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December 21, 2015

[SSJ: 9227] Abe Fellowship Colloquium: "The Economic Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership" (Jan. 7)

From: SSRC Tokyo Office
Date: 2015/12/21

ABE FELLOWSHIP COLLOQUIUM

"The Economic Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership:
What Have We Learned from CGE Simulation?"

The Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, if successfully implemented, will liberalize trade between the US, Japan and ten other Asia-Pacific economies, making it one of the largest regional agreements ever seen. The prospect of a comprehensive trade agreement spanning the Pacific raises a number of important quantitative questions. What is the likely magnitude of the economic gains? How do the gains compare to other proposed agreements? Are they evenly distributed across member economies and across societies within the members? What types of changes might we observe in the pattern of economic activity in the member economies?
One of the most widely used techniques for evaluating these types of questions is numerical simulation with computable general equilibrium, or CGE, models. There have now been a number of papers written that use CGE methods to analyze the TPP. In this symposium we will discuss the CGE method, provide a synthesis of the key results that have emerged from the literature, and discuss some new simulation results of our own.

Biographical Information

John Gilbert is a Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Utah State University, a position he has held since 2001. He received his Ph.D in economics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His field of research is international trade theory and policy, and he has worked on theoretical topics ranging from the implications of labor market distortions on trade liberalization, to the rationales for offshoring, to the enforcement of narcotics restrictions in trade. His policy work has used computable general equilibrium modeling techniques to help understand the economic consequences of regional trade liberalization, especially in the Asia-Pacific.
He has written numerous books and articles in the areas of both trade theory and trade policy, and has worked on projects for multilateral institutions including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and UNESCAP. He began his Abe Fellowship in 2014, and has been resident for the past year at the Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University.

Speaker: John Gilbert
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Utah State University/ Abe Fellow (2013)

Discussant: Shujiro URATA
Professor, International Economics, Waseda University

Moderator: Nobuhiro HIWATARI
Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo/ Abe Fellow (1993)

When: Thursday, January 7th 2016, from
6 pm to 8 pm (an informal reception follows)

Where: Sakura Hall 2nd Floor, Japan
Foundation, 4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/access/map.html

Notes: Simultaneous interpretation
will be available. Admission is free.


RSVP by sending this form by email or fax. Your colleagues and friends are also welcome.

Email: ssrcABE@gol.com Fax:
03-5369-6142 Phone: 03-5369-6085

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This event is jointly sponsored by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Tokyo Office and Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP).

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