Market Structure, Ownership, and Firm Performance in East Asia

October 24–25, 2008

IFN has invited international researchers working on foreign direct investment in East Asia for a two-day workshop in Stockholm. East Asia is a major receiver of FDI and the participants will discuss how these inflows of foreign multinational firms affect producer concentration, productivity, exports, employment and other important economic factors. The focus will be on the development in six East Asian countries: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The workshop takes place at Villa Källhagen, beautifully situated on the Djurgården pensinsula in the middle of Stockholm

Organizer: Fredrik Sjöholm

Participants

Dick Durevall	Dep. of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden
K C Fung	University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.
Joakim Gullstrand	Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden
Fredrik Heyman	IFN, Sweden
Lars Hultkrantz	Örebro University, Sweden
Juthathip Jongwanich	Economics & Research Dep., Asian Development Bank, Phillippines
Archanun Kohpaiboon	Thammasat University, Thailand
Cassey Lee	University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Phan Ngoc	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
Eric Ramstetter	ICSEAD, Japan
Johanna Rickne	IFN and Uppsala University, Sweden
Fredrik Sjöholm	IFN, Sweden
Sadayuki Takii	ICSEAD, Japan
Chih-Hai Yang	National Central University, Taiwan
Anders Åkerman	IFN, Sweden

Program

--- Friday October 24 ---

For each paper 30 minutes are devoted to the presenter, 15 minutes for the discussant and 15 minutes for open discussions.

Chair: Eric D. Ramstetter

09.30	Coffee
10.00	Welcome and Overview
10.15	Cassey Lee – University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus "SCP, NEIO and Beyond" Discussant: Lars Hultkrantz – Örebro University
11.15	Fredrik Sjöholm – Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) "The Effect of FDI on Employment and Technology in China" Discussant: K C Fung – University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.
12.15	Lunch

Chair: Cassey Lee

13.30	Chih-Hai Yang – National Central University, Taiwan, Chikashi Kishimoto – ICSEAD, Japan, and Eric D. Ramstetter – ICSEAD, Japan "Concentration, R&D, Foreign Ownership, and Exporting: Evidence from Taiwan's Manufacturing Industries and Electronics Plants" Discussant: Anders Åkerman – IFN
14.30	Eric D. Ramstetter – ICSEAD, Japan, and Phan Minh Ngoc – Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation "The Transition Takes Hold: Ownership, Concentration, Wages, and Productivity in Vietnamese Manufacturing after the Enterprise Law" Discussant: Fredrik Heyman – IFN
15.30	Coffee
16.00	Archanun Kohpaiboon – Thammasat University, Thailand, and Juthathip Jongwanich – Economics & Research Dep., Asian Development Bank "Producer Concentration, Foreign Ownership, and Firms' Performance in Thailand" Discussant: Dick Durevall – Gothenburg University
19.00	Conference Dinner at the Restaurant Gondolen, address Stadsgården 6, Stockholm

--- Saturday October 25 ---

Chair: Fredrik Sjöholm

09.00	Cassey Lee – University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus "Innovation, Productivity and Exports: Firm-Level Evidence from Malaysia" Discussant: Joakim Gullstrand – Lund University
10.00	Coffee
10.30	Sadayuki Takii – ICSEAD, Japan "International Linkages, Market Structure, and Development in Indonesia" Discussant: Johanna Rickne – IFN and Uppsala University
11.30	Summarizing Discussion
12.00	Lunch