible Assets and Firms’ Performance in Korea and Japan (WG1, WG2)
Chair: Keun Lee
Management Practices and Firm Performance in Japanese and Korean Firms - An Empirical
Study Using Interview Survey
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
Tsutomu Miyagawa, Gakushuin University
Shigesaburo Kabe, Japan Center for Economic Research
Junhyup Lee, Seoul National University
Hyoungjin Kim, Seoul National University
YoungGak Kim, Hitotsubashi Univeristy
Kazuma Edamura, Institute of Intellectual Property
Evaluation and Estimation of the Impact of Organizational Technology on Productivity of
Korean Firms and Sectors
Jisun Lim, Seoul National University
Elias Sanidas, University of Wollongong
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
Types of Corporate Innovation System and Innovation Performance in Korea - Transformation
Strategy for the Better Types of CIS in the ICT Service Sector
Junhyup Lee, Seoul National University
Mergers, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Firms
Kaoru Hosono, Gakushuin University
Miho Takizawa, Toyo University
Kotaro Tsuru, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Conference Room 2

SESSION 1c: Empirical Studies on Firms’ Performance in Korea (WG2)
Chair: Hak K. Pyo
Firm Survival and Growth under Different Technological Regimes, Industry Life Cycles andInternal Resources
Jeong-Dong Lee, Seoul National University
Jeong-Sook Han, Seoul National University
Almas Heshmati, Seoul National University
Determinants of R&D Cooperation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Hyunbae Chun, Sogang University
Sung-Bae Mun, Korea Information Society Development Institute3

The Diversification Effect on Firm-level Productivity in Korea
Jungsoo Park, Sogang University
Dynamic Performance and Structural Change of Korean Firms after the Financial Crisis:
Evidence from Survey of Business Structure and Activities (2005-2007)
Hak K. Pyo, Center for National Competitiveness; Seoul National University
Keun Hee Rhee, Korea Productivity Center
Conference Room 1

SESSION 1d: Strategy and Performance of Innovative Firms (WG2)
Chair: Sadao Nagaoka
Product Innovation and Survival in a High-Tech Industry
Roberto Fontana, University of Pavia and Bocconi University
Lionel Nesta, OFCE-DRIC
Determinants of Research Partnership Formation by Japanese High-tech Startups
Hiroyuki Okamuro, Hitotsubashi University
Yuji Honjo, Chuo University
Masatoshi Kato, Hitotsubashi University
Entry and Growth Performance of Biotech Firms in Japan
Yuji Honjo, Chuo University
Kenta Nakamura, Kobe University
Sadao Nagaoka, Hitotsubashi University
Tax Incentives and R&D Activity: Firm-Level Evidence from Taiwan
Chia-Hui Huang, Aletheia University
Chih-Hai Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Meeting Room 202-203

SESSION 1e: Policy Effects (WG2)
Chair: Tetsuji Okazaki
Plant-Level Responses to Antidumping Duties: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturers
Justin Pierce, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Climate Change Policy and Innovation
Ralf Martin, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics
Ulrich Wagner, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Import Competition and Innovation at the Plant Level: Evidence from Mexico
Kensuke Teshima, Columbia University
Industrial Policy Cuts Two Ways: Evidence from Cotton Spinning Firms in Japan, 1956-1964

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Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National University
Tetsuji Okazaki, The University of Tokyo
Conference Room 3 and 4

13:40-14:25

Lunch

14:25-18:30
Auditorium

SYMPOSIUM
The Role of Intangible Asset in the Improvement of Firm Performance
Co-organized by Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and
Hitotsubashi University Global COE Program (G-COE Hi-Stat)

