
	Friday, February 24
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
	History
9:00 am	Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China Ying Bai, Chinese University of Hong Kong Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Runnan Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Discussant: Yasheng Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:00 am	Human Capital Strategies for Recovery from Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Discussant: Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 am	Break
	Lightning Round on Trade and Beliefs
11:20 am	Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China’s Economy Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER Bingjing Li, University of Hong Kong
11:50 am	Market Feedback: Evidence from the Horse's Mouth Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Bibo Liu, Tsinghua University Liyan Yang, University of Toronto
12:20 pm	Lunch and Talk by Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University and NBER Chinese Housing Market and Global Implications
	Legal and Patent System
1:30 pm	Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER Yi Lu, Tsinghua University Wenwei Peng, Harvard University Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER Discussant: Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University and NBER
2:30 pm	Does Trading Spur Specialization? Evidence from Patenting Pengfei Han, Peking University Chunrui Liu, University of International Business and Economics Xuan Tian, Tsinghua University Discussant: Song Ma, Yale University and NBER
3:30 pm	Break
	Lightning Round on Human Capital
3:50 pm	Online Learning and the Education Gap: A Digital Footprint Approach Yongheng Deng, Wisconsin School of Business Xinfei Huang, Sun Yat-sen University Teng Li, Sun Yat-sen University Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
4:20 pm	Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and Empowering Women via Digital Technologies Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER Bo Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Xiaohan Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University
4:50 pm	A Grand Socioeconomic Reshuffle: The One-Child Policy and Intergenerational Mobility in China Qi Zhang, Washington State University Bin Zhao, Washington State University
5:20 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
	Saturday, February 25
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
	CEO and Official Incentives
9:00 am	Did Western CEO Incentives Contribute to China's Technological Rise? Bo Bian, University of British Columbia Jean-Marie Meier, University of Texas at Dallas Discussant: Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
10:00 am	Institutional Weakness and Societal Vulnerability: Evidence from the Sichuan Earthquake Yiming Cao, Stanford University Discussant: Jaya Wen, Harvard University
11:00 am	Break
	Lightning Round on Firm Ownership
11:20 am	Shareholders and Stakeholders: Within-Firm Reallocation in Responses to Industry Shocks Xiao Cen, Texas A&M University Vyacheslav Fos, Boston College and NBER Wei Jiang, Emory University and NBER
11:50 am	Industrial Land Discount in China: A Public Finance Perspective Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago Yang Su, Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School Anthony Lee Zhang, University of Chicago Fudong Zhang, Tsinghua University
12:20 pm	Adjourn and Lunch in Parkview Room
	Instructions to presenters and discussants in non-lightning round sessions: 25 minutes per paper presentation; 10 minutes per discussion; Q&As in the balance of the time. Instructions to presenters in the lightning rounds: 14 minutes per paper; floor discussion in the balance of the time.

Participants

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Ying Bai, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bo Bian, University of British Columbia
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Yiming Cao, Stanford University
Xiao Cen, Texas A&M University
Hui Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Maggie Chen, George Washington University
Shuo Chen, Fudan University
Zhao Chen, Fudan University
Zhuo Chen, Tsinghua University
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER
Yongheng Deng, Wisconsin School of Business
Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER
Karen Eggleston, Stanford University and NBER
Ying Fan, University of Michigan and NBER
Barbara M. Fraumeni, Central University of Finance and Economics and NBER
Li Gan, Texas A&M University
Yasushi Hamao, Tsinghua University
Pengfei Han, Peking University
Guojun He, University of Hong Kong
Hui He, International Monetary Fund
Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
Allen Hu, University of British Columbia
Jiayin Hu, Peking University
Haizhou Huang, CICC
Yasheng Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yi Huang, Fudan University
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER
Jiandong Ju, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, China
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Kala Krishna, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Jessica Leight, International Food Policy Research Institute
Bingjing Li, University of Hong Kong
Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Teng Li, Sun Yat-sen University
Bo Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Mengdi Liu, University of International Business and Economics
Tong Liu, National University of Singapore
Zhikuo Liu, Fudan University
Mary E. Lovely, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Guangli Lu, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen
Yi Lu, Tsinghua University

Hong Luo, University of Toronto
Song Ma, Yale University and NBER
Shanthi Manian, Washington State University
Kalina Manova, University College London
Jean-Marie Meier, University of Texas at Dallas
Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University and NBER
Randall Morck, University of Alberta and NBER
Joris M. Mueller, National University of Singapore
Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago
Shumiao Ouyang, University of Oxford
Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
Wenwei Peng, Harvard University
Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University and NBER
Nancy Qian, Northwestern University and NBER
Kenneth S. Rogoff, Harvard University and NBER
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Yang Su, Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER
Xuan Tian, Tsinghua University
Baolian Wang, University of Florida
Runnan Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER
Michael Weber, University of Chicago and NBER
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Jaya Wen, Harvard University
Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
Zenan Wu, Peking University
Mo Xiao, University of Arizona
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
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
Liyan Yang, University of Toronto
Xiaohan Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yuanchen Yang, Tsinghua University
Bing Zhang, Nanjing University
Huiyan Zhang, Tsinghua University
Qi Zhang, Washington State University
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University
Yu Zhang, Peking University
Bin Zhao, Washington State University
Xiaoxue Zhao, Wesleyan University
Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University
Jie Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Feifei Zhu, Central University of Finance and Economics
Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER