Wednesday, June 20
7:00 pm
Welcome Dinner - The Westin Chosun Seoul
Thursday, June 21
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
Chair: Takatoshi Ito
9:15 am

Crony Capitalism, the Party-State and Political Boundaries of Corruption


(joint with Weijia Li and Yang Xie)
Gerard Roland, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussants:
Teguh Dartanto, University of Indonesia
Etsuro Shioji, Hitotsubashi University and TCER
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

Corruption, Political Stability and Efficiency of Government Expenditure on Health Care -Evidence from Asian Countries (slides)


(joint with Zhenyu Cui)
Nobuo Akai, Osaka University

Discussants:
Ben Charoenwong, INSEAD
Etsuro Shioji, Hitotsubashi University and TCER
11:30 am

Anti-Corruption Reforms and Shareholder Valuations: Event Study Evidence from China


(joint with Chen Lin, Randall Morck, and Xiaofeng Zhao)
Bernard Yeung, National University of Singapore

Discussants:
Teguh Dartanto, University of Indonesia
Young-Rok Cheong, Seoul National University
12:30 pm
Lunch
Chair: Andrew K. Rose
2:00 pm

Moving "Umbrella": Bureaucratic Transfers, Collusion and Rent-Seeking in China (slides)


(joint with Xiangyu Shi, Xiaobo Zhang, and Yifan Zhang)
Tianyang Xi, Peking University

Discussants:
Thanee Chaiwat, Chulalongkorn University
Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Effects of Revolving Doors on Financial Regulators’' Enforcement Decisions: Evidence from Korea (slides)

Sunjoo Hwang, Korea Development Institute
Hwa Ryung Lee, Korea Development Institute
Keeyoung Rhee, Sungkyunkwan University

Discussants:
Cyn-Young Park, Asian Development Bank
Iichiro Uesugi, Hitotsubashi University
4:30 pm

Tail-Risk Dumping

Kenichi Ueda, University of Tokyo, CEPR, and TCER

Discussants:
Cyn-Young Park, Asian Development Bank
Taeyoon Sung, Yonsei University
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner
Changgo43 Restaurant
2nd Floor, 21, Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
Friday, June 22
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Chair: Andrew K. Rose
9:00 am

Unions and Inequality Over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data (slides)


(joint with Henry Farber, Dan Herbst and Ilyana Kuziemko)
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER

Discussants:
Daeil Kim, Seoul National University
Yong Suk Lee, University of Notre Dame
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Taiwan’s Import Protection after Acceding to the WTO

Meng-Chun Liu, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Chia-Hsuan Wu, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

Discussants:
Dukgeun Ahn, Seoul National University
Inkyo Cheong, Inha University
11:15 am

Aging and Deflation

Ippei Fujiwara, Keio University
Shunsuke Hori, University of Tokyo

Discussants:
Dongchul Cho, Bank of Korea
Jinill Kim, Korea University
12:15 pm
Lunch
Chair: Takatoshi Ito
1:30 pm

Conflicts of Interest between Government and Creditors in Corporate Restructuring: Case of Korea

Dongsoo Kang, Korea Development Institute
Changwoo Nam, Korea Development Institute

Discussants:
Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
Iichiro Uesugi, Hitotsubashi University
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Oriental City: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD 1000-2000 (slides)

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

Discussants:
Sukhee Han, Yonsei University
Krislert Samphantharak, University of California at San Diego
4:00 pm

Information as an Incentive: Experimental Evidence from Delhi (slides)

Rohini Pande, Yale University and NBER

Discussants:
Hwa Ryung Lee, Korea Development Institute
Krislert Samphantharak, University of California at San Diego
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner
Samcheonggak Restaurant
3, Daesagwan-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul

TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
Emergency contact: Ms. Jiseung Catherine Kim, Research Associate, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Tel: +82-44-550-4030 / jiseung14919@kdi.re.kr


Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
TCER, KDI, HKUST, CIER (Taiwan), CCER, Singapore NUS Business School, CAMA (Australia)