Conference on Globalization, International Trade and Economic Dynamics
in Memory of Koji Shimomura

(Jointly supported by RIEB)

Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University
November 22-24,2007
Organizers: Takashi Kamihigashi, Lex Zhao

参加ご希望の方は、下記メールアドレスまでご連絡ください。
Please register your information at the address below.
koji-project@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp
参加費として、1名につき5,000円を当日受付にて承ります。
(聴講のみの場合は無料です。)
There is a registration fee of 5,000yen which is for those who would like to attend the reception and the meetings. (Attending the conference only is free of charge.)

なお、23日・24日は大学の食堂が閉まっておりますので、各自昼食をご用意ください。
お弁当の注文をご希望の方は、ご希望日を11月18日(日)までにお知らせください。
Since the university restaurants are closed on Nov.23 and 24, please prepare for your lunch for both days. If you would like us to order a lunch box, please let us know by Nov. 18.

| Day One (11/22) | Day Two (11/23) | Day Three (11/24) |

Day One: GSICS Meeting Room [ Map No.6 ]

TimeSpeakerChairPaper Title
9:00-9:40Registration
9:45-9:55Junichi GotoShoji NishijimaOpening Address
10:00-10:30Murray Kemp Masayuki OkawaVilfredo Pareto's Principle of Compensation
10:30-11:00Eric BondKenji KondoIncome Effects, Wealth Effects, and Multiple Equilibria in Trade Models with Durable Goods
11:00-11:30Devashish MitraTsuyoshi ToshimitsuOffshoring and Unemployment
11:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:00Satya DasKoichi FutagamiAdvent of Industrial Mass Production: Three Stages of Economic Development
14:00-14:30Jota IshikawaMorihiro YomogidaTariffs and Technology Transfer through an Intermediate Product
14:30-15:00Kazuo NishimuraKen-Ichi ShimomuraTrade and Indeterminacy
15:00-15:20Coffee & Tea
15:20-15:50Kwan ChoiTetsugen HaruyamaTrade in Counterfeit Organic Products
15:50-16:20Binh Tran NamKenzo AbeDo Trade Gains Increase with Increases in Internationl Disparities in Factor Proportions?
16:20-16:50Ronald JonesHajime KubotaInternational Trade Models and Real World Features
Bonus: Rybczynski’s Diagram and the Stolper/Samuelson Theorem
17:30-20:30MurrayKemp
Hiroshi Ohta
Hiroko Shimomura
Takashi KamihigashiReception at Sakura Restaurant: IEFS Japan Special Award for Lifetime Contributions presented by Makoto Tawada

Day Two: Takigawa Memorial Hall [ Map No.31 ]

TimeSpeakerChairPaper Title
10:00-10:30Alan WoodlandShigemi YabuuchiTrade Policy and Illegal Immigration
10:30-11:00Kaz MiyagiwaTaiji FurusawaFDI for a Signal of Quality
11:00-11:30Eden YuRyoji OdoiIs Free Trade Optimal for a Small Open Economy with Tourism?
11:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:00Richard BaldwinRyuhei WakasugiOffshoring: General Equilibrium Effects on Wages, Production and Trade
14:00-14:30Tamaki MoritaNoritsugu NakanishiMacro Dynamics and Labor-Saving Innovation: US vs. Japan (co-authored with Ryuzo Sato)
14:30-15:00Stephen TurnovskyKenji YamamotoImported Inputs: Dynamic Effects on Economic Growth
15:00-15:20Coffee & Tea
15:20-15:50Constantina KottaridiJunko DoiInflation Dynamics & the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Prices in the E.U. Periphery
15:50-16:20Partha SenToru KikuchiTobin's "Keynesian Models of Recessions and Depression" Revisited
16:20-16:50Costas AzariadisLex ZhaoThe Optimal Inflation Target in an Economy with Limited Enforcement
17:30-20:00Lex ZhaoMeeting at Takigawa Memorial Hall

Day Three: Takigawa Memorial Hall [ Map No.31 ]

TimeSpeakerChairPaper Title
10:00-10:30Koichi HamadaMasao OdaToward a Microfoundation of the Theory of Capital Movements
10:30-11:00Been Lon ChenKenji FujiwaraStatus and Multiple Growth Regimes: Role of Monetary Policy
11:00-11:30Ian WootonTakumi NaitoMarket Structure and Market Access
11:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:00Sajal LahiriYunfang HuEndogenous Leadership with and without Policy Intervention: International Trade when Producer and Seller Differ
14:00-14:30Kazuo MinoIchiroh DaitohFinancial Integration and Aggregate Stability
14:30-15:00Ping WangTomoya SakagamiPreference-Based Outsourcing
15:00-15:20Coffee & Tea
15:20-15:50Wilfred EthierFumio DeiExternal Economies of Scale and Comparative Advantage
15:50-16:20Makoto TawadaLing QiA Two-Country Model of Oligopolistic Trade with External Economies of Scale
16:20-16:50Henry WanSeiichi KatayamaTrading under Strategic Self-Constraint
17:30-20:00Seiichi KatayamaMeeting at Takigawa Memorial Hall

Program Committee: Takashi Kamihigashi, Lex Zhao, Fumio Dei, Makoto Tawada, Masahiro Tomita, Hideki Izawa, Hidetoshi Yamaji, Kenji Kojima, Kentaro Nobeoka, Munehiko Ito, Hiroyuki Hino, Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Masato Shizume, Satoshi Fujimura, Masahiko Shibamoto, Atsushi Osanai, Naoto Kanki, Kazuhiro Igawa, Hiroko Shimomura, Harumi Watanabe, Tamaki Murase