The Fourteenth NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy

 

Time: June 24-June 26, 2012

Venue: CCER, Beijing University

 

 

June 25 (Monday)

 

8:45 – 9:00 am: Opening remarks

Yang Yao (CCER), James Poterba (NBER), Chong-En Bai (Tsinghua)

 

9:00 – 11:00:  Macroeconomics

Chair: Yang Yao

Justin Yifu Lin (CCER): China and the World Economy

Martin Feldstein (NBER & Harvard): The Future of the US Economy

David Li (Tsinghua): The Outlook of the Chinese Economy (tentative)

Alan Auerbach (Berkeley): Long-term Fiscal Issues

 

11:10 – 11:30: coffee break and group photo

 

11:30 – 12:30: Education

Chair: Shang-Jin Wei

Caroline Hoxby (Stanford): Economics of Education

Xinzheng Shi (Tsinghua): High School Quality and Academic Performance in China

12:30 – 1:45 pm: Lunch

Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of NBER Engagement with China

Chair: James Poterba

Main speakers: Martin Feldstein and Huang Fanzhang

 

 

2:00 – 3:30 pm: International Economics

Chair: Alan Auerbach

Yang Yao (CCER): Differential Growth Rates and Global Imbalances

Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia): Underappreciated Determinants of the Real Exchange Rate

Miaojie Yu (CCER): Export Intensity and Trade Liberalization

 

3:30 – 3:45 pm: Coffee break

 

3:45 – 5:45 pm: Savings and Retirement

Chair: Chong-En Bai

Brigitte Madrian (Harvard): Behavioral Economics of Savings

Yaohui Zhao (CCER): Patterns of Retirement in China

David Wise (Harvard): Economics of Retirement

Ho-mou Wu (CCER): China’s Local Government Debts

 

7:00 pm:  Dinner hosted by the NBER

 

June 26 (Tuesday)

 

9:00 – 10:30 am: Fiscal Policy 1

Chair:  Martin Feldstein

Lei Zhang (Tsinghua): Social Security Taxation and Compliance

James Poterba (NBER & MIT): Tax Reforms

Lixing Li (CCER): The Political Economy of Corporate Finance

 

10:30 – 10:45 am: Coffee break

10:45-12:15 am: Fiscal Policy 2

Chair: Justin Lin

Christine Wong (Oxford University): Fiscal Federalism

Min Ouyang (Tsinghua): Property Tax and Home Price

Yu Liu (Guanghua School): Disclosure and Efficiency in Noise-driven Markets

 

12:15-12:25 Concluding remarks

 

12:30-1:45 pm: Lunch

1:45 pm: Adjourn


Other information:

 

Emergency contact:

 

CCER contact persons:

Prof. Yang Yao: 137-0114-2170 (cell), 6275-3103 (office)

Ms. Gillian Li: 1861-842-8200 (cell), 6276-6005 (office)

 

NBER contact person:

Prof. Shang-Jin Wei: (NY) (212) 854-9139, (China cell): 1580-1700-315

 

Lakeview Hotel

Address: No.127, Zhongguancun North Road, Haidian District, Beijing

(海淀区中关村北大街127)

Phone: (010) 8268-9999   Fax: (010) 8268-9998

http://www.thelakeviewhotel.com.cn/index_en.html

 

 

Program Committee: Yang Yao (CCER), Chong-En Bai (Tsinghua), and Shang-Jin Wei (NBER)