East Asian Seminar on Economics.

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The NBER's East Asian Seminar on Economics took place June 6-7 in Thailand. Research Associates Takatoshi Ito of Columbia University and Andrew K. Rose of the University of California, Berkeley organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER; Andrew Greenland, Elon University; Mihai Ion, University of Arizona; and John Lopresti, College of William & Mary, "Using Equity Market Reactions to Infer Exposure to Trade Liberalization"

* Shujiro Urata, Waseda University and ERIA; Kazunobu Hayakawa, Institute of Developing Economies; and Tadashi Ito, Gakushuin University, "Impacts of Increased Chinese Imports on Japan's Labor Market"

* Minho Kim, Korea Development Institute, and Iona Hyojung Lee, Singapore Management University, "The Impact of Chinese Imports on Korean Manufacturing Plants"

* Yu-Yin Wu, Shih Hui-Tzu, Chu-Hsuan Su, and Chu-Nan Hu, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, "Impact of Regional Economic Integration on Taiwan's Industrial Supply Chain of Vehicles"

* Bingjing Li, National University of Singapore, and Loren Brandt and Peter Morrow, University of Toronto, "Is Processing Good? Theory and Evidence from China"

* Hong Ma, Tsinghua University, and Peter Eppinger, Tubingen University, "Optimal Ownership and Firm Performance: Theory and Evidence from China's FDI Liberalization"

* Teresa C. Fort and Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER, and Frederic Warzynski and Valerie Smeets, Aarhus University, "Heterogeneous Globalization: Offshoring and...