National Bureau of Economic Research
Conference on the Chinese Economy
Organized by Hanming Fang, Shang-Jin Wei, and Wei Xiong
March 21-22, 2019
Joint with Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
And School of Entrepreneurship and Management, ShanghaiTech University
Venue: Fudan Fanhai International School of Finance
318 Zhongshan South Road, 10th Floor
Shanghai, China
8:00 am | Registration |
8:30 am | Opening Remarks
Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia, Fudan FISF and NBER) and Hanming Fang (Penn, ShanghaiTech SEM and NBER) |
8:40 am | Kevin Lim, University of Toronto
Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto and NBER
Miaojie Yu, Peking University
Trade and Innovation: The Role of Scale and Competition Effects Discussant: | Hong Ma, Tsinghua University |
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9:40 am | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:00 am | J. Vernon Henderson, London School of Economics
Dongling Su, Boston University
Qinghua Zhang, Peking University
Siqi Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Local Factor Market Distortions in China Discussant: | Xiyi Yang, ShanghaiTech University |
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11:00 am | Dan Lu, University of Rochester
Yan Bai, University of Rochester and NBER
Keyu Jin, London School of Economics
Misallocation under Trade Liberalization Discussant: | Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua PBC |
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12:00 pm | Lunch
Lunch time talk (to be announced) |
1:30 pm | Tao Chen, Nanyang Technological University
Yi Huang, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Chen Lin, The University of Hong Kong
Finance and Volatility Discussant: | Bohui Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
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2:30 pm | Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Chunliu Yang, Fudan University
Do Internet Finance Platforms Mitigate Conflicts of Interest? The Case of Mutual Fund Investment Discussant: | Hong Zhang, Tsinghua PBC |
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3:30 pm | Coffee/Tea Break |
3:50 pm | Guangwei Li, ShanghaiTech University
The Role of R&D Offshoring in Knowledge Diffusion: New Evidence from China Discussant: | Zonglai Kou, Fudan University |
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4:50 pm | Zheng Michael Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Duncan Thomas, Duke University and NBER
Miaojun Wang, Zhejiang University
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
The Rise of Modern Retail in China: An Anatomy of the Footwear Industry Discussant: | Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University |
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5:50 pm | Adjourn |
6:30 pm | Reception/Dinner
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Friday, March 22 |
8:30 am | Sumit Agarwal, Georgetown University
Yongheng Deng, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jia He, Nankai University
Wenlan Qian, National University of Singapore
Yuan Ren, National University of Singapore
Quanlin Gu, Peking University
Consumption and Debt Response to Monetary Policy: The Debt Service Channel Discussant: | Yi Huang, The Graduate Institute, Geneva |
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9:30 am | Coffee/Tea Break |
10:00 am | Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Qing Wang, Southwest University of Finance and Economics
Tong Xu, Emory University
Tao Zha, Emory University and NBER
Household Heterogeneity and the Transmission of Mortgage Policy in China: The Speculative Channel Discussant: | Bo Zhao, Peking University |
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11:00 am | Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University
Bo Li, Tsinghua University
Going Bankrupt in China Discussant: | Cong Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
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12:00 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm | Ziying Fan, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Xiaxin Wang, Fudan FISF & University of Michigan
Hang Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Understanding Misreporting: Responses to a Housing Transaction Tax Notch in China Discussant: | Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua SEM |
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2:30 pm | Coffee/Tea Break |
3:00 pm | Ran Duchin, University of Washington
Zhenyu Gao, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Haibing Shu, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Involuntary Political Connections and Firm Outcomes Discussant: | Ninghua Zhong, Tongji University |
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4:00 pm | Adjourn |
| Instructions to the presenters and discussants:
25 minutes per paper presentation.
15 minutes of discussion (the discussant could skip a summary of the paper if it is not a new way of looking at the issue).
Balance of the time: general discussion. |
