Asian Economic Panel (AEP)An Economic Forum Dedicated to Formulating the Best Practical Solutions
Meeting at Keio University, Tokyo
18-19 September 2019 (Wednesday-Thursday)
Sponsors
Faculty of Economics, Keio University (host)Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Columbia University, New York
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul
Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia (JCI), Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta
Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
Department of Economics, University of California, Davis
The author has 22 minutes and each discussant has 13 minutes for presentation.
18 September 2019 (Wednesday)
8:45 am - 9:00 am

Registration

Morning Chair: Fukunari Kimura (Keio & ERIA)
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Sungbae An (KIEP), Yongseung Jung (Kyung Hee University), and Doo Yong Yang (Kyung Hee University)"The Effect of U.S. Monetary Shocks on Asian Emerging Economies through the Lens of TANK Model"
Discussants:• Maria Socorro Gochocco-Bautista, University of Philippines• Kiichiro Fukasaku, Keio University
10:15 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 11:45 am
Toshiyuki Matsuura (Keio University), "Revisiting Complementarity between Japanese FDI and the Import ofIntermediate Goods: Agglomeration Effects and Parent-firm Heterogeneity"
Discussants:• Deborah Swenson, UC-Davis• Shigeyuki Abe, University of Kyoto
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Linda Glawe and Helmut Wagner (Hagen University), "The Middle-Income Trap 2.0: The Increasing Role of
Human Capital in the Age of Automation and Implications for Developing Asia"
1Discussants:• Debin Ma, Hitotsubashi University• Fumiharu Mieno, University of Kyoto
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Lunch BreakAfternoon Chair: Sungbae An (KIEP)
1:45 pm – 3:00 pmDionisius A. Narjoko and Samuel Nursamsu (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia) “Firm’s
Input Allocation in Trade Liberalisation: A Case Study of Indonesian Manufacturing”
Discussants:• Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University• Wen-jen Hsieh, National Cheng Kung University
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Hyun Hak Kim (Kookmin University), "Default Probability by Employment Status in Korea"
Discussants:• Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Thammasat• Kwanho Shin, Korea University
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Chalongphob Sussangkarn (Thailand Development Research Institute), "Promoting Local Currency Usage inthe Region"
Discussants:• Fukunari Kimura, Keio University & ERIA
• Tao Liu, Central University of Finance and Economics--------------------------------------------------------------------------2

19 September 2019 (Thursday)
Morning Chair: Wing Thye Woo (UC-Davis & Sunway University)
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Yoko Konishi (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry), "Measuring Productivity of Manufacturingand Services using Japan’s firm-level data from 1982 to 2016."
Discussants:• Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Thailand Development Research Institute• Dionisius A. Narjoko, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
10:15 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 11:45 am
Yiping Huang (Peking University), "Digital Payment in China: Development and Consequences"
Discussants:• Iikka Korhonen, Bank of Finland• Ninghua Zhong, Tongji University
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Robert L. Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Norma Mansor, Mohd Uzir Mahidin and Shigeyuki Abe,
"Gender and Ethnic Earnings Differentials in Malaysia: Variation between Public and Private Sectors"
Discussants:• Jane Golley, Australian National University• Suresh Narayanan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch Break3