Australasian Trade Workshop 2023
The James Cook University College of Business, Law and Governance is happy to host the 16th Australasian Trade Workshop
18 - 19 March, 2023
The Australasian Trade Workshop (ATW) is an annual conference of trade economists in Australasia, coordinated by Martin Richardson, Frank Stähler, and Benedikt Heid. Each year, it is hosted by a different university in the region.
It has its origins in the Otago Workshop in International Trade, a trade conference Frank Stähler organised at the University of Otago in New Zealand from 2006 to 2009. It moved to Australia under its current name in 2010. It has since been held at the ANU, the University of Adelaide (twice), the University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne, Curtin University-Perth, the University of Sydney, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Auckland, RMIT University, and University of Canterbury.
In 2023, it will take place at James Cook University. Further information about ATW can be found on ANU's Australasian Trade Workshop webpage.
Organising Committee
School of Business and Economics
University of Tübingen
School of Economics and Public Policy
University of Adelaide
Local Organiser
Associate Professor Sizhong Sun
College of Business Law and Governance
James Cook University
Email: sizhong.sun@jcu.edu.au
ATW 2023 will host keynote speaker Arpita Chatterjee.
Associate Professor of Economics
School of Economics
University of New South Wales
The 16th Australasian Trade Workshop | ||
Workshop Program | ||
Day 1: Saturday 18th March 2023 | ||
Time (AEST) | Session | |
8:50 | Welcome | |
Martin Richardson (Australian National University), Sizhong Sun (James Cook University) | ||
9:00 - 10:00 | Session 1 | |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | ||
Chair: Salamat Ali | ||
Presenter: John Romalis (Macquarie University and ABFER) | ||
Russian Counter-Sanctions and Smuggling: Forensics with Structural Gravity Estimation | ||
Discussant: Salamat Ali | ||
Presenter: Salamat Ali (Commonwealth Secretariat in London) | ||
Differential Effects of Internal and External Distances on Trade Flows: The Case of Pakistan | ||
Discussant: John Romalis | ||
10:00-11:00 | Session 2 | Session 3 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Gerald Willmann | Chair: Jie Bai | |
Presenter: Susanne Keller (University of Passau) | Presenter: Reshad Ahsan (University of Melbourne) | |
Trade Negotiations under Fire: Identity Politics and the Rising Opposition to Free Trade | The Impact of COVID-19 on Exports: Decomposing the Demand and Supply Channels | |
Discussant: Gerald Willmann | Discussant: Jie Bai | |
Presenter: Gerald Willmann (Bielefeld University) | Presenter: Jie Bai (Lingnan University) | |
The Farsighted Stability of Global Trade Policy Arrangements | Does Pollution Affect Exports? – Evidence from China | |
Discussant: Susanne Keller | Discussant: Reshad Ahsan | |
11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | |
11:30-12:30 | Session 4 | Session 5 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Evgenii Monastyrenko | Chair: Sebastian Schmidt | |
Presenter: Thi Hang Banh (National University of Singapore) | Presenter: Sergio Rocha (Monash University) | |
Foreign Competition, Skill Premium, and Product Quality: Impact of Chinese Competition on Mexican Plants | Matching Regulations Within and Across Commodities: Evidence from Technical Barriers to Trade | |
Discussant: Evgenii Monastyrenko | Discussant: Sebastian Schmidt | |
Presenter: Evgenii Monastyrenko (University of Luxembourg) | Presenter: Sebastian Schmidt (University of Gottingen & Kiel Institute for the World Economy) | |
Trade Shocks and Product Quality | Real Iceberg Transport Costs: The Distance Effect of the North Atlantic Iceberg Drift on Trade | |
Discussant: Thi Hang Banh | Discussant: Sergio Rocha | |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30-14:30 | Session 6 | Session 7 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Fatima Lekhe | Chair: Georg Thunecke | |
