Friday, September 20, 2024

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08:00 - 08:30 Welcoming coffee break and registration (Work café)  
08:30 - 08:45 Welcome address by Gilles Dufrénot and Kiyotaka Sato (Amphi Cassin)  
08:45 - 09:00 Opening remarks by Jean-François Marchi (Vice-president in charge of international relations at Aix-Marseille University), Rostane Mehdi (Sciences Po Aix director), Alain Venditti (AMSE director), and Hiroshi Kitagawa (Consul General of Japan in Marseille) (Amphi Cassin)  
09:00 - 10:00 Keynote speaker #1 - Hélène Rey (London Business School)
"Global cycles and multipolar world economy"
Chair: Kiyotaka Sato (Yokohama National University, Japan)
(Amphi Cassin)
 
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee break (Work café)  
10:30 - 12:30 Session A01 - Finance and Globalization (Room 201) - Chair: Yushi Yoshida (Shiga University, Japan) (+)  
10:30 - 11:00 › Let them eat cake: does financial and social fragmentation matter for International Business? -
Céline Gimet (Sciences Po Aix, AMSE, France)
Discussant: Gianluca Santoni (CEPII, France)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › The rising concentration of Foreign Direct Investment -
Gianluca Santoni (CEPII, France)
Discussant: Yushi Yoshida (Shiga University, Japan)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › China's Increasing Global Financial Impact -
Chang Ma (Fudan University, China)
Discussant: Céline Gimet (Sciences Po Aix, AMSE, France)
 
12:00 - 12:30 › Cash-in-advance payments and transaction size: Cash-constrained importers -
Yushi Yoshida (Shiga University, Japan)
Discussant: Chang Ma (Fudan University, China)
 
10:30 - 12:30 Session A02 - Migration, Education and their Impact on Firms and Global Economy (Room 202) - Chair: Masashige Hamano (Waseda University, Japan) (+)  
10:30 - 11:00 › Immigration and Firm Performance -
Federico Trionfetti (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Pedro H. Albuquerque (AMSE)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › Dutch Disease in the era of energy transition: How does international migration matter? -
Dramane Coulibaly (Université Lumière Lyon 2, GATE LSE)
Discussant: Federico Trionfetti (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › The occupational singularity: Cognitive technologies as new drivers of inequality -
Pedro H. Albuquerque (AMSE)
Discussant: Masashige Hamano (Waseda University)
 
12:00 - 12:30 › Higher Education Institutions as multi-product services exporters -
Masashige Hamano (Waseda University)
Discussant: Dramane Coulibaly (Université Lumière Lyon 2, GATE LSE)
 
10:30 - 12:30 Session A03 - Unemployment and Productivity (Room 203) - Chair: Wessel Vermeulen (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) (+)  
10:30 - 11:00 › From Okun's Law to the fiscal multiplier -
Jérôme Creel (OFCE)
Discussant: Cecilio Tamarit (Universidad de Valencia)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › Understanding Global Productivity Cycles -
Hideaki Hirata (Hosei University)
Discussant: Wessel Vermeulen (Newcastle University)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › Globalization and unemployment in the EU: new insights on the role of global value chains and workforce composition -
Cecilio Tamarit (Universidad de Valencia) & Mariam Camarero (University Jaume I)
Discussant: Hideaki Hirata (Hosei University)
 
12:00 - 12:30 › Regional employment and productivity effects from mass lay-offs -
Wessel Vermeulen (Newcastle University)
Discussant: Jérôme Creel (OFCE)
 
10:30 - 12:30 Session A04 - Environmental Policy (Room 204) - Chair: Mathilde Maurel (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, CES, France) (+)  
10:30 - 11:00 › Assessing the Impact of National Air Quality Standards on Agricultural Land Values: Insights from Corn and Soybean Regions -
Cécile Couharde (EconomiX)
Discussant: Camelia Turcu (Université d'Orléans, LEO)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › The new environmental governance tools in China: An analysis of the Corporate Environmental Credit System in Zhejiang -
Stéphanie Monjon (Université Prais-Dauphine - PSL, LEDa)
Discussant: Mathilde Maurel (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, CES)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › Do bankers want their umbrellas back when it rains? Evidence from Typhoons in China -
Camelia Turcu (Université d'Orléans, LEO)
Discussant: Cécile Couharde (EconomiX)
 
