The 5th APEF International Conference

 

Asian Regionalism:

New Developments, Opportunities and Challenges

5-6 July 2006

Kangwon National University

Chuncheon, Korea

 

The Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEF), along with the Asia-Pacific Leadership Center, Kangwon National University, is organizing its 5th international conference in Chuncheon, Korea, on 5-6 July 2006.

 

The APEF (also known as the Soohyang Club) is a new international economics group set up in May 2001 at the Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea. The APEF¡¯s objectives are to research, discuss and disseminate substantive findings and information on development, growth, trade, regional integration and international economic relations in APEC countries with special focus on East Asia, South East Asia and Oceania.

 

This is the 5th one of the APEF conference series. Previous ones were hosted by Kangwon National University, Korea (2001), University of Wollongong, Australia (2002), Keio University, Japan (2003), and Renmin University, China (2004).

 

Organizing Units

Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEF)
Asia-Pacific Leadership Center (APLC), Kangwon National University

 

Program Committee

Chung Mo Koo
Charles Harvie
Tran Van Hoa
Fukunari Kimura

Kangwon National University, Korea (Chair)
University of Wollongong, Australia
Victoria University, Australia
Keio University, Japan

 

Local Organizing Committee

Hyun-Hoon Lee 
Euijeong Park         

Kangwon National University, Korea (Chair)
Kangwon National University, Korea

 
 All information about APEF and the conference can be addressed to:

Chung Mo Koo
Hyun-Hoon Lee 
Euijeong Park         

cmkoo@kangwon.ac.kr
hhlee@kangwon.ac.kr

right@kangwon.ac.kr

Photos1, Photos2, Logo

 
 
 

Overview of the Conference

Otherwise mentioned, all sessions and ceremonies

will be held at Seminar Room 1303 in Business Bldg, Kangwon National University.

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

08:30-09:00   Registration

09:00-09:30   Welcome Session

09:30-12:00   Session 1 : New Regionalism and Economic Integration

12:00-14:00   Lunch

14:00-16:00   Session 2 : Growth and Trade

16:00-16:15   Tea Break

16:15-18:15   Session 3 : FTAs in the Asia-Pacific

19:00-21:00   Dinner (Venue: Santorini)

Thursday, July 6, 2006

09:00-11:30   Session 4 : Currency and Selected Issues in the Asia-Pacific

11:30-11:45   Tea Break

11:45-12:15   Round Table Symposium and APEF Meeting

12:15-14:00   Lunch

 
Program
Wednesday, July 5, 2006

08:30-09:00   Registration

 

09:00-09:30   Welcome Session

Opening Remarks

Chung Mo Koo (President, 2006 Asia Pacific Economic Forum)

Hyun-Hoon Lee (Director, Asia-Pacific Leadership Center, Kangwon National University)

 

 

09:30-12:00   Session 1 : New Regionalism and Economic Integration

Moderator: Tran Van Hoa (Victoria University, Australia)

 

New regionalism: Overlapping Free Trade Areas

Jung Hur (National University of Singapore)

Discussant: Fukunari Kimura (Keio University, Japan)

 

Economic Integration, Sectoral Adjustments and Natural Groupings in East Asia

Hakuyu (Hiro) Lee (Kobe University, Japan)

Dominique van der Mensbrugghe(World Bank)

Discussant: Sung Jin Kang (Korea University, Korea))

 

Are Exports of China, Japan and Korea Diverted in Major Regional Trading Blocks?

Chung Mo Koo (Kangwon National University, Korea)

Hyun-Hoon Lee (Kangwon National University, Korea)

Euijeong Park (Kangwon National University, Korea)

Discussant: Tran Van Hoa (University of Wollongong, Australia)

 

Level Uneven Terrain: Integration Strategies in East Asia

Fukunari Kimura (Keio University, Japan)

Kazunobu Hayakawa (Keio University, Japan)

Discussant: Se Young Ahn (Sogang University, Korea)

 

Future Avenues for an Open East Asian Region

Robert Scollay  (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Discussant: Charles Harvie (University of Wollongong, Australia)

 

12:00-14:00   Lunch

 

14:00-16:00   Session 2 : FTAs in the Asia-Pacific

Moderator: Jong Won Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

 

Prospects for, and opportunities from, an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement

Charles Harvie (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Discussant: Junggun Oh (Bank of Korea)

 

East Asia-Australia Regionalism: Modelling Gains and Losses from an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement

Tran Van Hoa (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Discussant: Jung Hur (National University of Singapore)

 

The Prospects of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA): A Qualitative Assessment

Donghyun Park (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Discussant: Hakuyu (Hiro) Lee (Kobe University, Japan)

 

 

 

16:00-16:15   Tea Break

 

