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IEFS JAPAN ANNUAL MEETING 2023
IN MEMORY OF PROF. FUMIO DEIIEFS JAPANANNUAL MEETING 2023

Day 1
Nov 25
10:00-10:10

Sat ur day, November 25 and Sunday,
November 26, 2023 at Kobe Uni ver si t yOpening Remarks
Takashi Kamihigashi (IEFS Japan President /Kobe University)

Moderator: Kenji Fujiwara (Kwansei Gakuin University)
10:10-10:45“How Free is Trade in Free-trade Agreements?”
Ian Wooton (University of Strathclyde)

10:50-11:25“Balance of Concessions in Trade Agreements”
Mostafa Beshkar (Indiana University)

11:30-12:05“New Trade Models, Same Old Emissions?”
Yuta Watabe (IDE-JETRO)

Lunch BreakModerator: Yan Ma (Kobe University)
13:45-14:20“The Impact of Export Controls on International
Trade: Evidence from the Japan-Korea Trade
Dispute in Semiconductor Industry”
Ryo Makioka (Hokkaido University)

14:25-15:00“(Learning to) Export Like China:From Processing Trade to Ordinary Trade”
Larry Qiu (Lingnan University)

15:05-15:40“Do Supply Chain Disruptions Harm Firm
Performance? Evidence from Japan”
Takafumi Kawakubo (University of Tokyo)
Short BreakModerator: Akihiko Yanase (Nagoya University)
16:05-16:40“Interest Effect of International Outsourcing,Foreign Investment and Welfare”
Eden Yu (Hong Kong Chu Hai College)

16:45-17:20“Optimal Monetary Policy, Tariff Shocks andExporter Dynamics with Francesco Pappadaand Maria Teresa Punzi ”
Masashige Hamano (Waseda University)（）

17:25-18:00“Contesting an International EnvironmentalAgreement”
Matthew Cole (California Polytechnic StateUniversity)

18:30-

Memorial Tribute Reception

Day 2
Nov 26PROGRAM

10:30-11:05“The Rise of Robots and Offshoring”
Wanida Ngienthi (Assumption University)

11:10-11:45“Trade with Search Frictions: Indentifying New
Gains from Trade”
Tomohiro Ara (Fukushima University)
Lunch BreakModerator: Naoto Jinji (Kyoto University)

IEFS JAPANANNUAL MEETING 2023

Moderator: Yunfang Hu (Kobe University)

13:30-14:05“Global Value Chains and Aggregate Income
Volatility”
Yoichi Sugita (Keio University)

14:10-14:45“Private Information and Infant Industry
Protection”
Raymond Riezman (The University of Iowa)

14:50-15:25“On the Characterization of the Steady-State
Equilibrium in a Dynamic Two-Country Modelwith Financial Transactions (with Y. Hu, K. Mino,and K. Nishimura)”
Kazumichi Iwasa (Kobe University)
Short BreakModerator: Jota Ishikawa (Gakushuin University)
15:45-16:20“Offshoring and the Distribution of Skills”
Yan Ma (Kobe University)

16:25-17:00“Solow and the East Asian Drama (with An-Chi
Tung)”
Henry Wan (Cornell University)

17:05-17:40“Industrial Revolution Cycles in Market Quality
Dynamics”
Makoto Yano (Research Institute of Economy,Trade, and Industry)

17:40-Closing Remarks
Taiji Furusawa (The University of Tokyo)

Annual Meeting Venue Information:

Meeting Room (Ground Floor)
Kobe University Graduate School ofInternational Cooperation Studies
2-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501 Japan(Rokkodai 1st Campus)

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