2019 China Conference of CEA (UK/Europe)
China’s Tough Battles: Reform, Stability and Development
4-5 July 2019
Shanghai, China
Link: http://cea2019.weebly.com/
Organising Institutions
ShanghaiTech University
Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe)
Co-organising Institutions
Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
China Economic Society (North America)
Keynote Speakers
Zongwu Cai, University of Kansas, President of the Chinese Economists Society
Wing Thye Woo, University of California at Davis (tbc)
Weiying Zhang, Peking University, co-founder of CEA
Hongbin Li, Stanford University
Yanrui Wu, University of Western Australia
Chairs
Hanming Fang, ShanghaiTech University & University of Pennsylvania
Ding Lu, ShanghaiTech University
Zheng Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong & ShanghaiTech University
Wenxuan Hou, University of Edinburgh & Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
About CEA Conference
China Economic Association (UK/Europe) was founded in 1988 in London by a group of overseas Chinese economists, some of whom were impactful policy advisors in China’s economic reform-and-opening process. In the past three decades, it has become the largest academic association on the Chinese economy in Europe. CEA holds two conference every year, one in Europe or UK and one in China. ShanghaiTech University is the host of the 2019 CEA’s China Conference.
On the government’s agenda, China is at the final stage of fulfilling one of its Two Centenary Goals: i.e. to bring China into “a moderately prosperous society of a higher level” by the time of the Communist Party’s centenary in 2021. To reach this goal, the country is fighting the “three tough battles” – preventing and defusing systematic financial risks, targeted poverty alleviation, and pollution control. In all these fronts, severe and complicated challenges need in-depth, rigorous, and insightful research by economists and business specialists. “China’s Tough Battles: Reform, Stability and Development” is an international conference to address these challenges. The objective of this conference is to present high quality theoretical and empirical academic research on the topics related to the recent business, financial and economic development of China.
Program Summary
Day 1 (July 4)
Registration08:00-08:30
Opening ceremony08:30-08:50
Photo session08:50-09:00
Keynote I Weiying Zhang09:00-09:45
Keynote II Hongbin Li09:45-10:30
Coffee Break10:30-10:45
Parallel Sessions: A1&A210:45-12:00
A1 Political Uncertainty and Business
A2 Human Capital & Education
Lunch12:00-13:30
Keynote III Zongwu Cai13:30-14:15
Parallel Sessions: B1&B214:15-15:30
B1 Housing and Labor Markets
B2 Workers’ Age and Health Care
Coffee Break15:30-15:45
Parallel Sessions: C1&C215:45-17:25
C1 Causes of China’s Growth Pattern
C2 Strategic Choices for Business
Dinner18:00-20:00
Day 2 (July 5)
Keynote IV Wing Thye Woo09:00-09:45
Coffee Break09:45-10:00
Parallel Sessions: D1&D210:00-11:40
D1 Political Economy
D2 Earnings, Productivity, and Growth
Lunch11:45-13:00
Keynote V Yanrui Wu13:00-13:45
Coffee Break13:45-14:00
Parallel Sessions: E1&E214:00-15:40
E1 Spill-over and Innovation
E2 Stock Market
Program Details
Day 1 (July 4)
Registration08:00-08:30
Opening ceremony08:30-08:50
Photo session08:50-09:00
Keynote I09:00-09:45
Weiying Zhang (Peking University): The Power of Ideas and the Chinese Economic Reform as an Evolutionary Process
Keynote II09:45-10:30
Hongbin Li (Stanford University): Education and Entrepreneurship
Coffee Break10:30-10:45
Parallel Sessions: A1&A210:45-12:00
A1 Political Uncertainty and Business
Xiaoman Duan (University of Oklahoma), Wenbin Cao (NEOMA Business School), Vahap B. Uysal
Economic Policy Uncertainty and Capital Structure Choices
Wei Yu (Shanghai University of International Business and Economics), Ying Zheng
Political Uncertainty, Government Incentives, and the Stock Market during China’s Two Sessions
Meng Zheng (The Open University of Hong Kong), Liang Shao, Gordon Y.N.Tang,Long Yi
Political Freedom, Economic Freedom, and Corporate Investment
A2 Human Capital & Education
Yan Song (Jinan University), Kentaro Tomoeda, Xiaoyu Xia
Sophistication and Cautiousness in College Applications
Shuangxin Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Naijia Guo, Zhao Rong
Direct and Spillover Effects of Free Compulsory Education on Schooling and Migration
Wei Si (ShanghaiTech University)
Does Higher Education Empower Women? Evidence from China's Higher Education Expansion
Lunch12:00-13:30
Keynote III13:30-14:15
Zongwu Cai (University of Kansas): Economic Policy or Program Analysis and Evaluation in Big Data Era
Parallel Sessions: B1&B214:15-15:30
B1 Housing and Labor Markets
Yang Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Sumit Agarwal,Weida Kuang, Long Wang
Yin-Yang Contracts in China's Housing Market
Wenjing Duan (Hunan University), Pedro S. Martins
Rent Sharing in China: Magnitude, Heterogeneity and Drivers
Yang Wang (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University), Mei Yu, Simon Gao
Gender Diversity and Financial Statement Fraud
B2 Workers’ Age and Health Care
Weisi Xie (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Shaoqing Huang
Competition-Driven Career Concerns with Multi-task Assignments and Age Effects: Theory and Evidence;
Ngoc Dao (Indiana University, Bloomington )
Do Tax Incentives Promote Private Savings for Retirement Among Older Workers?
