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 |
Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China
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| 10:00 am |
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 |
Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China’s Economy |
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| 11:50 am |
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 |
Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China
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| 2:30 pm |
Does Trading Spur Specialization? Evidence from Patenting
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| 3:30 pm | Break | |||
| Lightning Round on Human Capital | ||||
| 3:50 pm |
Online Learning and the Education Gap: A Digital Footprint Approach |
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| 4:20 pm |
Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and Empowering Women via Digital Technologies |
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| 4:50 pm |
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 |
Did Western CEO Incentives Contribute to China's Technological Rise?
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| 10:00 am |
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 |
Shareholders and Stakeholders: Within-Firm Reallocation in Responses to Industry Shocks |
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| 11:50 am |
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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