Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Organized by Hanming Fang, Zhiguo He, Shang-Jin Wei, and Wei Xiong
August 22-23, 2024
Puhe Campus, Liaoning University, No.58 Daoyi South Street, Shenbei New District, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Thursday, August 22
Handbook
7:45 am
Breakfast at Phoenix Hotel
8:20 am
Pick-up from Phoenix Hotel
Day 1 Morning
(presenter 25 minutes per paper; discussant 12 minutes per paper; floor discussion: remainder of the time)
9:00 am

Housing Privatization as Intergenerational Redistribution

Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Yang Tang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Discussant:
Zheng Michael Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

State versus Market: China’s Infrastructure Investment

Hong Ru, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
Shuoge Qian, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Discussant:
Xiaodong Zhu, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
11:15 am

The Use and Disuse of FinTech Credit: When Buy-Now-Pay-Later Meets Credit Reporting

Yanfei Dong, Peking University
Jiayin Hu, Peking University
Yiping Huang, CCER
Han Qiu, Bank for International Settlements

Discussant:
Wenlan Qian, National University of Singapore
12:15 pm
Lunch and Welcome Speech, President Yu Miaojie
Day 1 Afternoon
(20 minutes per paper; floor discussion at the end of each wave of 3 presentations)
2:00 pm

Regional Power: Consumption Responses to Local Dishonest Judgment Debtors

Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Quanlin Gu, Central University of Finance and Economics
Jia He, Nankai University
Yixin Zhang, Nankai University
2:20 pm

Mobility through Marriage over Multiple Generations: Evidence from Imperial China

Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
3:00 pm

Socially Green Nudges: Unveiling the Power of Peer Influence on Green Choices

Zhenyu Gao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Yan Luo, Fudan University
Hao Yang, Fudan University
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

Learning by Investing: Entrepreneurial Spillovers from Venture Capital

Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Jinlin Li, Harvard University
Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:46 pm

The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership

Philipp Boeing, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
Ruochen Dai, Central University of Finance and Economics
Kevin Lim, University of Toronto
Bettina Peters, ZEW
3:47 pm

Deciphering the Impact of BigTech Consumer Credit

Lei Chen, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)
Wenlan Qian, National University of Singapore
Albert Di Wang, University of Texas at Austin
Qi Wu, City University of Hong Kong
Adjourn and Pick-up from conference site
Formal Dinner - Phoenix Hotel
Friday, August 23
Breakfast at Phoenix Hotel
Pick-up from Phoenix Hotel
Day 2 Morning
(presenter 25 minutes per paper; discussant 12 minutes per paper; floor discussion: remainder of the time)
9:00 am

Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Cost of Biodiversity Conservation

Fukang Chen, Renmin University of China
Minhao Chen, Shenzhen University
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER
Haoyu Gao, Renmin University of China
Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Yongjun Tang, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

The Pre-Announcement Drift in China: Government Meetings and Macro Announcements

Qing Peng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jun Pan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Discussant:
Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University
11:15 am

Global Monetary Policy Shocks, Financial Frictions, and Export Prices

Yao Amber Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Lingfei Lu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Jingbo Yao, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Discussant:
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
12:15 pm
Lunch
Day 2 Afternoon
(20 minutes per paper; floor discussion at the end of all 3 presentations)
2:00 pm

The Value of Social Media Anonymity: Evidence from the Stock Market

Huasheng Gao, Fudan University
Kai Li, University of British Columbia
Yongxian Tan, Curtin University
Hailong Zhao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)
2:20 pm

Mortgage Prepayment in China and Counter-Productive Monetary Policy

Zhenyu Gao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Wenxi Jiang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Haohan Ren, Fudan University
Kemin Wang, Fudan University
Yuezhi Wu, Fudan University
2:40 pm

Journey to the (North, South, East, and) West: Global Spillovers of Chinese Monetary Policy

Harrison A. Shieh, Vassar College
Anirban Sanyal, University of California, Santa Cruz
3:30 pm
Adjourn and Pick-up from conference site
6:30 pm
Formal Dinner - Phoenix Hotel
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