14:25-14:30
14:30-16:20
14:30-15:00

15:00-15:30

15:30-16:00

16:00-16:20
16:20-16:35
16:35-18:25

OPENING REMARKS
Sadao Nagaoka, RIETI and Hitotsubashi University
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Chair: Kyoji Fukao, RIETI and Hitotsubashi University
KEYNOTE SPEECH 1:
What Can We Learn by Analyzing Business Location Using Establishment and Firm Data?
Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
KEYNOTE SPEECH 2:
The Black Box of Intangible Capital: Wanted! Data from Deep within Firms
Carol Corrado, The Conference Board
KEYNOTE SPEECH 3:
What Do We Learn from the Measurement of Intangible Assets?
Tsutomu Miyagawa, RIETI and Gakushuin University
Q&A
Coffee BreakPANEL DISCUSSION
What Kind of Management Practice Will Fit Globalization and Innovation?
Moderator: Tsutomu Miyagawa, RIETI and Gakushuin University
Panelists: (in alphabetical order)
Eric Bartelsman, Free University (Vrije Universiteit), Amsterdam
Sectoral Systems of Innovations and Productivity Catch-up by Korea with Japan: Implicationsfor Management Practices
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
Kiyohiko G. Nishimura, Bank of Japan
Yukihiro Okawa, Service Productivity & Innovation for Growth and Japan Productivity Center
Yoshiaki Tojo, Information Services Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau,
METI

18:25-18:30

CLOSING REMARKS
Kozo Oikawa, RIETI

18:30-20:00
RECEPTION
Conference Room 2, 3, and 4 (Buffet-style dinner will be provided.)5

Saturday, October 3
9:00-9:20
9:20-11:20
Auditorium

REGISTRATIONSESSION 2 (five parallel sessions, each with four speakers; a 20 minute presentation and 10 minutediscussion for each speaker)
SESSION 2a: OECD Micro-data Analyses on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Using
Business Register and Patent Data (WG2)
Chair: Kazuyuki Motohashi
The Innovative Activity of Firms over Their Life Cycle: Evidence from French Micro-Data
Claire Lelarge, OECD DSTI/EAS and CREST-INSEEThe Patenting and Trademark Activities of U.S. Firms
Shawn Klimek, Center for Economic Studies and U.S. Census Bureau
C.J. Krizan, Center for Economic Studies and U.S. Census Bureau
An Analysis of the Innovative Activity of Entrepreneurial and Young Firms in the UK
Christian Helmers, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Mark Rogers, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford and Aston University
Innovation and Firm Growth: A First Look at Linkage Data of Japanese Patent and Enterprise
CensusKazuyuki Motohashi, The University of Tokyo and RIETI

Conference Room 1

SESSION 2b: Labor and Macroeconomic Implication (WG2)
Chair: Eric J. Bartelsman
Globalization, Creative Destruction, and Labor Share Change: Evidence on the Determinants
and Mechanisms from Longitudinal Plant-Level Data
Petri Böckerman, Labour Institute for Economic Research
Mika Maliranta, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Who Creates Jobs? Small vs Large vs YoungJohn Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
Javier Miranda, U.S. Census Bureau
Rent-sharing, Hold-up, and Wages: Evidence from Matched Panel Data
David Card, UC Berkeley and NBER
Francesco Devicienti, University of Torino
Agata Maida, LABORatorio Revelli, Collegio Carlo Alberto

6Forecasting Aggregate Productivity Using Information from Firm-Level Data
Eric J. Bartelsman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute, and IZA Bonn
Zoltán Wolf, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute
Meeting Room 202-203

SESSION 2c: Financial Distress (WG2)
Chair: Patrick Musso
Age Effects, Leverage and Firm Growth
Kim P. Huynh, Indiana University
Robert J. Petrunia, Lakehead University
Are Service Firms Affected by Exchange Rate Movements?
Jen Baggs, University of Victoria
Eugene Beaulieu, University of Calgary
Loretta Fung, University of Alberta and National Tsing Hua University
Productivity Growth and Competition across the Asian Financial Crisis: Evidence from Korean
Manufacturing Firms
Chulwoo Baek, Hitotsubashi University and KISTEP
YoungGak Kim, Hitotsubashi University
Hyeog Ug Kwon, Nihon University and RIETI
Financial Constraints and Firm Export Behavior
Flora Bellone, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Patrick Musso, University of Savoie
Lionel Nesta, OFCE-DRIC
Stefano Schiavo, University of Trento, Department of Economics, and OFCE-DRIC
Special Meeting Room 101

