Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting

Nancy Qian, Shang-Jin Wei, and Daniel Xu, Organizers

September 26-27, 2019

NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, September 26
12:00 pm
Lunch

Session I
12:30 pm
Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER
Liguo Lin, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER

From Fog to Smog: The Value of Pollution Information
Discussant: Jessica Leight, International Food Policy Research Institute
1:30 pm
Yi Huang, Fudan University
Chen Lin, University of Hong Kong
Sibo Liu, Lingnan University
Heiwai Tang, Hong Kong University

Trade Networks and Firm Value: Evidence from the US-China Trade War
Discussant: Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:30 pm
Break

Session II
2:45 pm
Bei Qin, Hong Kong Baptist University
David Stromberg, Stockholm University
Yanhui Wu, University of Hong Kong

Social Media, Information Networks, and Protests in China
Discussant: David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER
3:45 pm
Daniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh
Yi Lu, Tsinghua University
Mingqin Wu, South China Normal University

What Makes Local Governments More Accoutable? Evidence from a Website Reform (slides)
Discussant: Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
4:45 pm
Break
5:00 pm
Keynote: Esther Duflo, MIT and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner at Bambara
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, September 27
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast

Session III
9:00 am
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Linke Hou, Shandong University
Mingxing Liu, Peikin University
Lixin Colin Xu, The World Bank
Pengfei Zhang, Peking University

Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER
10:00 am
Alain de Janvry, University of California, Berkeley
Guojun He, University of Hong Kong
Elisabeth Sadoulet, University of California, Berkeley
Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER
Qiong Zhang, Renmin University of China

Influence Activities and Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in China (slides)
Discussant: Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
11:00 am
Lunch

Session IV
12:30 pm
Li Feng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jun Qian, Fudan University
Haofei Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lei Zhu, Fudan University

Stock Pledged Loans, Capital Markets, and Firm Performance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Discussant: Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER
1:30 pm
John Ammer, Federal Reserve Board
John Rogers, Fudan University
Gang Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Yang Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Value of Institutional Research: Fund Managers and Monetary Policy Expectations in China (slides)
Discussant: Chunliu Yang, Fudan University
2:30 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Jing Cai, University of Maryland and NBER
Adam Szeidl, Central European University

Direct and Indirect Effects of Financial Access on SMEs (slides)
Discussant: Benjamin N. Roth, Harvard University
4:00 pm
Harald Hau, University of Geneva
Difei Ouyang, University of Geneva

Capital Scarcity and Industrial Decline: Evidence from 172 Real Estate Booms in China (slides)
Discussant: Yongheng Deng, Wisconsin School of Business
5:00 pm
Adjourn
FORMAT
25 mins presenter
15 mins discussant
20 mins general discussion