Workshop on: Trade, Foreign Investment and their Socio-Economic Impacts
(Jointly Hosted by IISS Workshop / Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A): Fragmentation, Time Zones, and their Dynamic Consequences / RIEB Seminar / Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B))

Date&Time Thursday, December 25, 2014, 10:00am-
Place RIEB Meeting Room (Annex, 2nd Floor)
Intended Audience Faculties, Graduate Students, Undergraduates, and Managers for Technology and Product Development at Manufacturers
Language English
Note Copies of the paper will be available at Office of Promoting Research Collaboration.

10:00am-11:00am

Speaker Hongjun ZHAO
Affiliation International Business School, Shanghai University of International Business & Economics
Topic The Price Revolution and American Silver Inflow in Qing China

11:10am-12:10pm

Speaker Yongjin WANG
Affiliation School of Economics, Nankai University
Topic Trade Quality Inspection and Wage Inequality

12:10pm-2:00pm

Lunch Break

2:00pm-3:00pm

Speaker Jie LI
Affiliation College of Economics, Jinan University
Topic Predatory Cost-raising Strategy and Lobbying Competition

3:10pm-4:10pm

Speaker Jiong GONG
Affiliation School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business & Economics
Topic Partial Equity Stakes in Vertical Supply Chains: Evidence from the Japanese Auto Parts Industry

4:20pm-5:20pm

Speaker Edmund SHENG
Affiliation Macao Polytechnic Institute
Topic Effects of Foreign Investors on Urban Development: The City of Macao

5:30pm-6:30pm

Speaker Zaifu YANG
Affiliation Department of Economics and Related Studies,University of York /
Reseach Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University
Topic A Theoretical Exploration of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand