SMU-NUS Joint Trade Workshop 2017

8:45 - 9:15am

Registration

9:15 - 9:30am

Opening Remarks
Bryce Hool, Dean, Singapore Management University

Morning Session - Chair: Wen-Tai Hsu

9:30 - 10:45am

Keynote address by Robert Staiger, Dartmouth College
"Quantitative Analysis of Multi-Party Tariff Negotiations" with Kyle Bagwell and Ali Yurukoglu

10:45 - 11:00pm

Tea Break

11:00 - 12:00pm

Pao-Li Chang, Singapore Management University
"The GATT/WTO Welfare Effects: 1950-2015" with Wei Jin

12:00 - 2:00pm

Lunch

Afternoon Session - Chair: Gea Myoung Lee

2:00 - 3:00pm

Tom Zylkin, National University of Singapore
"Prudence vs. Predation and the Gains from Trade" with Michelle R. Garfinkel and Constantinos Syropoulos

3:15 - 4:15pm

Hyojung Lee, Singapore Management University
"The Korean Wave: Determinants and its Impacts on Trade and FDI” with Pao-Li Chang

4:15 - 4:30pm

Tea Break

4:30 - 5:30pm

Li Bingjing, National University of Singapore
"The Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-1961: A County-Level Evidence" with Hiroyuki Kasahara

5:30 - 6:00pm

Free Discussion

Morning Session - Chair: Davin Chor

9:30 - 10:45am

Keynote address by Andres Rodriguez-Clare, UC Berkeley
"Industry-Level Economies of Scale: Estimation Using Trade Data" (Research project builds on the theory in the paper titled "Grounded by Gravity: A Well-Behaved Trade Model with Industry-Level Economies of Scale")

10:45 - 11:00pm

Tea 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

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

3:00 - 3:15pm

Break

3:15 - 4:15pm

Davin Chor, National University of Singapore
"Just Do Your Job: Obedience, Routine Tasks, and the Pattern of Specialization" with Filipe R. Campante

4:15 - 4:30pm

Tea Break

4:30 - 5:30pm

Gea Myoung Lee, Singapore Management University
"Government's R&D Subsidy Response to SCM Agreement: Evidence from Korea" with Yumi Koh

5:30 - 5:45pm

Workshop Dinner (By invitation only)