Chinese Economy Meeting
Organized by Hanming Fang and Shang-Jin Wei
October 24-25, 2014
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, October 24

1

Better Lucky Than Rich? Welfare Analysis of Automobile License Allocations in Beijing and Shanghai

Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER

2

Unemployment and Labor Force Participation in China: Long Run Trends and Short Run Dynamics

Shuaizhang Feng, Shanghia University of Finance and Economics
Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins University
Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

3

The Great Housing Boom of China

Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Yi Wen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

4

The Global Production-Line Position of Chinese Firms

Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
Kalina Manova, University College London
Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University

5

Best Performing Economy with Worst Performing Market: Explaining the Poor Performance of Chinese Stock Market

Franklin Allen, Imperial College London
Jun Qian, Fudan University
Susan Shan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Julie Zhu, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance

6

Media Bias in Autocracies: Evidence from China

Yanhui Wu, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
David Stromberg, Stockholm University
Bei Qin, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)

7

Networked Leaders in the Shadow of the Market -- A Chinese Experiment in Allocating Land Conversion Rights

Nancy H. Chau, Cornell University
Yu Qin, National University of Singapore
Weiwen Zhang, Zhejiang University

8

Deadly Discrimination: Implications of "Missing Girls" for Workplace Safety

Zhibo Tan, International Monetary Fund
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University