Hanming Fang (ShanghaiTech University), Xiaoyan Lei, Julie Shi, Lisa Xuejie Yi
Induced Medical Demand: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China
Coffee Break15:30-15:45
Parallel Sessions: C1&C215:45-17:25
C1 Causes of China’s Growth Pattern
Qingping Ma (Nottingham University Business School China)
Factors Underlying China’s Rapid Economic Growth and Their Implied Future Challenges for China
Weidi Yuan (University of Geneva), Difei Ouyang
China Syndrome Redux: New Results on Global Labor Reallocation
Jun Feng (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Economic Growth and Human Capital Structure: Based on New Structural Economics
Ninghua Zhong (Tongji University), Muyang Zhang, Feng Wang
Gathering Strengths for Economic Growth like China
C2 Strategic Choices for Business
Yuchen Shao (Nanjing University), Sugata Marjit
Strategic Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) when Local Firms Face Credit Constraints;
Yi Li (St.Gallen University, Switzerland)
Understanding China Sovereign Credit Default Swap
Sophie X. Kong (Western Washington University),Aimin Zeng and Changluan Fu
Could Buddha Improve Internal Control and Reduce Restatement? Evidence from China
Long Wang (ShanghaiTech University), Yang Yang, and Hanming Fang
Competition and Quality Gains: New Evidence from the High Speed Rails and Airlines
Dinner18:00-20:00
Day 2 (July 5)
Keynote IV09:00-09:45
Wing Thye Woo (UC Davis): Domestic New Normal meets International New Normal: What is to be done?
CoffeeBreak09:45-10:00
Parallel Sessions: D1&D210:00-11:40
D1 Political Economy
Shiqi Guo (The Graduate Institute, Geneva), Nan Gao, Pinghan Liang
Winter Is Coming: Early-life Experiences and Politicians’ Decisions
Gan Xu (Wuhan University), Yang Zhou, Jingwen Yu
Early-Life Experience and Financial Risk Taking: Evidence from the 1959-1961 famine in China
Zihua Liu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Xiaping Cao, Wenlian Lin, Sili Zhou
Political Favoritism towards Resource Allocation, Evidence of Grants by Natural Science Foundation of China
Jianan Lu (University of Edinburgh Business School), Wenxuan Hou, Brian G.M.Main
Financial Development and the Lingering Effect of the Cultural Revolution: Trust or Risk Preference?
D2 Earnings, Productivity, and Growth
Jingwen Yang (Bangor College China), Danial Hemmings, Aziz Jaafar, Richard H.G. Jackson
Real Earnings Management in European Private and Public Firms
Peiyao Shen (ShanghaiTech University)
Does Green Matter? Environmental Management and Firm Performance in China
Zhiyuan Li (Fudan University), Gaosheng Ju
Total Factor Productivity Estimation without Control Functions
Linda Glawe (University of Hagen), Helmut Wagner
The Role of Institutional Quality and Human Capital for Economic Growth across Chinese Provinces – a Dynamic Panel Data Approach
Lunch11:45-13:00
Keynote VI13:00-13:45
Yanrui Wu (University of Western Australia): Environmental Regulation and Export Product Quality? Evidence from Chinese Firms
Coffee Break13:45-14:00
Parallel Sessions: E1&E214:00-15:40
E1 Spillovers and Innovation
Xiao Wang (University of Science and Technology of China), Yiqing Xie
The Gravity of Intermediate Inputs in Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Foreign Direct Investment in China
Shusen Qi (Xiamen University), Kent N. Hui, G. Tomas M. Hult
Inter-industry FDI Spillovers from Foreign Banks: Evidence in Follower Countries
Lichao Wu, Yingqi Wei (Leeds University Business School), Chengang Wang
How Does FDI Impact on Innovation in China and India: A Critical Review and Research Agenda
Xiyi Yang (ShanghaiTech University), Kevin Amess, Kun Jiang
Property Rights and Firm Innovate: Evidence from the Special Economic Zone Policy in China
E2 Stock Market
Hang Zhou (University of Edinburgh), Rong Ding, Yuxin Sun
Private In-House Meeting and Stock Crash Risk: Evidence from China
Mo Zhang (University of Southern Denmark)
Impact of Short Selling on the Chinese Stock Mispricing
Georges Dionne and Xiaozhou Zhou (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Information Environments, Informed Trading, and Price Efficiency
Chengbo Fu (University of Northern British Columbia), Gady Jacoby, Lei Lu
Idiosyncratic Volatility Spread and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Registration
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