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. |