
	Monday, June 8
	Micro Evidence from Firms
8:00 pm	Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillovers and Industrial Quality Upgrading Jie Bai, Harvard University and NBER Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER Discussant: Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
8:45 pm	Punish One, Teach A Hundred: The Sobering Effect of Punishment on the Unpunished Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER Jin Xie, Peking University Discussant: Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University and NBER
9:30 pm	Demand for Performance Goods: Import Quotas in the Chinese Movie Market Chun-Yu Ho, University of Albany Marc Rysman, Boston University Yanfei Wang, Renmin University of China Discussant: Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
10:15 pm	Adjourn
	Tuesday, June 9
	Political Economy
8:00 pm	The Costs of Workplace Favoritism: Evidence from Promotions in Chinese High Schools Xuan Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Discussant: Xiao Yu Wang, CRI Foundation
8:45 pm	The Political Economy Consequences of China's Export Slowdown Filipe R. Campante, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER Bingjing Li, The University of Hong Kong Discussant: Kevin Lim, University of Toronto
9:30 pm	The Political Economy of State Employment and Instability in China Jaya Wen, Harvard University Discussant: Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
10:15 pm	Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China's War on Air Pollution Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER Guojun He, University of Hong Kong Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Tong Liu, National University of Singapore Discussant: Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER
11:00 pm	Adjourn
	Wednesday, June 10
	Macro
8:00 pm	Pledgeability and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Chinese Corporate Bond Markets Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Zhuo Chen, Tsinghua University Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER Jinyu Liu, University of International Business and Economics Rengming Xie, CITIC Securities Discussant: Andrea Vedolin, Boston University and NBER
8:45 pm	China's Housing Bubble, Infrastructure Investment, and Economic Growth (slides) Jianjun Miao, Boston University Shenzhe Jiang, Beijing University Yuzhe Zhang, Texas A&M University Discussant: Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
9:30 pm	Large Shareholders and Sticky Prices: Evidence from a Corporate Governance Reform Jin Xie, Peking University Kang Shi, Chinese University of Hong Kong Jenny Xu, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:15 pm	Adjourn
	FORMAT: 25 minutes for authors, 10 for discussants, 10 for Q&A. The ZOOM room will be open for one hour after the last talk, 11pm-12am EST for those who wish to continue discussing.

Participants

Jie Bai, Harvard University and NBER
Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Daniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh
Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University
Nancy H. Chau, Cornell University
Cheng Chen, Clemson University
Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Mingyu Chen, IZA Institute of Labour Economics
Yi Chen, ShanghaiTech University
Zhao Chen, Fudan University
Zhuo Chen, Tsinghua University
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
Russell Cooper, European University Institute
Sean Dougherty, OECD
Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University
Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER
Karen Eggleston, Stanford University and NBER
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Barbara M. Fraumeni, Central University of Finance and Economics and NBER
Peter M. Garber, Deutsche Bank
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Yasushi Hamao, Tsinghua University
Harald Hau, University of Geneva
Guojun He, University of Hong Kong
Hui He, International Monetary Fund
Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Chun-Yu Ho, University of Albany
Feng Huang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Haifeng Huang, Ohio State University
Haizhou Huang, CICC
Hanwei Huang, City University of Hong Kong
Oleg Itskhoki, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Shenzhe Jiang, Beijing University
Yang Jiao, Fudan University
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER
Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Brian G. Knight, Brown University and NBER
Kala Krishna, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Xiaohuan Lan, Fudan University
Yu-Hsiang Lei, Yale-NUS College
Bingjing Li, The University of Hong Kong
Guangwei Li, ShanghaiTech University
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER
Xuan Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kevin Lim, University of Toronto

Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Jinyu Liu, University of International Business and Economics
Tong Liu, National University of Singapore
Dong Lou, London School of Economics
Mary E. Lovely, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Hong Ma, Tsinghua University
Jianjun Miao, Boston University
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
Randall Morck, University of Alberta and NBER
David Ong, Jinan University
Ivan P. Png, National University of Singapore
Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University and NBER
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER
Marc Rysman, Boston University
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER
Tuan-Hwee Sng, National University of Singapore
Yang Tang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Andrea Vedolin, Boston University and NBER
Giovanni Veronese, Bank of Italy
Jian Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER
Xiao Yu Wang, CRI Foundation
Xiaoyuan Wang, Texas A&M University
Yanfei Wang, Renmin University of China
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Wei Wei, Tsinghua University
Jaya Wen, Harvard University
Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
Yanhui Wu, University of Hong Kong
Mo Xiao, University of Arizona
Jin Xie, Peking University
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
Jianhuan Xu, Singapore Management University
Juanyi (Jenny) Xu, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Melanie Meng Xue, London School of Economics
Hongjun Yan, DePaul University
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
Bernard Yeung, National University of Singapore
Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University
Lei Zhang, Zhejiang University
Weiwen Zhang, Zhejiang University
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University
Yu Zhang, Peking University
Siqi Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Xiaoyu Zheng, Tsinghua University
Ben Zou, Purdue University
Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER