Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting

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

August 22-23, 2024

Puhe Campus, Liaoning University, No.58 Daoyi South Street, Shenbei New District, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, August 22
Handbook
7:45 am
Breakfast at Phoenix Hotel
8:20 am
Pick-up from Phoenix Hotel
Day 1 Morning
(presenter 25 minutes per paper; discussant 12 minutes per paper; floor discussion: remainder of the time)
9:00 am
Kaiji Chen, Emory University
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Yang Tang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Housing Privatization as Intergenerational Redistribution
Discussant: Zheng Michael Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Hong Ru, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER
Shuoge Qian, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

State versus Market: China’s Infrastructure Investment
Discussant: Xiaodong Zhu, University of Hong Kong
11:15 am
Yanfei Dong, Peking University
Jiayin Hu, Peking University
Yiping Huang, CCER
Han Qiu, Bank for International Settlements

The Use and Disuse of FinTech Credit: When Buy-Now-Pay-Later Meets Credit Reporting
Discussant: Wenlan Qian, National University of Singapore
12:15 pm
Lunch and Welcome Speech, President Yu Miaojie
Day 1 Afternoon
(20 minutes per paper; floor discussion at the end of each wave of 3 presentations)
2:00 pm
Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Quanlin Gu, Central University of Finance and Economics
Jia He, Nankai University
Yixin Zhang, Nankai University

Regional Power: Consumption Responses to Local Dishonest Judgment Debtors
2:20 pm
Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER

Mobility through Marriage over Multiple Generations: Evidence from Imperial China
3:00 pm
Zhenyu Gao, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yan Luo, Fudan University
Hao Yang, Fudan University

Socially Green Nudges: Unveiling the Power of Peer Influence on Green Choices
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Jinlin Li, Harvard University
Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Learning by Investing: Entrepreneurial Spillovers from Venture Capital
3:46 pm
Philipp Boeing, ZEW
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
Ruochen Dai, Central University of Finance and Economics
Kevin Lim, University of Toronto
Bettina Peters, ZEW

The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership
3:47 pm
Lei Chen, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Wenlan Qian, National University of Singapore
Albert Di Wang, The University of Texas at Austin
Qi Wu, City University of Hong Kong

Deciphering the Impact of BigTech Consumer Credit
Adjourn and Pick-up from conference site
Formal Dinner - Phoenix Hotel
Friday, August 23
Breakfast at Phoenix Hotel
Pick-up from Phoenix Hotel
Day 2 Morning
(presenter 25 minutes per paper; discussant 12 minutes per paper; floor discussion: remainder of the time)
9:00 am
Fukang Chen, Renmin University of China
Minhao Chen, Renmin University of China
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER
Haoyu Gao, Renmin University of China
Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University and NBER

Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Cost of Biodiversity Conservation
Discussant: Yongjun Tang, University of Hong Kong
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Qing Peng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jun Pan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Pre-Announcement Drift in China: Government Meetings and Macro Announcements
Discussant: Hao Zhou, Tsinghua University
11:15 am
Yao Amber Li, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Lingfei Lu, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER
Jingbo Yao, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Global Monetary Policy Shocks, Financial Frictions, and Export Prices
Discussant: Kaiji Chen, Emory University
12:15 pm
Lunch
Day 2 Afternoon
(20 minutes per paper; floor discussion at the end of all 3 presentations)
2:00 pm
Huasheng Gao, Fudan University
Kai Li, University of British Columbia
Yongxian Tan, Curtin University
Hailong Zhao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

The Value of Social Media Anonymity: Evidence from the Stock Market
2:20 pm
Zhenyu Gao, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wenxi Jiang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Haohan Ren, Fudan University
Kemin Wang, Fudan University
Yuezhi Wu, Fudan University

Mortgage Prepayment in China and Counter-Productive Monetary Policy
2:40 pm
Harrison A. Shieh, Vassar College
Anirban Sanyal, University of California, Santa Cruz

Journey to the (North, South, East, and) West: Global Spillovers of Chinese Monetary Policy
3:30 pm
Adjourn and Pick-up from conference site
6:30 pm
Formal Dinner - Phoenix Hotel

Local Contact: Ms. Kong Xiao (Liaoning University) lnujjxb@163.com or kongxiao@lnu.edu.cn
Landline number (+86) 024-62602770