SESSION 2d: Inside the Firm (WG2)
Chair: Shigeru Asaba, Gakushuin University
Academic Entrepreneur's Human Capital Depreciation
Kathrin Müller, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
The CSP-CFP Missing Link: Complementarity between Environmental, Social andGovernance Practices?
Sandra Cavaco, LEM, Université Paris II Panthéon Assas
Patricia Crifo, Ecole Polytechnique and UHA
The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Firm Productivity: Evidence from
Finland
Derek C. Jones, Hamilton College
Panu Kalmi, Helsinki School of Economics

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Takao Kato, Colgate University
Mikko Mäkinen, Helsinki School of Economics
Special Meeting Room 102

SESSION 2e: Institution and Organization in Labor Market (WG3)
Chair: Tomi Kyyrä
Manufacturing Plants' Use of Temporary Workers: An Analysis Using Census Micro Data
Yukako Ono, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Organizational Change, Polarization and Gender
Christian Dustmann, UCL, CEPR, IFS and IZA
Marco Hafner, IAB
Uta Schönberg, UCL, IAB and IZA
The Screening Function of Certification- Evidence from the Freshmen Labor Market
Long-Hwa Chen, Aletheia University, Taiwan and Aarhus University, Denmark
Tor Eriksson, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University
Institutional Rules, Labour Demand and Disability Programme Participation
Ossi Korkeamäki, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Finland
Tomi Kyyrä, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Finland
Conference Room 3

11:20-11:30
11:30-13:30

Coffee BreakSESSION 3 (six parallel sessions, each with four speakers; a 20 minute presentation and 10 minutediscussion for each speaker)

Auditorium

SESSION 3a: The Measurement of the Incidence and Effect of Layoffs and Job Destructionin the U.S., Germany, and Japan (WG3)
Chair: Stefan Bender, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
How Important is Endogenous Mobility for Measuring Employer and Employee Heterogeneity?
John M. Abowd, Cornell University
Kevin McKinney, U.S. Census Bureau
Ian Schmutte, Cornell University and U.S. Census Bureau
The Historical Behavior of Worker Flows and Job Vacancies
Steven J. Davis, University of Chicago and NBER
R. Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Trends in Worker Displacement Penalties in Japan: 1991-2005
Michael Bognanno, Temple University

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Ryo Kambayashi, Hitotsubashi University
Long-Term Earnings Losses due to Mass Layoffs During the 1982 Recession: An Analysis Using
U.S. Administrative Data from 1974 to 2004
Till von Wachter, Columbia University, NBER, and CEPR
Jae Song, Social Security Administration
Joyce Manchester, Congressional Budget Office
Conference Room 1

SESSION 3b: Analysis on Firms’ Performance in China (WG2)
Chair: Tomohiko Inui, Statistics Commission Office, Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Office
The Malmquist Index Regression Equations as a Dynamic System
Jinghai Zheng, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Gothenburg University, Sweden
Corporate Governance, Productivity and Firm Value
Jian Chen, The University of Greenwich
Exports, Productivity, and Credit Constraints: A Firm-Level Empirical Investigation for China
Zhiyuan Li, University of California, Davis
Miaojie Yu, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
Meeting Room 202-203

SESSION 3c: Product Differentiation (WG2)
Chair: Tsutomu Miyagawa
Productivity, Returns to Scale and Product Differentiation in the Retail Trade Industry: An
Empirical Analysis Using Japanese Firm-level Data
Atsuyuki Kato, RIETI
Quality Sorting and Trade: Firm-Level Evidence for French Wine
Matthieu Crozet, CEPII
Multi-Product Firms and Price Behavior in Danish Manufacturing
Valérie Smeets, Aarhus University
Frédéric Warzynski, Aarhus University
Product Switching and Firm Performance in Japan
Atsushi Kawakami, Gakushuin University
Tsutomu Miyagawa, Gakushuin University and RIETI
Special Meeting Room 101

