The 27th NBER-TCER-CEPR Conference.

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The 27 th NBER-TCER-CEPR Conference, "Globalization and Welfare Impacts of International Trade," took place in Tokyo July 27. This meeting was sponsored jointly by the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, the NBER, the Tokyo Center for Economic Research, the Center for Advanced Research in Finance, and the Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy. Shin-ichi Fukuda of Tokyo University, Takeo Hoshi of Stanford University and NBER, and Fukunari Kimura of Keio University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Richard Baldwin, Graduate Institute, Geneva and NBER, and Toshihiro Okubo, Keio University, "GVC Journeys When National and Territorial Comparative Advantage Differ"

* Ayako Obashi, Aoyama Gakuin University, "Trade Agreement with Cross-Border Unbundling"

* Takeo Hoshi, and Kozo Kiyota, Keio University, "Potentials for Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Japan"

* Keith Head, University of British Columbia, and Thierry Mayer, Sciences-Po, "Misfits in the Car Industry: Offshore Assembly Decisions at the Variety Level"

* Gabriel Felbermayr and Marina Steininger, Ifo Center for International Economics; Fukunari Kimura and Toshihiro Okubo, "Quantifying the EU-Japan Economic Partnership...