Presenter: Brian McCaig (Wilfrid Laurier University) | Presenter: Keisaku Higashida (Kwansei Gakuin University) | |
FDI Inflows and Domestic Firms: Adjustments to New Export Opportunities | Effect of Trade Restrictive Provisions with Due-Diligence on Bilateral Trade Flows: The Case of the US Regulation on Conflict Minerals | |
Discussant: Fatima Lekhe | Discussant: Georg Thunecke | |
Presenter: Fatima Lekhe (Swinburne University of Technology) | Presenter: Georg Thunecke (University of Tübingen) | |
The Effect of inward FDI on Service Exports Performance | The (Non-)Neutrality of Value-Added Taxation | |
Discussant: Brian McCaig | Discussant: Keisaku Higashida | |
14:30-15:30 | Session 8 | Session 9 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Pavel Chakraborty | Chair: Anna Jacobs | |
Presenter: Laura Puzzello (Monash University) | Presenter: Sanjana Goswami (National University of Singapore) | |
Trade Restrictiveness Index and Non-Tariff Measures | U.S. Trade War and Socioeconomic Outcomes | |
Discussant: Pavel Chakraborty | Discussant: Anna Jacobs | |
Presenter: Pavel Chakraborty (Lancaster University) | Presenter: Anna Jacobs (Bielefeld University & Kiel Institute for the World Economy) | |
Do Lenders also Respond to Import Competition Evidence from Bank-Firm Loan Level Data | Who is to Suffer? Quantifying the Impact of Sanctions on German Firms | |
Discussant: Laura Puzzello | Discussant: Sanjana Goswami | |
15:30-16:00 | Afternoon Tea | |
16:00-17:00 | Session 10 | |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | ||
Chair: Anna Ignatenko | ||
Presenter: Jean-Marie Viaene (Erasmus University) | ||
Firm Export Survival: Micro-Evidence from the Philippines | ||
Discussant: Anna Ignatenko | ||
Presenter: Anna Ignatenko (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) | ||
Countervailing Power of Firms in International Trade | ||
Discussant: Jean-Marie Viaene | ||
18:30-21:30 | Conference Dinner Venue: Crystalbrook Bailey, 163 Abbott Street, Cairns Queensland Australia 4870 (The 3rd floor, access via the glass lift in the lobby) | |
Day 2: Sunday 19th March 2023 | ||
Time | Session | |
9:00-10:00 | Keynote Session | |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | ||
Chair: Martin Richardson (Australian National University) | ||
Speaker: Arpita Chatterjee (University of New South Wales) | ||
Productivity and Quality of Multi-Product Firms | ||
10:00-11:00 | Session 11 | Session 12 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Hiroshi Mukunoki | Chair: Taiji Furusawa | |
Presenter: John Gilbert (Utah State University) | Presenter: Zhe(Jasmine) Jiang (University of Sydney) | |
Factor-Augmenting and Factor-Eliminating Technical Change in Simple General Equilibrium Models | Trade, Migration, and Inequality: An Analysis of China | |
Discussant: Hiroshi Mukunoki | Discussant: Taiji Furusawa | |
Presenter: Hiroshi Mukunoki (Gakushuin University) | Presenter: Taiji Furusawa (University of Tokyo) | |
Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer | Global Value Chains and Aggregate Income Volatility | |
Discussant: John Gilbert | Discussant: Zhe(Jasmine) Jiang | |
11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea | |
11:30-12:30 | Session 13 | Session 14 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Andreas Haufler | Chair: Markos Faraga | |
Presenter: Vladimir Tyazhelnikov (University of Sydney) | Presenter: Minh Tam Bui (Srinakharinwirot University) | |
Technological Distance: Grow Up or Grow Out? | Gender Effects of WTO Accession and FDI in the Manufacturing Sector: The Role of Firm Productivity and Trade Orientations in Vietnam (2007-2015) | |
Discussant: Andreas Haufler | Discussant: Markos Faraga | |
Presenter: Andreas Haufler (University of Munich) | Presenter: Markos Faraga (University of Cologne) | |
Attracting Profit Shifting or Fostering Innovation? On Patent Boxes and R&D Subsidies | On the Determinants of Trade in Natural Gas: A Political Economy Perspective | |
Discussant: Vladimir Tyazhelnikov | Discussant: Minh Tam Bui | |
