RIETI-IWEP-CESSA Joint-Workshop
Exchange Rates and International Currency: Perspective from China and Japan
19 November 2016
Beijing Landmark Tower
Program
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:40 Opening Remarks
Jie SUN, Senior Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
09:40 – 11:10 Session 1
Chair: Ming ZHANG, Senior Fellow, Head of Department of International Investment, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
Paper 1: Exchange Rate Volatility, Exports and Global Value Chains (Kiyotaka SATO and Shajuan ZHANG)
09:40 – 10:00 Presentation
Shajuan ZHANG, Center for Economic Growth Strategy, Yokohama National University, Japan
10:00 – 10:10 Comments
Qingyi SU, Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Trade, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
10:10 – 10:25 Free Discussion
Paper 2: One RMB, One External Competitiveness? Evidence from China’s Provincial Effective Exchange Rates (by Panpan YANG, Qingyi SU and Qiyuan XU)
10:25 – 10:45 Presentation
Panpan YANG, Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Global Macroeconomy, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
10:45 – 10:55 Comments
Kiyotaka SATO, Professor, Department of Economics, Yokohama National University, Japan/RIETI Project Member
10:55 – 11:10 Free Discussion
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Session 2
Chair: Eiji OGAWA, Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Japan/RIETI Faculty Fellow
Paper 3: Currencies in Safe Haven Status: Renminbi, Yen, Euro, and Dollar (by Yuki MASUJIMA)
11:30 – 11:50 Presentation
Yuki MASUJIMA, Senior Japan Economist, Bloomberg Intelligence/RIETI Project Member
11:50 – 12:00 Comments
Lisheng XIAO, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Head of Department of International Finance, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
12:00 – 12:15 Free Discussion
Paper 4: Potential Assessment of RMB Trade Settlement: Evidence from China's Export Enterprises (by Hongshan AI and Qiyuan XU)
12:15 – 12:35 Presentation
Hongshan AI, Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University
12:35 – 12:45 Comments
Junko SHIMIZU, Professor, Department of Economics, Gakushuin University, Japan/RIETI Project Member
12:45 – 13:00 Free Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 3
Chair: Qiyuan XU, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Department of Economic Development, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
Paper 5: Exchange Rate Pass-through at the Individual Product Level: Evidence from Japan and Thailand (by Kai Po Jenny LAW, Eiji SATOH and Taiyo YOSHIMI)
14:00 – 14:20 Presentation
Taiyo YOSHIMI, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Nanzan University, Japan/RIETI Project Member
14:20 – 14:30 Comments
Junbin Wang, Associate Professor, School of Public Finance and Taxation, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
14:30 – 14:45 Free Discussion
Paper 6: Firm-specific Exchange Rate Shocks and Employment Adjustment: Evidence from China (by Mi DAI and Jianwei XU)
14:45 – 15:05 Presentation
Mi DAI, Assistant Professor, Business School, Beijing Normal University
15:05 – 15:15 Comments
Taiyo YOSHIMI, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Nanzan University, Japan/RIETI Project Member
15:15 – 15:30 Free Discussion
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee Break
15:50 – 17:20 Session 4
Chair: Junko SHIMIZU, Professor, Department of Economics, Gakushuin University, Japan/RIETI Project Member
Paper 7: Firm’s Predicted Exchange Rate and Nonlinearities in Pricing-to-Market (by Thi Ngoc Anh NGUYEN and Kiyotaka SATO)
15:50 – 16:10 Presentation
Thi Ngoc Anh NGUYEN, Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan
16:10 – 16:20 Comments
Yaqi WANG, Assistant Professor，School of Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics
16:20 – 16:35 Free Discussion
Paper 8: Why do Chinese Firms Borrow Foreign Currency Debt? (by Shuyu CHANG and Lishen XIAO)
16:35 – 16:55 Presentation
Shuyu CHANG, Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Global Macroeconomy, Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS
16:55 – 17:05 Comments
Eiji OGAWA, Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Japan/RIETI Faculty Fellow
17:05 – 17:20 Free Discussion
17:20 – 17:30 Closing Remarks
Eiji OGAWA, Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Japan/RIETI Faculty Fellow
18:00 – 20:00 Conference Banquet
Host: Dexun WANG, Senior Fellow, Deputy Director of Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), CASS