12:00 - 12:30 › Internal finance, financial constraint, and pollution emissions: evidence from China -
Mathilde Maurel (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, CES)
Discussant: Stéphanie Monjon (Université Prais-Dauphine - PSL, LEDa)
 
10:30 - 12:30 Session A05 - Exchange Rates and Japan in the World Economy (Amphi Cassin) - Chair: Helena Chulia (University of Barcelona, Spain) (+)  
10:30 - 11:00 › Invoice Currency Choice under Financial Constraints and Bargaining: Evidence from Japanese SMEs -
Satoshi Koibuchi (Chuo University)
Discussant: Nan Liu (Yokohama National University)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › Export Elasticity to Exchange Rates Revisited: Application of Rolling ARDL Estimation to Japanese Exports -
Nan Liu (Yokohama National University)
Discussant: Junko Shimizu (Gakushuin University)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › Invoice Currency Choice and its Determinants in Japanese Trade: New Evidence from Japanese Customs Data -
Junko Shimizu (Gakushuin University)
Discussant: Helena Chulia (University of Barcelona)
 
12:00 - 12:30 › A Comprehensive Analysis of the Evolution of Global Financial Integration: Japan as a Case Study -
Helena Chulia (University of Barcelona)
Discussant: Satoshi Koibuchi (Chuo University)
 
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch (Hôtel Aquabella & Spa Aix en Provence, 2 rue des Étuves, 13100 Aix)  
14:00 - 16:00 Session B01 - Drivers of Development Process (Room 201) - Chair: Elisenda Paluzie (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › Industrial Place-Based Policies and Informality: Evidence from Colombia -
Laura Contreras-Portela (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Harutaka Takahashi (Kobe University)
 
14:30 - 15:00 › Assessing the influence of three policies on Vietnam's economic development: Electricity infrastructure, globalization, and privatization -
Harutaka Takahashi (Kobe University)
Discussant: Elisenda Paluzie (Universitat de Barcelona)
 
15:00 - 15:30 › Performance of PPP investments in Electricity and Ports in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Stochastic Frontiers approach. -
Ababacar Sambe (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Laura Contreras-Portela (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
15:30 - 16:00 › Tariffs and industrial location in Ecuador -
Elisenda Paluzie (Universitat de Barcelona)
Discussant: Ababacar Sambe (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
14:00 - 16:00 Session B02 - Geopolitics and the Global Economy (Room 202) - Chair: Erica Perego (CEPII, France) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › On the time-varying impact of China's bilateral political relations on its trading partners (1960–2022) -
Jamel Saadaoui (University of Paris 8)
Discussant: Marcela Valenzuela (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
 
14:30 - 15:00 › Multilateral financial integration and political conflict: a 3-player game of debt negotiation -
Peter Claeys (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)
Discussant: Erica Perego (CEPII)
 
15:00 - 15:30 › The Geoeconomics of International Political Relations and Sovereign Defaults -
Marcela Valenzuela (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Discussant: Peter Claeys (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)
 
15:30 - 16:00 › China Development Aid in Emerging Markets: Project Financing versus Government Debt -
Erica Perego (CEPII)
Discussant: Jamel Saadaoui (University of Paris 8)
 
14:00 - 16:00 Session B03 - Econometric Tools for Macroeconomics and Finance (Room 203) - Chair: Frédérique Bec (CY Cergy Paris Université, THEMA, France) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › The CNH and CNY: A (rolling) fractional cointegration approach -
Benjamin Keddad (Paris School of Business)
Discussant: Aditi Chaubal (IIT Bombay)
 
14:30 - 15:00 › Gasoline price pass-through into CPI inflation: Evidence from Structure VAR -
Weiyang Zhai (University of Toyama)
Discussant: Frédérique Bec (CY Cergy Paris Université, THEMA)
 
15:00 - 15:30 › Multiscale Foreign Exchange Dynamics in India: A Wavelet Approach for four major currencies -
Aditi Chaubal (IIT Bombay)
Discussant: Benjamin Keddad (Paris School of Business)
 
15:30 - 16:00 › Forecast Performance of Noncausal Autoregressions and the Importance of Unit Root Pretesting -
Frédérique Bec (CY Cergy Paris Université, THEMA)
Discussant: Weiyang Zhai (University of Toyama)
 
