Asian Economic Panel (AEP)An Economic Forum Dedicated to Formulating the Best Practical Solutions
Meeting at Keio University, Tokyo
10-11 September 2018 (Monday-Tuesday)
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 the discussant has 13 minutes for presentation.
10 September 2018 (Monday)
8:45 am - 9:00 amRegistration

Morning Chair: Fukunari Kimura (Keio)
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Mr. Kenta Yamanouchi, Keio University“The Effects of Free Trade Agreements on International Trade in Japan”
Discussants:
 Sungbae An (KIEP)
 Vu Quoc Huy (VASS)
10:15 am - 10:30 am Coffee BreakLIANG Chao. Shanghai Jiaotong University"Discrimination against low-skilled workers and distortion in China's urban development: A perspective fromlocal labor market"
Discussants:
 Mary-Francoise Renard (Universite Clermont Auvergne) Suresh Narayan (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
10:30 am – 11:45 am
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Kyunghun Kim (KIEP) and Tae Soo Kang (KIEP)"Push vs. Pull Factors of Capital Flows Revisited in the Heterogeneous Country Groups"
Discussants:
 Zhang Liqing (Central University of Finance & Economics)
1Anwar Nasution (University of Indonesia)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch BreakAfternoon Chair: Ming Lu (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Doan Thi Thanh Ha (ERIA) and Long Quang Trinh (ADBI)"Export and Employment in China- An Input-Output Analysis”
Discussants:
 Miaojie Yu (Peking University)
 Toshihiro Okubo (Keio University)
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Mohamed Ariff, Sunway University
The Economics of Accounting Earnings Disclosures in Japan
Discussants:
 Kiichiro Fukusaku (Keio University) Chalongphob Sussangkarn (Thailand Development Research Institute)
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Wu Yanrui, University of Western Australia
The Effects of National Science and Technology Programs on Firms’ Innovation Activities in China”
Discussants:
 Ming Lu (Shanghai Jiaotong University) Maria Bautista (University of the Philippines)-------------------------------------------------------------------------11 September 2018 (Tuesday)
Morning Chair: Sungbae AN (KIEP)
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Thammasat U"The curse of commodity booms and incessant subsidies of Thailand's agriculture"
Discussants:
 Wen-Jen Hsieh (National Cheng Kung University)
 Somkiat Tangkitvanich (TDRI)
10:15 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break2

10:30 am – 11:45 am
Ross Hallren (USITC)
Uncle Xi or Uncle Sam: Do Strong Export Relationships Imply Economic Dependency
Discussants:
 Siow Yue Chia (Singapore Institute for International Affairs)
 Fukunari Kimura (Keio University and ERIA)
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Weidong Xu, Zhejiang University & Hongyi Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong
A model of household savings and alternative investments in rural China
Discussants:
 Liping He (Beijing Normal University)
 Ikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch BreakAfternoon Chair: Wing Thye Woo (UC Davis and JCI)
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Rashesh Shrestha (ERIA)"Early life shocks, cognitive ability, and labor market outcomes in Indonesia”
Discussants:
 Dr. Tae Soo KANG, KIEP
 Long Quang Trinh (ADBI)
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Shandre Mugan Thangavelu (Sunway U) and Aekapol Chongvilaivan (ADB)
Financial Leverage, Trade and Firm Productivity in Vietnamese Firms
Discussants:
 Kwanho SHIN (Korea University) Deborah Swenson (UC-Davis)
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Changyuan Luo (Fudan U)
The Impact of Chinese Import Penetration on Firms and Workers: Evidence from Data at Firm Level inThailand
Discussants:
 Prema-Chandra Athukorala (Australian National University) Shigeuki Abe (Doshisha University)3