Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting
Nancy Qian, Shang-Jin Wei, and Daniel Xu, Organizers
March 29, 2024
1) The presenter in the morning sessions can use up to 25 minutes per paper, and the discussant can use 12 minutes. 2) The presentation in the afternoon sessions is 18 minutes per paper. There will be a general discussion at the end of each session.
| Friday, March 29 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:45 am | Opening Remarks | |||
| 9:00 am |
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Zenan Wu, Peking University Industrial Policy and Serial Entrepreneur
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:15 am |
Kaicheng Luo, Harvard University Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER Emigration during Turbulent Times
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| 11:15 am |
Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University and NBER Jesse Schreger, Columbia University and NBER A Framework for Geoeconomics
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| 12:15 pm | Working Lunch and Speaker: Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University | |||
| Shorter Presentations | ||||
| 1:45 pm |
Lin William Cong, Cornell University and NBER Siguang Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Influencer Marketing and Product Competition |
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| 1:46 pm |
Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER Jianhuan Xu, Singapore Management University Ge Yin, University of International Business and Economics Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University Market for Patents, Monopoly and Misallocation |
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| 1:47 pm |
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Xiao Ma, Peking University HSBC Business School Jianan Yang, Peking University Yiran Zhang, Fudan University Improving Regulation for Innovation: Evidence from China’s Pharmaceutical Industry |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| Shorter Presentations | ||||
| 3:15 pm |
Eyal G. Frank, University of Chicago and NBER Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER Xuebin Wang, Shanghai University Qinyun Wang, Fudan University Yang You, The University of Hong Kong Campaigning for Extinction: Eradication of Sparrows and the Great Famine in China |
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| 3:16 pm |
Jianwei Xing, Peking University Zhiren Hu, Cornell University Fan Xia, Nanjing University Jintao Xu, Peking University Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER Urban Forests: Environmental Health Values and Risks |
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| (The following paper will not be available on YouTube) | ||||
| 3:18 pm |
Alina Yue Wang, Northwestern University Show Me Your “Loyalty”: The Shifting Criteria of Political Selection in China |
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| 4:30 pm | Meeting Adjourns | |||