Chinese Economy Meeting

Hanming Fang and Shang-Jin Wei, Organizers

October 24-25, 2014

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, October 24
1
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER

Better Lucky Than Rich? Welfare Analysis of Automobile License Allocations in Beijing and Shanghai
2
Shuaizhang Feng, Shanghia University of Finance and Economics
Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins University
Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Unemployment and Labor Force Participation in China: Long Run Trends and Short Run Dynamics
3
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Yi Wen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The Great Housing Boom of China
4
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
Kalina Manova, University College London
Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University

The Global Production-Line Position of Chinese Firms
5
Franklin Allen, Imperial College London
Jun Qian, Fudan University
Susan Shan, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF)
Julie Zhu, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance

Best Performing Economy with Worst Performing Market: Explaining the Poor Performance of Chinese Stock Market
6
Yanhui Wu, University of Hong Kong
David Stromberg, Stockholm University
Bei Qin, Hong Kong Baptist University

Media Bias in Autocracies: Evidence from China
7
Nancy H. Chau, Cornell University
Yu Qin, National University of Singapore
Weiwen Zhang, Zhejiang University

Networked Leaders in the Shadow of the Market -- A Chinese Experiment in Allocating Land Conversion Rights
8
Zhibo Tan, International Monetary Fund
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University

Deadly Discrimination: Implications of "Missing Girls" for Workplace Safety