East Asian Seminar on Economics
Organized by Benjamin Faber, Takeo Hoshi, Chong-En Bai, and Binzhen Wu
June 7-8, 2026
Room 508, Jianhua Building, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Presenters have 30 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for the discussant and 10 minutes for open comments and questions from the audience.
Sunday, June 7
Topic: Promoting Growth and Development in a Changing World
8:45 am
Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:20 am
Welcoming Remarks
9:30 am

Title TBA

Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Franziska L. Ohnsorge, The World Bank
10:20 am
Break
10:35 am

Industrial Policies in China: The Role of State Capital

Chong-En Bai, Tsinghua University
Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University
Futian Song, Tsinghua University

Discussant:
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University
11:25 am
Break
11:40 am

Structural Change and Jobless Development

Franziska L. Ohnsorge, The World Bank
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER
Zoe Xie, The World Bank

Discussant:
Chen Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Super Factory Comes to Town: Quantifying the Agglomeration Spillovers

Jianpeng Deng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Hong Ma, Tsinghua University
Hongbing Wei, Tsinghua University

Discussant:
Kurt See, National University of Singapore
2:20 pm
Break
2:35 pm

Identifying Neighborhood Effects among Firms: Evidence from Location Lotteries of the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market

Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University
Kensuke Teshima, Doshisha University

Discussant:
Dandan Zhang, Peking University
3:25 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Firm Entry and Market Interdependence

Cheng Chen, Clemson University
Chang Sun, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Chen Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Discussant:
Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University
4:30 pm
Break
4:45 pm

The Incidence of Distortions

David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Ying Feng, National University of Singapore
5:35 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Dinner (upon invitation)
Monday, June 8
9:00 am
Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:30 am
Paper to be announced
10:20 am
Break
10:35 am

How Do Gig Workers Respond to Unanticipated Income Shocks? Within-Shift Evidence from Food Delivery Riders in China

Dandan Zhang, Peking University
Yuxiao Fu, Peking University

Discussant:
TBA
11:25 am
Break
11:40 am

Mobility Responses to Natural Shocks: Evacuation, Displacement, and Household Income Recovery after Typhoon Morakot

Min-Han Tsai, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER)

Discussant:
TBA
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Dynamics in Vietnam after the US–PRC Trade Dispute

Yesim Elhan-Kayalar, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Baruch College of the City University of New York
Manabu Nose, Keio University
Yasuyuki Sawada, The University of Tokyo
Ruo Shangguan, Jinan University
Nguyen Thanh Tung, Hitotsubashi University

Discussant:
TBA
2:20 pm
Break
2:35 pm

Are Workers Moving to High Productivity Regions?

Ying Feng, National University of Singapore
Tatjana Kleineberg, The World Bank
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
Radine Rafols, The World Bank

Discussant:
Chanelle L. Duley, University of Auckland
3:25 pm
Break
3:40 pm

AI and Economic Growth

Jung-Wook Kim, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Jonghwa Lee, Korea University

Discussant:
TBA
4:30 pm
Break
4:45 pm

Expected Insurance Coverage and Pharmaceutical Innovation

Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University
Yi Lu, Tsinghua University
Ronghe Sun, Tsinghua University
Wanyu Yang, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics

Discussant:
TBA
5:35 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Dinner (upon invitation)
Co-organized by National Bureau of Economic Research, Tsinghua University, and National School of Development at Peking University



This seminar is sponsored by the NBER, CAMA (Australia), NDS at Peking University, CIER (Taiwan), HKUST, KDI, RBA, Singapore NUS Business School, TCER and Tsinghua University.