Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Nancy Qian, Shang-Jin Wei, and Daniel Xu, Organizers
February 24-25, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel (Charles Suites) Cambridge, MA and Zoom
| Friday, February 24 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| History | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Ying Bai, Chinese University of Hong Kong Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Runnan Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China
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| 10:00 am |
Carol H. Shiue, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER Human Capital Strategies for Recovery from Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| Lightning Round on Trade and Beliefs | ||||
| 11:20 am |
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER Bingjing Li, The University of Hong Kong Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China’s Economy |
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| 11:50 am |
Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Bibo Liu, Tsinghua University Liyan Yang, University of Toronto Market Feedback: Evidence from the Horse's Mouth |
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| 12:20 pm |
Lunch and Talk by Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University and NBER Chinese Housing Market and Global Implications |
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| Legal and Patent System | ||||
| 1:30 pm |
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER Yi Lu, Tsinghua University Wenwei Peng, Harvard University Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China
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| 2:30 pm |
Pengfei Han, Peking University Chunrui Liu, University of International Business and Economics Xuan Tian, Tsinghua University Does Trading Spur Specialization? Evidence from Patenting
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| 3:30 pm | Break | |||
| Lightning Round on Human Capital | ||||
| 3:50 pm |
Yongheng Deng, Wisconsin School of Business Xinfei Huang, Sun Yat-sen University Teng Li, Sun Yat-sen University Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER Online Learning and the Education Gap: A Digital Footprint Approach |
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| 4:20 pm |
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER Bo Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Xiaohan Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and Empowering Women via Digital Technologies |
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| 4:50 pm |
Shanthi Manian, Washington State University Qi Zhang, Washington State University Bin Zhao, Washington State University A Grand Socioeconomic Reshuffle: The One-Child Policy and Intergenerational Mobility in China |
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| 5:20 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta) | |||
| Saturday, February 25 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| CEO and Official Incentives | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Bo Bian, University of British Columbia Jean-Marie Meier, University of Pennsylvania Did Western CEO Incentives Contribute to China's Technological Rise?
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| 10:00 am |
Yiming Cao, Stanford University Institutional Weakness and Societal Vulnerability: Evidence from the Sichuan Earthquake
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| Lightning Round on Firm Ownership | ||||
| 11:20 am |
Xiao Cen, Texas A&M University Vyacheslav Fos, Boston College and NBER Wei Jiang, Emory University and NBER Shareholders and Stakeholders: Within-Firm Reallocation in Responses to Industry Shocks |
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| 11:50 am |
Zhiguo He, Stanford University and NBER Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago Yang Su, Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School Anthony Lee Zhang, University of Chicago Fudong Zhang, Tsinghua University Industrial Land Discount in China: A Public Finance Perspective |
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| 12:20 pm | Adjourn and Lunch in Parkview Room | |||
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Instructions to presenters and discussants in non-lightning round sessions: 25 minutes per paper presentation; 10 minutes per discussion; Q&As in the balance of the time. Instructions to presenters in the lightning rounds: 14 minutes per paper; floor discussion in the balance of the time. |
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