14:00 - 16:00 Session B04 - The Dollar, the Renminbi and the Choice of Foreign Reserves (Room 204) - Chair: Bokyeong Park (Kyung Hee University, Korea) (+)  
14:00 - 14:30 › The Rise of the Chinese Renminbi as a Regional Key Currency? Convergence and Latent Dynamics of Industry-Specific Real Exchange Rates -
Sheue-Li Ong (Universiti Malaya)
Discussant: Laurent Ferrara (Skema Business School)
 
14:30 - 15:00 › Cyclicality of International Reserves, Exchange Rate Flexibility, and Output Volatility -
Xingwang Qian (SUNY Buffalo State University)
Discussant: Bokyeong Park (Kyung Hee University)
 
15:00 - 15:30 › Capturing international influences in U.S. monetary policy through a NLP approach -
Laurent Ferrara (Skema Business School)
Discussant: Xingwang Qian (SUNY Buffalo State University)
 
15:30 - 16:00 › The Selection of International Investment Currency: Implications for the Dollar Dominance in the Geopolitical Era -
Bokyeong Park (Kyung Hee University)
Discussant: Sheue-Li Ong (Universiti Malaya)
 
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break (Work café)  
16:30 - 17:30 Keynote speaker #2 - Mark Harrison (Oxford University)
"Globalization and Pandemic Governance: Lessons from two Pandemics"
Chair: Benoît Pouget (Sciences Po Aix, France)
(Amphi Cassin)
 
17:30 - 19:00 Session C01 - Growth Dynamics in China (Room 201) - Chair: Akira Kohsaka (Osaka University, Japan) (+)  
17:30 - 18:00 › The End of Miracle? China's Economic Growth Pattern -
Akira Kohsaka (Osaka University)
Discussant: Eric Girardin (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
18:00 - 18:30 › The Role of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in Implementing Five-Year Plans -
Nathan Vieira (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Akira Kohsaka (Osaka University)
 
18:30 - 19:00 › Dating growth and cycles in China: A sector-based approach -
Eric Girardin (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Nathan Vieira (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
17:30 - 19:00 Session C02 - Political Economy and Development (Room 202) - Chair: Elsa Gautrain (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) (+)  
17:30 - 18:00 › GROUP VIOLENCE, ETHNIC DIVERSITY, AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA -
Christophe Muller (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Michel Lubrano (CNRS, AMSE)
 
18:00 - 18:30 › Men's premarital migration and marriage payments: Evidence from Indonesia -
Elsa Gautrain (University of Fribourg)
Discussant: Christophe Muller (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
18:30 - 19:00 › Changing Beliefs in Meritocracy and Preference for Redistribution in China -
Michel Lubrano (CNRS, AMSE)
Discussant: Elsa Gautrain (University of Fribourg)
 
17:30 - 19:00 Session C03 - Challenges of Unipolar and Multipolar International Monetary System (Room 203) - Chair: Ito Hiro (Portland State University, United States) (+)  
17:30 - 18:00 › Monetary policy and exchange rate regimes under dominant currency paradigm -
Florina Cristina Badarau (Université de Bordeaux, BSE)
Discussant: Désiré Avom (Université Yaoundé 2, Cameroon)
 
18:00 - 18:30 › Can the BRICS become a sustainable economic and financial union? -
Kimiko Sugimoto (Konan University)
Discussant: Ito Hiro (Portland State University)
 
18:30 - 19:00 › Challenges for US Dollar Dominance in the Era of Hegemonic Competition -
Ito Hiro (Portland State University)
Discussant: Florina Cristina Badarau (Université de Bordeaux, BSE)
 
17:30 - 19:00 Session C04 - Migration, Epidemics and Ageing: Historical Perspective (Room 204) - Chair: Mark Harrison (Oxford University, United Kingdom) (+)  
17:30 - 18:00 › On the usefulness of the memory of epidemics in the development of port health resilience systems -
Benoît Pouget (Sciences Po Aix )
Discussant: Jeong-Ran Kim (University of Oxford)
 
18:00 - 18:30 › Illegal Entrants between South Korea and post-war Japan: Unfiltered bodies economic turmoil -
Jeong-Ran Kim (University of Oxford)
Discussant: Mathilde Esposito (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
18:30 - 19:00 › Aging and potential growth: a labor input analysis -
Mathilde Esposito (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Mark Harrison (University of Oxford)
 
