
	Friday, October 21
8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Tournament-Style Political Competition and Local Protectionism: Theory and Evidence from China Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Zenan Wu, Peking University Discussant: Chenggang Xu, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
9:30 am	Coffee Break
10:00 am	Power and the Direction of Research: Evidence from China’s Academia Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER Jie Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
11:00 am	Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago and NBER Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER Bo Li, Tsinghua University Discussant: Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
12:00 pm	Lunch - Somerset Room
1:30 pm	Internationalizing Like China Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER Amanda Dos Santos, Columbia University Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER Discussant: Vivian Yue, Emory University and NBER
2:30 pm	Share Pledging in China: Funding Listed Firms or Funding Entrepreneurship? Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER Bibo Liu, Tsinghua University Feifei Zhu, Central University of Finance and Economics Discussant: Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:45 pm	Special Talk: Josh Lerner (Harvard University and NBER) Financing Entrepreneurship: Possible Implications for China (30 minutes talk + 15 minutes discussion)
4:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner - Skyline AB Room
	Saturday, October 22
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Beyond Performance: The Financial Education Role of Robo-Advising Rubin Hao, University of Macau Conghui Hu, Beijing Normal University Xin Xu, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics Yu Zhang, Ant Group Discussant: Jonathan Reuter, Boston College and NBER
9:30 am	Coffee Break
10:00 am	Cashless Payment and Financial Inclusion Shumiao Ouyang, University of Oxford Discussant: Greg Buchak, Stanford University
11:00 am	Patent Litigation, Patent Value and the Direction of Innovation: Evidence from China Huiyan Zhang, Tsinghua University Discussant: Hong Luo, University of Toronto
12:00 pm	Lunch - Somerset Room
1:00 pm	Adjourn

Participants

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Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER
Greg Buchak, Stanford University
Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University
Ran Chang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Nancy H. Chau, Cornell University
Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Maggie Chen, The George Washington University
Zhao Chen, Fudan University
Zhuo Chen, Tsinghua University
James J. Choi, Yale University and NBER
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago and NBER
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER
Amanda Dos Santos, Columbia University
Karen Eggleston, Stanford University and NBER
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
Rubin Hao, University of Macau
Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Claire Yurong Hong, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance
Justin J. Hong, Boston University
Allen Hu, University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
Conghui Hu, Beijing Normal University
Jiayin Hu, Peking University
Haifeng Huang, Ohio State University
Yi Huang, Fudan University
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Yang Jiao, Fudan University
Zonglai Kou, Fudan University
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Xuan Li, Boston University
Bibo Liu, Tsinghua University
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Tong Liu, National University of Singapore

Guangli Lu, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen
Xiaomeng Lu, Fudan University
Hong Luo, University of Toronto
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER
Kalina Manova, University College London
Randall Morck, University of Alberta and NBER
Joris M. Mueller, National University of Singapore
Shumiao Ouyang, University of Oxford
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER
Jonathan Reuter, Boston College and NBER
Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Heiwai Tang, Hong Kong University
Baolian Wang, University of Florida
Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER
Xiao Yu Wang, CRI Foundation
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Robert F. Whitelaw, New York University and NBER
Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
Zenan Wu, Peking University
Jia Xiang, Indiana University
Mo Xiao, University of Arizona
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
Chenggang Xu, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
Melanie Meng Xue, London School of Economics
Clair Yang, University of Washington, Seattle
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University
Vivian Yue, Emory University and NBER
Huiyan Zhang, Tsinghua University
Junfu Zhang, Clark University
Weiwen Zhang, Zhejiang University
Yu Zhang, Peking University
Xiaoxue Zhao, Wesleyan University
Jie Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Feifei Zhu, Central University of Finance and Economics
Ben Zou, Purdue University