SESSION 3d: Productivity Growth (WG1)
Chair: Mika Maliranta

9Explaining Reallocation's Apparent Negative Contribution to Growth in Deregulation-Era
Developing Countries
Mitsukuni Nishida, Johns Hopkins University
Amil Petrin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and NBER
Resource Reallocation and Zombie Lending in Japan’s 1990s
Hyeog Ug Kwon, Nihon University and RIETI
Futoshi Narita, University of Minnesota
Machiko Narita, University of Minnesota
Firm Turnover and Productivity Growth
Loretta Fung, University of Alberta and National Tsing Hua University
Alice Nakamura, School of Business, University of Alberta
Masao Nakamura, University of British Columbia
In Search of an Ideal Method for Analyzing Micro-Level Dynamics of a Great Productivity
Leap
Mika Maliranta, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)
Special Meeting Room 102

SESSION 3e: Corporate Finance (WG2)
Chair: Tsutomu Watanabe, Hitotsubashi University
Foreign Bank Entry and Credit Allocation in Emerging Markets
Hans Degryse, CentER, Tilburg University
Olena Havrylchyk, CEPII
Emilia Jurzyk, International Monetary Fund
Sylwester Kozak, National Bank of Poland
Discussant: Kaoru Hosono, Gakushuin University
Do Banks Have Private Information? Bank Screening and Ex-Post Firm Performance
Kaoru Hosono, Gakushuin University
Peng Xu, Hosei University
Discussant: Satoshi Koibuchi, Chiba University of Commerce
From Soft and Hard-Nosed Bankers - Bank Lending Strategies and the Survival of Financial
Distressed Firms
Daniel Höwer, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
Discussant: Wako Watanabe, Keio University
Is Private Equity Investor Good or Evil?
Oleg Badunenko, DIW−Berlin
Nataliya Barasinska, DIW−Berlin
Dorothea Schäfer, DIW−Berlin
Discussant: Peng Xu, Hosei University

10Special Meeting Room 103

SESSION 3f: R&D and Innovation (WG1, WG2)
Chair: Kazuyuki Motohashi
Drivers of International R&D to Asian Economies
Anja Schmiele, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
Axel Mangelsdorf, Berlin University of Technology
Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity, ICT and R&D Incentives
Daniel Cerquera, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
G. J. Klein, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
Bargaining in Technology Markets: An Empirical Study of Biotechnology Alliances
Shinya Kinukawa, Komazawa University
Kazuyuki Motohashi, The University of Tokyo
Conference Room 3

13:30-15:00

Lunch

Conference Room 2 and 4

POSTER SESSION (The presentation materials of a poster session will be exhibited from13:30–18:40, October 3, but at a minimum, the paper authors will be present to provide details andrespond to comments or questions from13:30-15:00, October 3, and some authors will stay for moretime.)
ACCEPTED PAPERS (by working group; in order of submission)
WG1
An Investigation of Firm Heterogeneity in the Constraints to Development and Growth in Pakistan
Sajjad Moghal, Small & Medium Enterprise Development Authority in Lahore, Pakistan
Wade D. Pfau, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
13:30-15:00

Problems of Women Entrepreneurs in Coimbatore
Govindasamy Jayammal, Nirmala College for Women
Turbolence Underneath the Big Calm: The Microeconomics Underlying the Flat Trends Italian Manufacturing
Productivity
Giovanni Dosi, LEM, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Marco Grazzi, LEM, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Chiara Tomasi, LEM, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Alessandro Zeli, ISTAT, Roma
Product and Process Innovations in Subcontracting: Empirical Evidence from the French “Sillon Aplin”
Rachel Bocquet, IREGE, University of Savoie
Productivity Dispersion and its Determinants: The Role of Import Penetration

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Daniela Maggioni, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Industry Evolution in the U.K. Consulting Sector
Andrea Mina, University of Cambridge
Bruce Tether, Imperial College London
Karl Wennberg, Imperial College London
Strategic Alliance in Science-Based Industry: An Event Study Analysis of Organic Light Emission Diode Industry
in Japan
Tamane Ozeki, The University of Tokyo
Koichiro Okamura, Japan Science and Technology Agency

WG2
Exit and Entry Behavior as a Business Portfolio Management
Tatsuya Kikutani, Kyoto University
Takashi Saito, Waseda University
How Do Firms Organize Trade? Evidence form Ghana
Jens Krüger, The Kiel Institute for the World Economy
What Makes a High-Growth Firm in Spain? A Probit Analysis Using Firm-Level Data
Paloma Lopez-Garcia, Bank of Spain
Sergio Puente, Bank of Spain
Employment Generation by Small Producers in Spain
Paloma Lopez-Garcia, Bank of Spain
Sergio Puente, Bank of Spain
Angel Luis Gomez, Bank of Spain
Large Firms and Soft Budget Constraints for Transition Economies
Tomoe Moore, Brunel University
Short-Time Compensation and Establishment Survival: An Empirical Analysis with French Data
Oana Calavrezo, LEO and CEERichard Duhautois, CEE-TEPP, University of Paris-Est-Marne-la-Vallée and Crest
Emmanuelle Walkowiak, University of Paris12 - ERUDITE and CEE
Agglomeration or Selection? The Case of the Japanese Silk-Reeling Industry in 1909-1916
Yutaka Arimoto, The University of Tokyo
Kentaro Nakajima, Tohoku University
Tetsuji Okazaki, The University of Tokyo
Exporting and Productivity: The Impact of Destination Characteristics on Learning Effects
Richard Fabling, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Lynda Sanderson, Reserve Bank of New Zealand12Measuring the Efficiency of Pharmaceutical Firms in India: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis andTobit Estimation
Ishita Ganguli Tripathy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Surendra S. Yadav, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Seema Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
The Significance of Business Ownership and Governance: Contribution and Profitability of Family Businesses inFinland
Kalevi Tourunen, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Seppo Laaksonen, University of Helsinki
Evolution of Firm Dynamics: With Minimal Assumptions
Kim P. Huynh, Indiana University
David T. Jacho-Chávez, Indiana University
Robert J. Petrunia, Lakehead University
Marcel C. Voia, Carleton University
A Stochastic Frontier Analysis on Firm-level Total Factor Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Korea
Sunyoung Jung, Seoul National University
Hak K. Pyo, Seoul National University
Behavior of Firms in Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia after Disintegration of Former Yugoslavia
Janez Prašnikar, University of Ljubljana
Polona Domadenik, University of Ljubljana
Matjaž Koman, University of Ljubljana

WG3
Sources of Wage Growth and Returns to Job Tenure: An Empirical Analysis on Young Workers in Italy
Michele Battisti, Simon Fraser University
Performance Aspirations and Entrepreneurial Exit
Karl Wennberg, Imperial College London
Do Firms Train Older Workers When They Change? Evidence from a French Linked Employer-Employee
SurveyNathalie Greenan, Centre d’études de l’emploi and TEPP
Mathieu Narcy, Centre d’études de l’emploi and TEPP
Stéphane Robin, Université de Strasbourg, and Centre d’études de l’emploi
Evaluation Interviews and Organisational Changes
Marc-Arthur Diaye, ENSAI, Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi
Nathalie Greenan, Centre d’études de l’emploi and TEPP
Julie Rosaz, GATE – University of Lyon

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Hiring of Older Employees and Changes in Early-Retirement Policy
Pekka Ilmakunnas, Helsinki School of Economics and HECER
Seija Ilmakunnas, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT)
Worker Flows, Job Flows and Firm Wage Policies: Analysing the Case of France
Richard Duhautois, CEE-TEPP, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and Crest
Fabrice Gilles, Universités de Lille, EQUIPPE, and CEEHéloïse Petit, CEE and CES-Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

15:00-17:00

SESSION 4 (four parallel sessions, each with four speakers; a 20 minute presentation and 10 minutediscussion for each speaker)