20:00 - 23:00 Dinner in honor of Mary-Françoise Renard, Hélène Rey, Mark Harrison, Fukunari Kimura and Akira Kohsaka (Grand Hôtel Roi René Aix-en-Provence Centre - Mgallery, 24 boulevard du Roi René, 13100 Aix)  

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Time Event (+)
08:00 - 08:20 Welcoming coffee (Work café)  
08:30 - 09:30 Keynote speaker #3 - Fukunari Kimura (Keio University)
"Global Supply Chains under Geopolitical Tensions: a View from East Asia"
Chair: Akira Kohsaka (Osaka University, Japan)
(Amphi Cassin)
 
09:30 - 09:50 Coffee break (Work café)  
10:00 - 12:00 Session D01 - Emerging Markets (Room 201) - Chair: Aaron Mehrotra (Bank of International Settlements, Switzerland) (+)  
10:00 - 10:30 › Information Shocks in the U.S. and Asset Mispricing in Emerging Economies -
Marc Pourroy (Université de Poitiers)
Discussant: Masahiro Enya (Osaka Gakuin University)
 
10:30 - 11:00 › Industrial policy and input market access: Evidence from Nigerian fertiliser -
Ricardo Guzman (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Kohmei Makihara (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › Global Factors, Regional Factors, and Macro-Financial Linkages in East Asia -
Masahiro Enya (Osaka Gakuin University)
Discussant: Aaron Mehrotra (Bank for International Settlements)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › Fiscal sources of inflation risk in EMDEs: the role of the external channel -
Aaron Mehrotra (Bank for International Settlements)
Discussant: Marc Pourroy (Université de Poitiers)
 
10:00 - 12:00 Session D02 - ICT and Technological Progress (Room 202) - Chair: Takashi Matsuki (Ryukoku University, Japan) (+)  
10:00 - 10:30 › Technology in Africa: is the use of ICT making a decisive contribution to growth? -
Sylvie Marie-Louise Eyeffa Ekomo (Université de Yaoundé II)
Discussant: Uraku Yoshimoto (Ministry of Finance)
 
10:30 - 11:00 › Myth of U.S. Dollar Dominance in Japanese Exports New Evidence from Japanese Customs Level Data -
Uraku Yoshimoto (Ministry of Finance)
Discussant: Takashi Matsuki (Ryukoku University)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › Improving effects of industrial robot adoption on employment, TFP, and real wage in 52 world economies and OECD members -
Takashi Matsuki (Ryukoku University)
Discussant: Sylvie Marie-Louise Eyeffa Ekomo (Université de Yaoundé II)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › Robust Mechanism Design on Networks with Externality Goods -
Kohmei Makihara (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
Discussant: Ricardo Guzman (Aix-Marseille Université, AMSE)
 
10:00 - 12:00 Session D03 - International Trade (Room 203) - Chair: Keiko Ito (Chiba University, Japan) (+)  
10:00 - 10:30 › Trade Liberalization and Rural Poverty in Developing Countries: Evidence from Cambodia -
Misa Okabe (Wakayama University)
Discussant: Fabien Rondeau (Université de Rennes, CREM)
 
10:30 - 11:00 › Invoicing currency, value-added in imports, and exchange rate pass-through -
Fabien Rondeau (Université de Rennes, CREM)
Discussant: Misa Okabe (Wakayama University)
 
11:00 - 11:30 › Drivers of Post-Pandemic Currency Movement: Recurring Impacts of Sovereign Risks and Oil Prices -
Yuki Masujima (Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC)
Discussant: Keiko Ito (Chiba University)
 
11:30 - 12:00 › Till Death Do Us Part: Relationship shocks, supply chain organization and firm performance -
Keiko Ito (Chiba University)
Discussant: Yuki Masujima (Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC)
 
12:10 - 13:10 Keynote speaker #4 - Mary-Françoise Renard (CERDI, Université d’Auvergne)
"China, the "global south" and the growing role of geopolitics"
Chair: Gilles Dufrénot (Sciences Po Aix, AMSE, France)
(Amphi Cassin)
 
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch (Hôtel Aquabella & Spa Aix en Provence, 2 rue des Étuves, 13100 Aix)  
14:30 - 16:00 Walking tour of the city in English and glass of friendship - Departure and return to Aquabella  
17:00 - 18:00 Adjourn