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Fostering sustainable development and firm performance in Asia at the time of de-globalization

Joint PRN, ADBI, INSEAD EMI, University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University Conference

Fostering sustainable development and firm performance in Asia at the time of de-globalization

Date:
Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - Thursday, 10 September 2020
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue:
Online Conference

Programme

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Welcome Remarks

Filippo di Mauro (National University of Singapore, PRN Coordinator), Tetsushi Sonobe (Dean of ADBI)

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Keynote Address: Soft Power and Exports

Andy Rose, Dean of NUS Business School

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Session 1: Tariff

The Macroeconomy After Tariffs

Davide Furceri (IMF Research Department), Swarnali A. Hannan (IMF Research Department), Jonathan D. Ostry (IMF Research Department and CEPR), Andrew K. Rose (Berkeley-Haas, ABFER, CEPR and NBER)

Presented By: Davide Furceri

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Session 1: Tariff

A Second-Best Argument for Low (or Negative) Optimal Uniform Import Tariffs

Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale University and NBER), Robert C. Feenstra (UC Davis and NBER), John Romalis (University of Sydney and ABFER), Alan M. Taylor (UC Davis, NBER, and CEPR)

Presented By: John Romalis

Session Chair and discussants: Cristian Badarinza (NUS) and Lin Tian (INSEAD)

5:00 pm - Adjourn
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Session 2: Competition

Common Ownership, Market Power, and Export: Evidence from Thailand

Tosapol Apaitan (PIER and Bank of Thailand), Chanont Banternghansa (Analysis Group), Archawa Paweenawat (PIER), Krislert Samphantharak (PIER and University of California San Diego)

Presented by: Krislert Samphantharak

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Session 2: Competition

Trade with Benefits: New Insights on Competition and Innovation

JaeBin Ahn (Seoul National University), Hyoungmin Han (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy), Yi Huang (The Graduate Institute Geneva)

Presented by: Hyoungmin Han

Session Chair and discussants: Kenichi Ueda (University of Tokyo) and Taiji Furusawa (University of Tokyo)

4:15 pm - 4:20 pm Break
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm Session 3: Firm Performance

What’s good for the goose ain’t good for the gander: heterogeneous innovation capabilities and the performance effects of R&D

Alex Coad (Waseda Business School, Tokyo), Nanditha Mathew (UNU-MERIT, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and IBIMET-CNR), Emanuele Pugliese (JRC, University of Bath and CNR)

Presented by: Alex Coad

4:50 pm - 5:35 pm Session 3: Firm Performance

Do Overseas Subsidiaries Benefit from Parent Firms’ Intangibles?

Hosono Kaoru (Gakushuin University and RIETI), Miyakawa Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University),Takizawa Miho (Toyo University)

Presented by: Hosono Kaoru

Session Chair and discussants: John Romalis (University of Sydney and ABFER) and Katsiaryna Svirydzenka (IMF)

5:35 pm - Adjourn
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Session 4: Multinational Firms

The Local Technology Spillovers of Multinational Firms

Robin Kaiji Gong (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Presented by: Robin Kaiji Gong

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Session 4: Multinational Firms

A Corporate Level Analysis of Total Factor Productivity in Korea (2000-2019)

Pyo Hak K. (Seoul NationalUniversity), Keunhee Rhee (Korea Productivity Center) and Hana Kim (Korea Productivity Center)

Presented by: Hak K. Pyo

Session Chair and discussants: Miyakawa Daisuke (Hitotsubashi University) and Jamus Jarome Lim (ESSEC)

4:15 pm - 4:20 pm Break
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm Session 5: Trade War

Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China’s Economy

Davin Chor (Dartmouth, NUS and NBER), Bingjing Li (NUS)

Presented by: Bingjing Li

4:50 pm - 5:35 pm Session 5: Trade War

Not Coming Home: Trade and Economic Policy Uncertainty in American Supply Chain Networks

Ben Charoenwong (NUS Business School), Jing Wu (CUHK Business School)

Presented by: Jing Wu

Session Chair and discussants: Shujiro Utara (ADBI) and Pushan Dutt (INSEAD)

5:35 pm - Adjourn

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Pushan Dutt (EMI-INSEAD)

Filippo Di Mauro (NUS Business School)

Daisuke Miyakawa (Hitotsubashi University Business School)

Peter Morgan (ADBI)

Kenichi Ueda (University of Tokyo)


For General Enquiries:

HOANG Minh Duy (Mr) prn@nus.edu.sg
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