Auditorium

Session 4a: Globalization and Firm Performance (WG2)
Chair: Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National University
The Nature and Characteristics of Production Networks in East Asia: Evidences fromMicro/Panel Data Analyses
Fukunari Kimura, Keio University and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)The Role of Multinationals in Japanese Productivity Decline
Richard Kneller, University of Nottingham
Tomohiko Inui, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office and Nihon University
Toshiyuki Matsuura, Keio University
Danny McGowan, GEP, University of Nottingham
Multi-product Firms and Trade Liberalization
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER
Andrew Bernard, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and NBER
Stephen Redding, London School of Economics, Yale University, and NBER

Conference Room 1

SESSION 4b: Corporate Governance: Family-Owned Firms (WG2)
Chair: Yupana Wiwattanakantang, Hitotsubashi University
Founder Succession and Accounting Properties
Joseph Fan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
TJ Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tianyu Zhang, The City University of Hong Kong
Investment and Productivity of Family Firms: An Analysis of Japanese Firms from 1962-2000
Vikas Mehrotra, University of Alberta
Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University
Jung Wook Shim, Hitotsubashi University
Kim YoungGak, Hitotsubashi University
Yupana Wiwattanakantang, Hitotsubashi University

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The Value of Political Network
Morten Bennedsen, Copenhagen Business School and INSEAD
Meeting Room 202-203

SESSION 4c: Ownership (WG2)
Chair: Mamoru Nagano
Foreign Acquisition, Wages and Productivity
Roger Bandick, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark
President Turnover and Product Market Competition: Empirical Evidence from Japanese
Manufacturing Firms
Yessica C. Y. Chung, JICA Research Institute
The Impact of a Firm's Ownership Structure on Risk Taking- Evidence from Foreign Direct
Investment Decisions
Marie-Ann Betschinger, State University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Islamic Finance and the Theory of Capital Structure
Mamoru Nagano, Nagoya City University
Special Meeting Room 101

SESSION 4d: Reallocation and Labor/Trade (WG1)
Chair: Laura Hering
Trade, Reallocations and Productivity: A Bridge between Theory and Data in ÖresundAnders Akerman, Stockholm University
The Contribution of Labor Reallocation to Aggregate Productivity Growth: Evidence from
Canada, France and the United States
Benoit Dostie, HEC Montréal
Ali Fakih, HEC Montréal
Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University
The Heterogeneity of the Impact of Investing Abroad: Evidence from Matched Japanese Firms
Laura Hering, University of Paris 1 and CREST
Tomohiko Inui, Statistics Commission Office, Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Office
Sandra Poncet, University of Paris 11 and CEPII
Conference Room 3

17:00-17:10

Coffee Break

17:10-18:40

SESSION 5 (five parallel sessions, each with three speakers; a 20 minute presentation and 10
minute discussion for each speaker)
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Auditorium

SESSION 5a: Allocation of Heterogeneous Labor across Firms (WG3)
Chair: Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitotsubashi University
FDI and Wages: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2005
John Sutherland Earle, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Central European UniversityÁlmos Telegdy, Central European University and Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academyof Sciences
Gabor Antal, Central European University and Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences
Neighbors and Co-workers: The Importance of Residential Labor Market Networks
Judith K. Hellerstein, University of Maryland and NBER
Melissa McInerney, College of William and Mary and U.S. Census Bureau
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Job Mobility and Wage Dynamics
Dean Hyslop, Statistics New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington, NZDavid C Maré, Statistics New Zealand and Motu

Conference Room 1

SESSION 5b: Location Choice and Firm Performance (WG2)
Chair: Yosuke Takeda
Where Do Multinationals Locate Service and Manufacturing Activities in Europe and Why?
Loriane Py, University Paris 1
Fabrice Hatem, UNCTAD and Normandy School of Management
Do More Productive Firms Locate New Factories in More Productive Locations? - An
Empirical Analysis Based on Panel Data of Japan’s Census of Manufactures
Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University and RIETIYoungGak Kim, JSPS and Hitotsubashi University
Hyeog Ug Kwon, Nihon University and RIETITechnological Externalities and Economic Distance: A Case of the Japanese Automobile
Suppliers
Yosuke Takeda, Sophia University
Ichihiro Uchida, Aichi University
Meeting Room 202-203

SESSION 5c: Exports and Firm Performance (WG2)
Chair: Richard Fabling
Sorting in Exporting Markets Selection: Evidence from China
Luhang Wang, University of Toronto

16Firm Heterogeneity and Ricardian Trade: The Impact of Domestic Competition on Export
Performance
Matilde Bombardini, The University of British Columbia, CIFAR, NBER, and RCEA
Christopher J. Kurz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Peter M. Morrow, University of Toronto
Over the Hedge? Exporters' Optimal and Selective Hedging Choices
Richard Fabling, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Arthur Grimes, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and University of Waikato
Special Meeting Room 101

SESSION 5d: Linkages and Spillovers (WG2)
Chair: Toshiyuki Matsuura, Keio University
Knowledge Spillovers and Spatial Concentration of High Skill-Intensive Production: The
Chilean Case
Hisamitsu Saito, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Munisamy Gopinath, Oregon State University
Local Export Spillovers in France
Pamina Koenig, University Paris West & Paris School of Economics
Florian Mayneris, Paris School of Economics
Sandra Poncet, University of Paris 11 and CEPII
Linked versus Non-linked Firms in Innovation: The Effects of Economies of Network in
Agglomeration in East Asia
Tomohiro Machikita, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
Yasushi Ueki, Institute of Developing Economies, Bangkok Research Center
Special Meeting Room 102

SESSION 5e: Analytic Examples of New Business Data (WG4)
Chair: Keiko Ito
The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States
and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Germany and the United Kingdom
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina
Alex Bryson, National Institute of Economic and Social ResearchPaulino Teixeira, University of Coimbra
André Pahnke, Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Lutz Bellmann, Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Employee Flows to Improve Measures of Job Creation and Destruction and of Firm Dynamics.
The case of Belgium
Karen Geurts, Higher Institute of Labour Studies (HIVA), Belgium

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Monique Ramioul, Higher Institute of Labour Studies (HIVA), Belgium
Peter Vets, Belgian National Social Security Office
Vertical Intra-Industry Trade, Unit Values of Commodities, and Factor Contents: An
Empirical Analysis Based on Micro-Data of the Census of Manufactures
Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University
Keiko Ito, Senshu University
Hyeog Ug Kwon, Nihon University
Conference Room 2, 3, and 4

18:40-20:10

DinnerSunday, October 4
9:00-9:20
9:20-11:20

REGISTRATIONSESSION 6 (six parallel sessions, each with four speakers; a 20 minute presentation and 10 minutediscussion for each speaker)

Auditorium

SESSION 6a: A Deeper Look at Innovation within Firms (WG2)
Chair: Julia Lane
How “Open” is Innovation in the US and Japan?: Evidence from the RIETI-Georgia Techinventor survey
John P. Walsh, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sadao Nagaoka, Hitotsubashi University
Using Cyber-enabled Transaction Data to Study Productivity and Innovation in Organizations
Carol Corrado, The Conference Board
Julia Lane, The National Science Foundation and the University of Chicago
Studying Innovation in Businesses: New Research Possibilities
Nicholas Greenia, U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Kaye Husbands Fealing, University of Minnesota
Julia Lane, The National Science Foundation and the University of Chicago

Conference Room 1

SESSION 6b: The Impact of Globalization on Corporate Activities in East Asia (WG2)
Chair: Fukunari Kimura
Gains from Fragmentation at Firm Level: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals in East Asia
Kazunobu Hayakawa, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies
Fukunari Kimura, Keio University and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
(ERIA)
Toshiyuki Matsuura, Keio University

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Learning-by-exporting in Korean Manufacturing: A Plant-level Analysis
Chin Hee Hahn, Korea Development Institute, Korea
Chang-Gyun Park, Chung-Ang University, Korea
Foreign Presence Spillovers and Firms’ Export Response: Evidence from IndonesianManufacturing
Dionisius Narjoko, ERIA, Indonesia
Vertical and Horizontal FDI Technology Spillovers: Evidence from Thai Manufacturing
Archanun Kohpaiboon, Thammasat University, Thailand
Meeting Room 202-203

