Thursday, December 17
Format:
Authors: 30 minutes.
Discussant: 12 minutes.
Floor discussion: the balance of the time.
7:00 pm

Digital Footprints as Collateral for Debt Collection

Lili Dai, UNSW Sydney
Jianlei Han, Macquarie University
Jing Shi, RMIT University
Bohui Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK–SZ)

Discussant:
Hongjun Yan, DePaul University
8:00 pm

Information and Corruption: Evidence from China’s Land Auctions

Ming Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK–SZ)

Discussant:
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
9:00 pm
Break
9:15 pm

Valuation of Long-Term Property Rights under Political Uncertainty

Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Maggie Rong Hu, Baruch College of the City University of New York
Zhenping Wang, University of Chicago
Vincent Yao, Georgia State University

Discussant:
Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER
10:15 pm
Adjourn
Friday, December 18
7:00 pm

Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms: Evidence from AliExpress

Jie Bai, Harvard University and NBER
Maggie Chen, The George Washington University
Jin Liu, New York University
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
8:00 pm

"Golden Ages": A Tale of Two Labor Markets

Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Xincheng Qiu, Arizona State University

Discussant:
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER
9:00 pm
Break
9:15 pm

Asymmetric Cross-Side Network Effects on Financial Platforms: Theory and Evidence from Marketplace Lending

Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER
Ke Tang, Tsinghua University
Danxia Xie, Paris School of Economics
Qi Miao, Nielsen Company

Discussant:
Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER
10:15 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, December 19
7:00 pm

Discharge Fees, Pollution Mitigation and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Power Plants (slides)

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Mengdi Liu, University of International Business and Economics
Caixia Shen, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
Bing Zhang, Nanjing University

Discussant:
Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER
8:00 pm

Ownership Networks and Firm Growth: What Do Forty Million Companies Tell Us About the Chinese Economy?

Franklin Allen, Imperial College London
Junhui Cai, University of Pennsylvania
Xian Gu, Durham University Business School
Jun Qian, Fudan University
Linda Zhao, University of Pennsylvania
Wu Zhu, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
9:00 pm
Break
9:15 pm

Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China

Chong-En Bai, Tsinghua University
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Hongbin Li, Stanford University
Xin Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Discussant:
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University
10:15 pm
Adjourn