SMU-NUS Joint Trade Workshop 2016

About
Programme

About

This two-day workshop on international trade is organized by the School of Economics, Singapore Management University, with support from the Global Production Network Centre at the National University of Singapore.

If you wish to attend, please contact Ms Lin Lilian at soe@smu.edu.sg.

Programme

May 25 (Wednesday)

Venue: SOE/SESS Seminar Room 5.1 (Level 5)

Time	Event
Morning Session - Chair: Amanda Jakobsson
8:45 - 9:15am	Registration
9:15 - 9:30am	Opening Remarks Bryce Hool, Dean, Singapore Management University
9:30 - 10:45am	Keynote address by Jonathan Eaton, The Pennsylvania State University "Obstfeld and Rogoff's International Macro Puzzles: A Quantitative Assessment, " Eaton, Kortum and Brent Neiman Click here to view paper.
10:45 - 11:00pm	Break
11:00 - 12:00pm	Wen-Tai Hsu, Singapore Management University "Competition and Gains from Trade: A Quantitative Analysis of China Between 1995 and 2004," with Yi Lu and Guiying Laura Wu Click here to view paper.
12:00 - 2:00pm	Lunch
Afternoon Session - Chair: Pao-Li Chang
2:00 - 3:00pm	Amanda Jakobsson, Singapore Management University "Export-Learning and FDI with Heterogenous Firms," with Paul Segerstrom Click here to view paper.
3:00 - 3:15pm	Break
3:15 - 4:15pm	Tom Zylkin, National University of Singapore "Feeding China's Rise: the Growth Benefits of Trading with China, 1993-2011"
4:15 - 4:30pm	Tea Break
4:30 - 5:30pm	Jianhuan Xu, Singapore Management University "Assessing Market Failures in Export Pioneering Activities: A Structural Estimation Approach," with Shang-jin Wei and Ziru Wei
5:30 - 6:00pm	Free Discussion

May 26 (Thursday)

Venue: SOE/SESS Seminar Room 5.1 (Level 5

Time	Event
Morning Session - Chair: Davin Chor
9:30 - 10:45am	Keynote address by Sam Kortum, Yale University "Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market," joint with Jonathan Eaton and Francis Kramarz
10:45 - 11:00pm	Break
11:00 - 12:00pm	Pao-Li Chang, Singapore Management University "The GATT/WTO Welfare Effects: 1950-2005," with Wei Jin
12:00 - 2:00pm	Lunch
Afternoon Session - Chair: Wen-Tai Hsu
2:00 - 3:00pm	Davin Chor, National University of Singapore ""Just Do Your Job": Obedience, Routine Tasks, and the Pattern of Specialization," with Filipe R. Campante Click here to view paper.
3:00 - 3:15pm	Break
3:15 - 4:15pm	Hyojung Lee, Singapore Management University "Industrial Output Fluctuations in Developing Countries: General Equilibrium Consequences of Agricultural Productivity Shocks" Click here to view paper.
4:15 - 4:30pm	Tea Break
4:30 - 5:30pm	Lin Ma, National University of Singapore "Rich and Unhappy: A Quantitative Analysis of Internal Trade and Migration in China," with Yang Tang
5:30 - 5:45pm	Concluding Remarks
6:00pm	Free Discussion