Program
* All the session rooms are subject to change. Please check them on site.
Registration (9:30-16:10)
Venue : 1st Floor of General Education Buildin, Bunkyo-cho Campus (University of Hirosaki)
Morning Sessions (10:00-12:30)
［Presentation: 25min; Comments; 15min,and Replies and General Discussion; 10min］
Session A International trade（Empirical research）1
Chair：Masahiro Endoh（Keio University）
| Room | 206 |
| A-1 | Impacts of Increased Chinese Imports on Japan’s Labour Market: Firm and Regional aspects |
| Presenter：Tadashi Ito（Gakushuin University） | |
| Discussant：Mitsuo Inada（Miyazaki Municipal University） | |
| A-2 | Local Labor Market Effects of Chinese Imports and Offshoring: Evidence from Matched-Foreign Affiliate-Domestic Parent-Domestic Plant Data in Japan |
| Presenter：Kozo Kiyota（Keio University） | |
| Discussant：Keiko Ito（Chiba University） | |
| A-3 | Impact of US-China Conflict and Strengthening Export Control on Japanese Exports |
| Presenter：Keiko Ito（Chiba University） | |
| Discussant：Hiroshi Mukunoki（Gakushuin University） |
Session B English session: International trade
Chair: Naoto Jinji (Kyoto University)
| Room | 205 |
| B-1 | Goods-market Desirability of Minimum Wages |
| Presenter：Rui Pan（Graduate student, Tohoku University）（J) Reference：Dao-Zhi Zeng (Tohoku University) |
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| Discussant：Morihiro Yomogida（Sophia University） | |
| B-2 | Impact of Trade on Industry-Level Output |
| Presenter：Yoshinori Kurokawa（Tsukuba University） | |
| Discussant：Kensuke Teshima（Hitotsubashi University） | |
| B-3 | In search of lost time: vintage firms and their macroeconomic dynamics |
| Presenter：Masashige Hamano(Waseda University） | |
| Discussant：Takashi Kano（Hitotsubashi University) |
Session C English session: International trade, FDI and MNEs 1
Chair：Eiichi Tomiura（Hitotsubashi University）
| Room | 207 |
| C-1 | What Hinders Digital Communication? Evidence from Foreign Firms in Japan |
| Presenter：Kiyoyasu Tanaka（IDE-JETRO） | |
| Discussant：Ryo Makioka（Hokkaido University） | |
| C-2 | Human Capital Development of Thai Migrants to Japan and their Contribution to Technology Development |
| Presenter：Peemmaphat Buarapha（Graduate student,Saga University） Reference：Saliya De Silva (Saga University) |
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| Discussant：Tomoyuki Kuwaharada（Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries） | |
| C-3 | Impact of domestic investment on the FDI-growth relationship |
| Presenter：Rinchen Dorji (Graduate student, Nagoya University） Reference：Akihiko Yanase(Nagoya University) |
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| Discussant：Banri Ito（Aoyama Gakuin University） |
Session D Interatioal Economy
Chair：Kimihito Sakurai（Rikkyo University）
| Room | 208 |
| D-1 | Agritourism, Unemployment, and Economic Welfare in a Developed Country |
| Presenter：Hiroshi Kurata（Tohoku Gakuin University） Kenji Kondoh (Chukyo University) |
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| Discussant：Keisaku Higashida（Kwansei Gakuin University） | |
| D-2 | Footloose Capital, Educational Choice, and Wage Inequality |
| Presenter：Yoshifumi Kon（Utsunomiya Kyowa University） | |
| Discussant：Chihiro Inaba（Kansai Gaidai University） | |
| D-3 | New facts about the F-H Puzzle: its impact on domestic savings and investment rates since the Global Financial Crisis |
| Presenter：Hideaki Ohta（Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of International Relations）（J) | |
| Discussant：Tetsuya Saito（Nihon University） |
＊（E)： Presentation in English
＊（J)： Presentation as part of the presenter's job search
- Lunch（12：30～14：30）
- Board Meeting（12：30～14：30）