16:15-17:45   Session 3 : Growth and Trade

Moderator: Young Youn Lee (Kangwon National University, Korea)

 

What Factors Determine the Mode of Overseas R&D by Multinationals?: Empirical Evidence

Banri Ito (Keio University, Japan)

Ryuhei Wakasugi (Keio University, Japan)

Discussant: Dick Beason (University of Alberta, Canada)

 

The Impact of Large Firms in Promoting Economic Growth, Exports, and Regional Integration: a Chandlerian Perspective with Emphasis on East Asia

Elias Sanidas (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Discussant: In-Gyu Kim (Hallym Universitya, Korea)

 

Labor Standards, Labor Unions and the Competition of Developing Countries

Lexiun Zhao (Kobe University, Japan)

Discussant: Donghyun Park (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

 

 

19:00-21:00   Dinner (Venue: Santorini)

 
Thursday, July 6, 2006
 

09:00-11:00   Session 4 : Currency and Selected Issues in the Asia-Pacific

Moderator: Inchul Kim (Sungkyunkwan University , Korea)

 

On the Determinants of Exporters¡¯ Currency Pricing: History vs. Expectations

Shin-ichi Fukuda (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Masanori Ono (Fukushima University, Japan)

Discussant: SangJoon Baak (Waseda University, Japan)

 

On the Global Properties of the Model of Developing Countries with Incomplete International Financial Market

Tadashi Inoue (Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan)

Discussant: Seok-Dong Wang (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea)

 

Needs and Directions of Monetary Cooperation in East Asia

Junggun Oh (Bank of Korea)

Discussant: Eiji Ogawa (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

 

Progress toward Common Currency Basket System in East Asia

Eiji Ogawa (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

Junko Shimizu (Meikai University, Japan)

Discussant: Doo Yong Yang (Korea Institute for International Economics)

 

 

11:00-11:15   Tea Break

 

11:15-12:00   Round Table Symposium and APEF Meeting

 

12:00-14:00   Lunch

 
 
List of Participants

 
Presenters
 
 

Name

Organization

E-mail

Dick Beason

University of Alberta, Canada

Dick.Beason@ualberta.ca

Masahiro Endo

Keio University, Japan

endoh@fbc.keio.ac.jp

Charles Harvie

University of Wollongong, Australia

charvie@uow.edu.au

Kazunobu Hayakawa

Keio University, Japan

fumare@gray.plala.or.jp

Tran Van Hoa

University of Victoria, Australia

jimmy.tran@vu.edu.au

Jung Hur

National University of Singapore

ecshurj@nus.edu.sg

Tadashi Inoue

Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan

inoue@shudo-u.ac.jp

Fukunari Kimura

Keio University, Japan

VZF02302@nifty.ne.jp

Chung Mo Koo

Kangwon National University, Korea

cmkoo@kangwon.ac.kr

Hakuyu (Hiro) Lee

Kobe University, Japan

hlee@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp

Hyun-Hoon Lee

Kangwon National University, Korea

hhlee@kangwon.ac.kr

Eiji Ogawa

Hitotsubashi Unversity, Japan

ogawa.eiji@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp

Junggun Oh

Bank of Korea

ojunggun@bok.or.kr

Donghyun Park

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

adpark@ntu.edu.sg

Euijeong Park

Kangwon National University, Korea

right@kangwon.ac.kr

Elias Sanidas

University of Wollongong, Australia

esanidas@uow.edu.au

Robert Scollay

University of Auckland, New Zealand

r.scollay@auckland.ac.nz

Junko Shimizu

Meikai University, Japan

junkoshimizu@jcom.home.ne.jp

Shin-ichi Fukuda

University of Tokyo, Japan

sfukuda@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Ryuhei Wakasugi

Keio University, Japan

wakasugi@econ.keio.ac.jp

Lexiun Zhao

Kobe University, Japan

zhao@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp

 

Moderators / Discussants

 

Name

Organization

E-Mail

Se Young Ahn

Sogang University, Korea

syahn@sogang.ac.kr

SangJoon Baak

Waseda University, Japan

s_baak@hotmail.com
Sung Jin Kang Korea University, Korea sjkang@korea.ac.kr
Inchul Kim Sungkyunkwan University , Korea ickim@skku.ac.kr
In-Gyu Kim Hallym University, Korea igkim@hallym.ac.kr
Jong Won Lee Sungkyunkwan University, Korea jwlee@skku.ac.kr

Young Youn Lee

Kangwon National Unviersity, Korea

yylee@kangwon.ac.kr

Seok-Dong Wang

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea

sdwang@hufs.ac.kr

Doo Yong Yang Korea Institute for International Economics yangdy@kiep.go.k