Kobe Conference on International Economics and Finance 1997
- This conference was held at Takigawa Memorial Hall of Kobe University
from March 27
- to March 29, 1997. The IEFS Japan organized the conference, which
was financially supported
- by two funds of Kobe University, the fund commemorative of the 90th
anniversary of Kobe
- University and the Masaka Sawamura fund.
March 27, 1997
9:30 Registration
9:55 Opening Speech, Fumio Dei (Kobe University)
- Chairperson: Michihiro Ohyama (Keio University)
10:00-11:00
Murray Kemp (University of New South Wales)
"Gains from trade in a Cournot-Nash general equilibrium"(with
Koji Shimomura)
Discussant: Takashi Fukushima (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
11:00-11:20 Coffee Break
11:20-12:10
Noriyuki Yanagawa (University of Tokyo)
"Political decision of trade policies and the cost for lobbying"
(with Masatoshi Tsumagari)
Discussant: Mitsuhiro Kaneda (Georgetown University)
12:10-13:50 Lunch
- Chairperson: Kazuhiro Igawa (Kobe University)
13:50-14:40
Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)
"Control of foreign pollution through import quotas under asymmetric
information"
( with Keisaku Higashida and Taiji Furusawa )
Discussant: Hisayuki Okamoto (Kobe University of Commerce)
14:40-15:30
Noritsugu Nakanishi (Kobe University)
"A stable solution to Matsuyama's trade liberalization game"
Discussant: Taiji Furusawa (Fukushima University)
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:40
Koichi Futagami (Ritsumeikan University)
"Organizational entry deterrence"
Discussant: Shumpei Takemori (Keio University)
16:40-17:30
Mitsuhiro Kaneda (Georgetown University)
"Duration of protection and the perfect foresight equilibrium
set"
Discussant: Makoto Yano (Keio University)
17:30 Reception
Welcoming Speech, Kenichi Ishigaki (Director of RIEB, Kobe University)
March 28, 1997
- Chairperson: Hideki Izawa (Kobe University)
9:30-10:20
Shinji Takagi (Osaka University)
"Japan's restrictive system of trade and payments:
operation, effectiveness and liberalization, 1950-64"
Discussant: Mitsuhiro Fukao (Bank of Japan)
10:20-11:10
Makoto Saito (Kyoto University)
"Forward discount puzzle and liquidity effects:
some evidence from Yen/US dollar rates"(with Yuichi Fukuta)
Discussant: Pablo Neumeyer (University of Southern California)
11:10-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:20
Pablo Neumeyer (University of Southern California)
"Cross border nominal assets and international
monetary interdependence"(with Makoto Yano)
Discussant: Makoto Saito (Kyoto University)
12:20-14:00 Lunch
- Chairperson: Seiichi Katayama (Kobe University)
14:00-14:50
Peter Rosendorff (University of Southern California)
"Politics and the choice of instruments: tariffs, subsidies,
quotas and VERs"
Discussant: Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)
14:50-15:40
Taiji Furusawa (Fukushima University)
"Disagreement points in trade negotiation" (with Quan
Wen)
Discussant: Ken-Ichi Shimomura (Osaka University)
15:40-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:50
Masayuki Okawa (Aichi University)
"Voluntary export restraints on intermediate good market and
economic welfare"
Discussant: Kazuo Nishimura (Kyoto University)
16:50-17:40
Toru Kikuchi (Kobe University)
"Nontraded network services and patterns of international trade"
Discussant: Peter Rosendorff (University of Southern California)
March 29, 1997
- Chairperson: Kazuo Nishimura (Kyoto University)
9:30-10:20
Shinsuke Ikeda (Osaka University)
"Habits, investment, and current account dynamics" (with
Ichiro Gombi)
Discussant: Stephen Turnovsky (University of Washington)
10:20-11:20
Stephen Turnovsky (University of Washington)
"Non-scale growth in an open economy" ( with Theo Eicher
)
Discussant: Koichi Futagami (Ritsumeikan University)
11:20-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:40
Ronald Jones (University of Rochester)
"Globalization and the consequences of international fragmentation"
(with Henryk Kierzkowski)
Discussant: Makoto Tawada (Nagoya City University)
12:40 Closing Speech, Koji Shimomura (Kobe University)