Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Nancy Qian, Shang-Jin Wei, and Daniel Xu, Organizers
April 1-3, 2021
on Zoom.us
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March 31 Optional Program from 9-10 pm Fireside Chat about the Publication Process with Paola Giuliano (Co-editor of the Journal of European Economic Association), Rema Hanna and Daniel Xu (Co-editors of the Review of Economics and Statistics) and Juan Carlos Serrato (Journal of Public Economics). Sponsored by China Econ Lab. |
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Conference Format: Presentation: 30 minutes per paper. Discussant (Days 1 & 2): 10 minutes. Floor Discussion: Balance of the hour. |
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| Finance, Macro | ||||
| 8:00 pm |
Trade Protection, Stock-Market Returns, and Welfare
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| 9:00 pm |
Incentives and Firm Investment: Evidence from China's Reform
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| 10:00 pm |
Decentralized Industrial Policy
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| 11:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Friday, April 2 | ||||
| Firms and Regulation | ||||
| 8:00 pm |
Improving Management through Worker Evaluations: Evidence from Auto Manufacturing
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| 9:00 pm |
Entry Deregulation, Market Turnover, and Efficiency: China’s Business Registration Reform
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| 10:00 pm |
Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program in China
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| 11:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Saturday, April 3 | ||||
| Economic History | ||||
| 8:00 pm |
The Great Political Divergence |
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| 8:30 pm |
Omnia Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai’s Concession Era |
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| 9:00 pm |
Eclipses and the Memory of Revolutions: Evidence from China |
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| 9:30 pm |
The Rise of Communism in China |
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| 10:00 pm |
The Economic Consequences of the Opium War |
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| 10:30 pm | Open discussion | |||
| 11:00 pm | Adjourn | |||