Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Nancy Qian, Shang-Jin Wei, and Daniel Xu, Organizers
September 26-27, 2019
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
| Thursday, September 26 | ||||
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch Session I |
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| 12:30 pm |
From Fog to Smog: The Value of Pollution Information
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| 1:30 pm |
Trade Networks and Firm Value: Evidence from the US-China Trade War
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| 2:30 pm |
Break Session II |
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| 2:45 pm |
Social Media, Information Networks, and Protests in China
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| 3:45 pm |
What Makes Local Governments More Accoutable? Evidence from a Website Reform
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| 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) |
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| Friday, September 27 | ||||
| 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast Session III |
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| 9:00 am |
Factions, Local Accountability, and Long-Term Development: Theory and Evidence
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| 10:00 am |
Influence Activities and Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in China
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| 11:00 am |
Lunch Session IV |
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| 12:30 pm |
Stock Pledged Loans, Capital Markets, and Firm Performance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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| 1:30 pm |
The Value of Institutional Research: Fund Managers and Monetary Policy Expectations in China
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 3:00 pm |
Direct and Indirect Effects of Financial Access on SMEs
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| 4:00 pm |
Capital Scarcity and Industrial Decline: Evidence from 172 Real Estate Booms in China
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| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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FORMAT 25 mins presenter 15 mins discussant 20 mins general discussion |
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