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He had also served as the President of Japanese Economic Association (2009-2010). He holds a Ph.D. in regional science from the University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching interests are urban economics, regional economics, international trade, and spatial economics. His major works include: Urban Economic Theory, Cambridge University Press, 1989; The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade, MIT Press, 1999 (with P. Krugman and A.J. Venables); Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth, Cambridge University Press, 2002 (with J. Thisse), 2013 (2nd edition); Regional Integration in East Asia: From the Viewpoint of Spatial Economics (editor), Macmillan, 2007.; The Economics of East Asian Integration: A Comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues (co-editor), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011 Profile Close Presentation Presentation1 "Implications of Inter-firm Networks for Theories of Production and Trade" Samuel KORTUM (James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics, Yale University) Presentation [PDF:77KB] Bio Samuel Kortum is James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics at Yale University. He is also Consultant at Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He received his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. He was formerly Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, on the faculty of Boston University and the University of Minnesota, a Staff Economist at the Federal Reserve Board, and a National Fellow at the NBER. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper "Technology, Geography, and Trade." He is currently an editor of the Journal of Political Economy. In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics. His research has appeared in top academic journals and has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. Close Presentation2 "Empirical Evidence of Firm-to-firm Network in Trade and its Implications" Andrew BERNARD (Jack Byrne Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College) Presentation [PDF:156KB] Bio Andrew B. Bernard is the Jack Byrne Professor of International Economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He is also a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Professor Bernard received a PhD in economics from Stanford University. Professor Bernard has given lectures at the World Bank, IMF, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission on the topic of firms and globalization. Professor Bernard is an expert on firm and industry responses to globalization and his current research in international trade focuses on topics including the importance of domestic supply networks, buyer-seller interactions, multi-product firms, and exporter dynamics. He is a past recipient of a National Science Foundation grant to support his work on firms and products in international trade. Close Presentation3 "Trade, Sectoral Linkages, and Labor Market Dynamics: Quantitative implications" Lorenzo CALIENDO (Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University) Presentation [PDF:1.4MB] Bio Professor Caliendo's research is focused on understanding and quantifying the economic effects of international trade. His work follows three main strands. The first strand focuses on the determinants of the trade and welfare effects of commercial policy. Of particular interest to him are the propagation effects, via input-output linkages, across spatially distinct labor markets. The second examines how a firm's growth and how foreign trade competition affect a firm's organizational structure, the wage structure inside a firm, and a firm's productivity. The third strand deals with understanding the macroeconomics effects of international trade and growth. He is also a Research Fellow at the NBER, a Research Staff at Cowles Foundation, and affiliated to the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago. Close Presentation4 "The Implications of Agglomeration and Regional Spillover Effects" Robert DEKLE (Professor of Economics, University of Southern California) Presentation [PDF:824KB] Bio Robert Dekle is Professor of Economics at University of Southern California. His research areas include International Macroeconomics, Finance, Trade and East Asian Economics. He received an A.B. in Economics from U.C. Berkeley in 1981, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale in 1988. His employment experiences are Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard, 1987-1988; Assistant Professor, Departments of Economics and International Relations, Boston University, 1988-1994; Staff Economist, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C., 1994-1995; Staff Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., 1995-1998; Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Department of Economics, USC, 1998-; Consultant and Visiting Professor, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2006-2007. Close Panel Discussion Introduction SAITO Yukiko (Senior Fellow, RIETI) Presentation [PDF:637KB] Bio Yukiko Saito received an A.B. and Ph.D. both in Physics from the University of Tokyo. Her employment experiences include: research associate and senior associate at the Economic Research Center at Fujitsu Research Institute (2002-2012); research committee member at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) (2006-2012); associate professor at the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University (2008-2010); visiting research officer at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (2011-2013); fellow and senior fellow at RIETI (2012-present); and lecturer at Keio University (2014-present). Her major works include: "Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance," NBER WP 21082, 2015; "Fast trains, supply networks, and firm performance," Vox EU, 2014; "Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake," RIETI DP 14-E-035; "Localization of Collaborations in Knowledge Creation," RIETI DP 13-E-070; and "Measuring Economic Localization: Evidence from Japanese firm-level data," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 26 (2), June 2012. Profile Close Discussion / Q&A Panelist (in order of appearance) Samuel KORTUM (James Burrows Moffatt Professor of Economics, Yale University) Andrew BERNARD (Jack Byrne Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College) Lorenzo CALIENDO (Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University) Robert DEKLE (Professor of Economics, University of Southern California) Moderator HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki (Program Director, RIETI / Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University) Bio Nobuaki Hamaguchi is a professor at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB) at Kobe University. He received a B.A. in Brazilian Studies from Osaka University of Foreign Studies and an M.A. and Ph.D. both in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania. His previous experience include researcher at the Institute of Developing Economies (current Institute of Developing Economics, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)) in 1987; visiting researcher at the Institute of Economics at Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) (2000-2003); and associate Professor at RIEB at Kobe University (2004-2006). His research areas focus on spatial economics and regional studies (Brazil). His major works include: "Japan and Economic Integration in East Asia: Post-disaster scenario,"Annals of Regional Science 48 (2) April 2012 and "Supply Chain Internationalization in East Asia: Inclusiveness and risks," Papers in Regional Science (forthcoming)—available online DOI: 10.1111/pirs.1218 Profile Close Events Symposiums Workshops BBL Seminars Archived Seminar Series Communications Newsletter RSS Feed Facebook X YouTube Research Areas Research Programs (FY2024-2028) Research Programs (FY2020-2023) Research Programs (FY2016-2019) Research Programs (FY2011-2015) Policy Research Domains (FY2006-2010) Projects Survey Fellows Research/Policy Papers Discussion Papers (English) Discussion Papers (Japanese) Policy Discussion Papers (English) Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) Technical Papers (English) Technical Papers (Japanese) Non Technical Summaries List of Articles in Journals Research Digest Discussion Papers Search Publications RIETI Books (English) RIETI Books (Japanese) History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy Authors' Words Other Publications (English) Other Publications (Japanese) Events Symposiums Workshops BBL Seminars Archived Seminar Series Data JIP Database R-JIP Database CIP Database Industry-Specific Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rates AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators JSTAR RIETI-TID RIETI FDI Database ICPA Project Links Articles Column Special Series Newspapers & Magazines Fellows' Works VoxEU Column From IZA Perspectives from Around the World Other Contents RIETI Report Policy Update Keizai Sangyo Journal (METI Journal) About RIETI Privacy Policy Site Policy Site Map Help Contact METI Web Site Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, IAA (JCN 6010005005426)JCN: Japan Corporate Number Opinions expressed or implied on this website are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).Titles, numbers, specific names, etc. on this website are as of the date of publication. 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