SESSION 6c: Explain the Productivity Differences across Firms (WG2)
Chair: Jonathan Haskel
Does Input Quality Drive Measured Differences in Firm Productivity?
Jeremy T. Fox, University of Chicago and NBER
Valérie Smeets, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus
The Persistence of Differences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mixes and Profits Between Firms ina Rapidly Changing Environment
Katsuya Takii, Osaka University
How Does Intangible Investment Affect International Productivity Comparisons? Evidence
from the US and UK
Carol Corrado, The Conference Board
Jonathan Haskel, Imperial College London; CeRiBA, CEPR, and IZACharles Hulten, University of Maryland and NBER
Special Meeting Room 101

SESSION 6d: Firm Dynamics (WG1)
Chair: Makoto Nirei
Reallocation, Selection, and the Sources of Earnings Growth in Cities
R. Jason Faberman, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Matthew Freedman, ILR School, Cornell University
Firm Survival and the Evolution of Market Structure: The Case of the Japanese Motorcycle
Industry
Masatoshi Kato, Hitotsubashi University
Do Public Benefits Have an Impact on New Firms' Survival? An Empirical Study on French
Data
Désiage Lionel, Université de Paris-Est Marne-la-ValléeRichard Duhautois, Centre d’études de l’emploi (CEE)19

Dominique Redor, Université de Paris-Est Marne-la-ValléeDetecting Endogenous Effects by Aggregate Distributions: A Case of Lumpy Investments
Chaoqun Lai, Utah State University
Makoto Nirei, Hitotsubashi University
Special Meeting Room 102

SESSION 6e: Foreign Direct Investment and Outsourcing (WG2)
Chair: Wilko Letterie
How Does FDI Affect Performance at Home? An Activity-level Analysis for Japanese Electrical
Machinery and Electronics Firms
Toshiyuki Matsuura, Keio University and RIETI
Kazuyuki Motohashi, The University of Tokyo and RIETI
Kazunobu Hayakawa, Institute of Developing Economies and RIETI
Productivity Effects of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): A Firm-level Investigation Basedon Panel Data
Jörg Ohnemus, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
Global Fixed Capital Investment by Multinational Firms
René Belderbos, Maastricht University and UNU-MERITKyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University
Keiko Ito, Senshu University
Wilko Letterie, Maastricht University
Special Meeting Room 103

SESSION 6f: Wage Determination (WG3)
Chair: Sebastian Buhai
Competition and Gender-skill-differentials in Earnings and Productivity: Evidence from
China's Industrial Sector
Johanna Rickne, Uppsala University
The Relative Income Hypothesis With and Without Self-reported Reference Wages
Adrián de la Garza, Yale University
Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Collegio Carlo Alberto
Atsushi Sannabe, Kyoto University
Katsunori Yamada, Osaka University
Wage and Productivity Differentials in Japan: The Role of Labor Market Mechanisms
Donatella Gatti, CEPN-Paris 13, PSE, CEPREMAP and IZA
Ryo Kambayashi, Hitotsubashi University
Sébastien Lechevalier, EHESS, Paris

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Returns to Tenure or Seniority?
Sebastian Buhai, Aarhus University
Miguel Portela, University of Minho
Coen Teulings, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Analysis, University of Amsterdam
Aico van Vuuren, Free University Amsterdam
Conference Room 3

11:20-12:15
12:15-14:15
Auditorium

Lunch

PLENARY SESSION
Industry Dynamics (WG1)
Chair: Makoto Nirei, Hitotsubashi University
Economic Environment and Endogenous Innovation Choices (provisional title)
Eric Bartelsman, Free University (Vrije Universiteit), Amsterdam
Credit within the Firm
Luigi Guiso, European University Institute and EIEF
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and SIEPR
Fabiano Schivardi, University of Cagliari and EIEF
Combining Patent Data with Industrial Statistics for an Analysis of Innovation and Industrial
Dynamics
Kazuyuki Motohashi, The University of Tokyo

14:15-14:25
Auditorium

14:50-21:00

CLOSING REMARKS
Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University
Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
SOCIAL EVENT

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