Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Organized by Hanming Fang, Zhiguo He, Shang-Jin Wei, and Wei Xiong
October 21-22, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA and Zoom
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, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)
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, New York 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 and NBER
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