Chinese Economy Working Group

Hanming Fang, Zhiguo He, Shang-Jin Wei, and Wei Xiong, Organizers

December 15-16, 2017

Shenzhen, China

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, December 14
6:00 pm
Opening Dinner, Hilton Shenzhen Futian, 4th Floor
Friday, December 15
Participants will be met in hotel lobby. Shuttle bus will leave at 8:00 am for conference.
8:00 am
Registration
8:30 am
Opening Remarks:
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
8:40 am

Local Crowding Out in China
Discussant: Yongjun Tang, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
9:40 am
Break
10:00 am

Interest-Rate Liberalization and Capital Misallocation
Discussant: Zheng Michael Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
11:00 am

Rise of Bank Competition: Evidence from Banking Deregulation in China (slides)
Discussant: Jian Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)
12:00 pm
Lunch

Speaker: Jing Xiao, Chief Scientist of Ping An Group
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
1:20 pm

Leverage Network and Market Contagion
Discussant: Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm

The Impact of Delay in Going Public: Evidence from China
Discussant: Bohui Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)
3:30 pm
Break
3:50 pm

Equilibrium Consequences of Corruption on Firms: Evidence from China's Anti-Corruption Campaign
Discussant: Bernard Yeung, National University of Singapore
4:50 pm

Liquidity Constraints, Transition Dynamics, and the Chinese Housing Return Premium (slides)
Discussant: Kaiji Chen, Emory University
5:50 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Reception/Dinner, Hilton Shenzhen Futian, 2nd Floor
Saturday, December 16
Participants will be met in hotel lobby. Shuttle bus will leave at 8:00 am for conference.
8:30 am

Implicit Guarantee and Shadow Banking: The Case of Trust Products
Discussant: Ning Zhu, Tsinghua University
9:30 am
Break
10:00 am

The Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-1961: County-Level Evidence
Discussant: FloorDiscussion
11:00 am

Production Networks and Misallocation
Discussant: ernest_liu_2
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Target Setting in Tournaments: Theory and Evidence from China
Discussant: Yingyi Qian, Tsinghua University
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm

E-Commerce Integration and Economic Development: Evidence from China
Discussant: Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn


Instructions to the Presenters and Discussants:


25 minutes per paper presentation.
15 minutes of discussion (the discussant could skip a summary of the paper if it is not a new way of looking at the issue).
Balance of the time: general discussion.


Local Contact:
Contact at Shenzhen Finance Institute, CUHK(SZ):
Ms. Wendy Liao
Email: wendyliao@cuhk.edu.cn
Tel: 0086-136-3160-0113