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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 | |
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Topic: Promoting Growth and Development in a Changing World
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| 9:00 am |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9:40 am |
Welcome Remarks
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| 9:50 am |
China’s Economic Slowdown: A Firm-Level Perspective
Discussant:
Xiaochen Xie, Renmin University of China |
| 10:40 am |
Break
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| 11:00 am |
Industrial Policies in China: The Role of State Capital
Discussant:
Kentaro Nakajima, Hitotsubashi University |
| 11:50 am |
Break
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| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:15 pm |
Super Factory Comes to Town: Quantifying the Agglomeration Spillovers
Discussant:
Kurt See, National University of Singapore |
| 2:05 pm |
Break
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| 2:25 pm |
Identifying Neighborhood Effects among Firms: Evidence from Location Lotteries of the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market
Discussant:
Dandan Zhang, Peking University |
| 3:15 pm |
Break
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| 3:35 pm |
Firm Entry and Market Interdependence
Discussant:
Chenyuan Liu, Tsinghua University |
| 4:25 pm |
Break
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| 4:45 pm |
The Incidence of Distortions
Discussant:
Ying Feng, National University of Singapore |
| 5:35 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:00 pm |
Dinner (upon invitation)
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| Monday, June 8 | |
| 9:00 am |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9:30 am |
Countercyclical Spatial Policy
Discussant:
Zhang Chen, HKUST Business School |
| 10:20 am |
Break
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| 10:35 am |
How Do Gig Workers Respond to Unanticipated Income Shocks? Within-Shift Evidence from Food Delivery Riders in China
Discussant:
Ang Sun, Renmin University of China |
| 11:25 am |
Break
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| 11:40 am |
Mobility Responses to Natural Shocks: Evacuation, Displacement, and Household Income Recovery after Typhoon Morakot
Discussant:
Yaojing Wang, Peking University |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Dynamics in Vietnam after the US–PRC Trade Dispute
Discussant:
Cathy Ge Bao, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) |
| 2:20 pm |
Break
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| 2:35 pm |
Are Workers Moving to High Wage Regions?
Discussant:
Siyu Chen, Jinan University |
| 3:25 pm |
Break
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| 3:40 pm |
AI and Economic Growth
Discussant:
Wenlan Luo, Tsinghua University |
| 4:30 pm |
Break
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| 4:45 pm |
Expected Insurance Coverage and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Evidence from China’s National Drug Price Negotiation Policy
Discussant:
Jianan Yang, Peking University |
| 5:35 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:00 pm |
Dinner (upon invitation)
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This seminar is co-organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research, National Institute for Fiscal Studies, Tsinghua University, and National School of Development at Peking University.
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It is sponsored by the NBER, CAMA (Australia), NDS at Peking University, CIER (Taiwan), HKUST, KDI, RBA, Singapore NUS Business School, TCER, and Tsinghua University.
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