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

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 24
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
History
9:00 am

Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China
Discussant: Yasheng Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:00 am

Human Capital Strategies for Recovery from Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming
Discussant: Marco Tabellini, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 am
Break
Lightning Round on Trade and Beliefs
11:20 am

Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China’s Economy
11:50 am

Market Feedback: Evidence from the Horse's Mouth
12:20 pm
Lunch and Talk by Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University and NBER
Chinese Housing Market and Global Implications
Legal and Patent System
1:30 pm

Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China
Discussant: Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University and NBER
2:30 pm

Does Trading Spur Specialization? Evidence from Patenting
Discussant: Song Ma, Yale University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
Lightning Round on Human Capital
3:50 pm

Online Learning and the Education Gap: A Digital Footprint Approach
4:20 pm

Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and Empowering Women via Digital Technologies
4:50 pm

A Grand Socioeconomic Reshuffle: The One-Child Policy and Intergenerational Mobility in China
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

Did Western CEO Incentives Contribute to China's Technological Rise?
Discussant: Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
10:00 am

Institutional Weakness and Societal Vulnerability: Evidence from the Sichuan Earthquake
Discussant: Jaya Wen, Harvard University
11:00 am
Break
Lightning Round on Firm Ownership
11:20 am

Shareholders and Stakeholders: Within-Firm Reallocation in Responses to Industry Shocks
11:50 am

Industrial Land Discount in China: A Public Finance Perspective
12:20 pm
Adjourn and Lunch in Parkview Room
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.