12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30-14:30 | Session 15 | Session 16 |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | Venue: Boardroom/Moot Court | |
Chair: Usama Salamat | Chair: Xiaopeng Yin | |
Presenter: Somesh Mathur (Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur) | Presenter: Vikas Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Amritsar) | |
India’s Possible Alignment with the RCEP: A Partial and General Equilibrium Impact on Economy Wide Variables and Carbon Emissions | Effect of National Export Promotion Policy Instruments and Specific Firm-level Determinants on Export Intensity: A Study of the Indian Manufacturing Firms | |
Discussant: Usama Salamat | Discussant: Xiaopeng Yin | |
Presenter: Usama Salamat (University of Oxford) | Presenter: Xiaopeng Yin (University of International Business and Economics) | |
The Long Shadows of Brexit: Implications for African Countries | Global Value Chains: Scale Economy or Scope Economy? Evidence from Chinese Exporting Firms under Uncertainty | |
Discussant: Somesh Mathur | Discussant: Vikas Kumar | |
14:30-15:00 | Afternoon Tea | |
15:00-16:30 | Session 17 | |
Venue: Collaborative Learning Area | ||
Chair: Onur Koska | ||
Presenter: Pascalis Raimondos (Queensland University of Technology, CEPR, and Cesifo) | ||
Domestic MNEs, Spillovers and the Liability of Foreignness | ||
Discussant: Frederic Warzynski | ||
Presenter: Frederic Warzynski (Aarhus University) | ||
The Dynamics of Multinational Production: The Intensive and Extensive Margins of FDI Decisions of Korean Firms | ||
Discussant: Onur Koska | ||
Presenter: Onur Koska (University of Canterbury) | ||
Labor-Eliminating Technological Progress and Foreign Direct Investment | ||
Discussant: Pascalis Raimondos | ||
16:30-16:40 | Closing Session: Farewell | |
Frank Stähler (University of Tübingen), Sizhong Sun (James Cook University) | ||
The registration for the workshop is free and can be done here.
The workshop dinner will be at Crystalbrook Bailey, 163 Abbott Street, Cairns Queensland Australia 4870 (The 3rd floor, access via the glass lift in the lobby). The price is A$79 per person (not including drinks). The menu can be found here.
The ATW16 will be held in JCU’s Cairns CBD campus. Below are a few accommodation options that are close to the conference venue.
Hotels:
- Crystalbrook Bailey: https://www.crystalbrookcollection.com/bailey
- Hilton Cairns: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/crnhitw-hilton-cairns/
- Inn Cairns: https://www.inncairns.com.au/
- Mantra Trilogy: https://www.mantratrilogy.com.au/
- Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort: https://www.novotelcairnsresort.com.au/
- Oaks Cairns Hotel: https://www.oakshotels.com/en/oaks-cairns-hotel
- Pullman Reef Hotel Casino: https://www.reefcasino.com.au/
- Rydges Cairns: http://www.rydges.com/accommodation/cairns-qld/
- Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina: https://www.shangri-la.com/en/cairns/shangrila/
- More options can be found at Wotif
- Airbnb options
Tourism information:
- Cairns Tourist Information Centre: http://www.barrier-reef-holidays.com/
- 16 things to do your first time in Cairns: https://www.tropicalnorthqueensland.org.au/articles/things-to-do-in-cairns/
Travelling from the Cairns International and Domestic Airport to the City:
The Cairns International and Domestic Airport is located within ten minutes’ drive from the Cairns CBD and is easily accessible by hiring car, taxi or airport shuttle bus. A taxi will only cost around $25 - $30 one way into the CBD and the airport shuttle will set you back around $16 per person.
Hire cars can be picked up and returned from/to the airport and you will find many hire car booths there on arrival in the lounge at both terminals, however it is much cheaper to prebook.
More information can be found at:
- https://www.visitcairns.com.au/cairnsinfo
- https://www.cairnsairport.com.au/travelling/parking-and-transport/transport-options/
The conference venue is in Cairns CBD, and is generally within walking distance to various accommodations in the city.