Thursday, March 20
10:30 am
Coffee and free-flow conversation
11:00 am
Short Presentations (20 minutes per paper + floor discussion):

Knowledge Suppression and Resilience under Censorship: Three-Century Book Publications in China

Ying Bai, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Jiaojiao Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Unintended Consequences of China’s Double Reduction Policy: Its Immediate and Intergenerational Impacts

Xin Liu, Australian National University
Xin Meng, Australian National University
Guangqian Pan, University of Sydney
Guochang Zhao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
12:15 pm
Lunch - Somerset Room
1:30 pm
25 minutes per paper, 10 minutes discussion, and floor discussion:

Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China

Heng Chen, University of Hong Kong
Bingjing Li, University of Hong Kong
Xiaodong Zhu, University of Hong Kong

Discussant:
Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER

Decoding China’s Industrial Policies

Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Guangli Lu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Discussant:
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

The Crowding-In Effects of Local Government Debt in China

Xiaoming Li, University of International Business and Economics
Zheng Liu, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Yuchao Peng, Central University of Finance and Economics
Zhiwei Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Discussant:
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
4:45 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner at Monteverdi (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, March 21
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
25 minutes per paper, 10 minutes discussion, and floor discussion:

To Follow the Crowd? Benefits and Costs of Migrant Networks

Yulu Tang, Harvard University

Discussant:
Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Beyond the Fundamentals: How Media-Driven Narratives Influence Cross-Border Capital Flows

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Isha Agarwal, University of British Columbia
Wentong Chen, Cornell University
Eswar S. Prasad, Cornell University and NBER

Discussant:
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Great Firewall and Knowledge Diffusion

Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER
Esther A. Bøler, Imperial College Business School
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
Sirig Gurung, SIEPR
Wei Lu, World Bank

Discussant:
Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - Somerset Room
1:30 pm
Shorter Presentations (20 minutes per paper + floor discussion):

Firm-to-Firm Referrals

Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER
Adam Szeidl, Central European University
Wei Lin, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Preferring Future Male Leaders? Evidence from Junior Civil Servants' Hiring and Promotion

Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER
Feng Hu, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Judicial Transparency and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Mass Publicity of Chinese Court Decisions

Xing Liu, Tsinghua University
Xuan Tian, Tsinghua University
Zhiming Zhu, Tsinghua University
3:30 pm
Adjourn