Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting

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

December 15-16, 2023

FORMAT: 25 minutes for the author. 12 minutes for the discussant (the discussant could skip a summary of the paper if it is not a new way of looking at the issue). Balance of time for general discussion.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, December 15
8:00 am
Registration
8:30 am
Opening Remarks:
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Wei Xiong, CUHK-Shenzhen, Princeton University and NBER
8:40 am

Information Discovery in a Hybrid Economy (slides)
Discussant: Pengfei Wang, Peking University
9:40 am
Coffee/Tea Break
10:00 am

Wholesale Funding Runs, Spreads and Central Bank Interventions
Discussant: Zongbo Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)
11:00 am

The Regime-Switching Policy for the RMB
Discussant: Vivian Yue, Emory University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Labor Market Integration and Entrepreneurship
Discussant: Zheng Michael Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
2:30 pm

Does Digitalization Widen Labor Income Inequality?
Discussant: Wenlan Qian, National University of Singapore
3:30 pm
Coffee/Tea Break
3:50 pm

Strategic Choices of Local Politicians in China: The Interplay of Economic, Political Activities, and Promotion Prospects
Discussant: Yifan Zhou, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
4:50 pm

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports
Discussant: Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
5:50 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Reception & Dinner, CUHK-Shenzhen
Saturday, December 16
8:30 am

Government Deleveraging and Corporate Distress (slides)
Discussant: Yi Huang, Bank for International Settlements and CEPR
9:30 am
Coffee/Tea Break
10:00 am

The Cost of Capital Market Distortions: Evidence from Chinese Overseas IPOs (slides)
Discussant: Yiming Qian, University of Connecticut
11:00 am

From Wall Street to Hong Kong: The Value of Dual Listing for China Concept Stocks
Discussant: Haichun Ye, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ)
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Policy Uncertainty Reduces Green Investment
Discussant: Wenxi Jiang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
2:30 pm
Coffee/Tea Break
3:00 pm

Transmission of Quantity-Based Monetary Policy Through Heterogeneous Banks in China
Discussant: Kaiji Chen, Emory University
4:00 pm
Adjourn
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