Chinese Economy Meeting
Organized by Shang-Jin Wei and Hanming Fang
October 4-5, 2013
1050 Mass. Ave.

Friday, October 4

1

Are Chinese Growth and Inflation Too Smooth? Evidence from Engel Curves

Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jón Steinsson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Miao Liu, Columbia University

2

How Local and Foreign Investors React to Public News

Chunxin Jia, Peking University
Yaping Wang, Peking University
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER

3

Does Aid Promote or Hinder Industrial Development? "Quake" Lessons from China

Erwin Bulte, Tilburg University
Lihe Xu, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University

4

Learning from an Apparent Surprise: When Can Stronger Labor Protection Improve Productivity?

Lin Ji, Tsinghua University
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER

5

Do Hypothetical Experiences Affect Real Financial Decisions? Evidence from Insurance Take-Up

Jing Cai, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Changcheng Song, University of Florida

6

Losing to Win: Reputation Management of Online Sellers

Ying Fan, University of Michigan and NBER
Jiandong Ju, Tsinghua University
Mo Xiao, University of Arizona

7

Policy Uncertainty, Trade and Welfare: Theory and Evidence for China and the U.S.

Kyle Handley, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Nuno Limao, Georgetown University and NBER

8

The Mortality Cost of Political Connections

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

9

The Political Economy of Private Firms in China

Di Guo Kun Jiang, University of Nottingham
Byung-Yeon Kim Chenggang Xu, Hoover Institution, Stanford University