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Friday,
October 4:
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7:45
am
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Shuttle vans (2) depart from the hotel for the NBER
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8:00
am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:45
am
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Welcome
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9:00 am
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Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER
Yongxiang Wang, University of Southern California
The Mortality Cost of Political Connections
Discussant: Xiaobo
Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute
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10:00
am
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Break
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10:20 am
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Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Zheng Michael Song, University of Chicago
Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small: The Transformation of the State
Sector in China
Discussant: Hui
He, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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11:20
am
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Break
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11:40
am
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Di Guo, University of Hong Kong
Kun Jiang, University of Hong Kong
Byung-Yeon Kim, Seoul National University
Chenggang Xu,
University of Hong Kong
The Political Economy of Private Firms in China
Discussant: Yasheng
Huang,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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12:40
pm
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Lunch
Speaker: Richard Freeman, Harvard
University and NBER
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1:50 pm
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Lin Ji, Tsinghua University
Shang-Jin Wei,
Columbia University
and NBER
Learning from an
Apparent Surprise: When can Stronger Labor Protection Improve Productivity?
Discussant: Richard Freeman, Harvard
University and NBER
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2:50
pm
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Break
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3:10 pm
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Chunxin Jia, Peking
University
Yaping Wang, Peking University
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
How Local and Foreign Investors React to
Public News
Discussant: Jun Qian, Boston College
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4:10
pm
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Break
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4:30 pm
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Emi Nakamura, Columbia University and NBER
Jón Steinsson, Columbia
University and NBER
Miao Liu, Columbia University
Are Chinese Growth and Inflation Too
Smooth? Evidence from Engel Curves
Discussant: Xiaodong
Zhu, University of Toronto
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5:30
pm
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Adjourn
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5:30
pm
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Shuttle vans (2) depart from the NBER for the hotel
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7:00
pm
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Dinner
The Similans Restaurant
145 First Street
Cambridge, MA
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Saturday, October 5:
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7:45
am
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Shuttle vans (2) depart from the hotel for the NBER
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8:00
am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:30 am
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Jing Cai, University of Michigan
Changcheng Song, National University of Singapore
Do Hypothetical Experiences Affect Real Financial
Decisions? Evidence from Insurance Take-Up
Discussant: Dennis Tao Yang,
University of Virginia
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9:30 am
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Kyle Handley, University of Michigan
Nuno Limao, University of
Maryland and NBER
Policy Uncertainty, Trade and Welfare: Theory
and Evidence for China and the U.S.
Discussant: Justin Pierce,
Federal Reserve Board
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10:30
am
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Break
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10:50 am
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Ying Fan, University of Michigan
Jiandong Ju, University
of Oklahoma
Mo Xiao, University of Arizona
Losing to Win: Reputation Management of Online Sellers
Discussant: Ginger Jin, University of
Maryland and NBER
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11:50
am
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Erwin Bulte, Wageningen
University
Lihe Xu, Southwestern
University of Finance and Economics, China
Xiaobo Zhang, International Food
Policy Research Institute
Does Aid Promote or Hinder Industrial Development?
Quake Lessons from China
Discussant: Nancy Qian,
Yale University and NBER
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12:50
pm
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Lunch
and Adjourn
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