Chinese Economy Working Group
Organized by Shang-Jin Wei and Hanming Fang
October 5-6, 2012
1050 Mass. Ave.

Friday, October 5

1

Understanding China: An Explanation for an Unusual Macroeconomy

Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
David Dollar, The Brookings Institution

2

Trading for Status

Harrison Hong, Columbia University and NBER
Wenxi Jiang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Bin Zhao, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance

3

Out of the Limelight but In Play: Trading and Liquidity of Media and Off-media Stocks

Lily Fang, INSEAD
Jun Qian, Fudan University
Huiping Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

4

Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
James Liang, Peking University
John Roberts, Stanford University
Zhichun (Jenny) Ying, Stanford University

5

The Ownership Structure of Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence from China

Dennis Tao Yang, University of Virginia

6

Should We Fear an Adverse Collateral Effect on Investment in China?

Yongheng Deng, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Jing Wu, Tsinghua University

7

The Real and Financial Implications of Property Rights Protection: Evidence from a Natural Experiment?

Daniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh
Yue Ma, Lingnan University
Chen Lin, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

8

The Impact of Cultural Aversion on Economic Exchange: Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations

Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
Yasushi Hamao, Tsinghua University
Yongxiang Wang, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance