2015 Conference
Beijing, 12-13 June 2015
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Conference Program
Friday 12 June
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Opening Remarks by Prof. Yang Yao, Dean, National School of Development, Peking University
09:15 – 10:35 Session 1
Session Chair: Anders C. Johansson, Stockholm School of Economics
Financial Market Reform – A New Driver for China’s Economic Growth?Yu-Fu Chen, University of Dundee
Michael Funke, Hamburg University
Kunyu Tao, Central University of Finance and Economics
Discussant: Fei Zhou
Industry Upgrading and Financial Services
Xiaoxiao Hu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fei Zhou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Discussant: Gueorgui Kambourov
10:35 – 10:50 Tea/Coffee Break
10:50 – 12:10 Session 2
Session Chair: Iikka Korhonen, Bank of Finland
China's Macroeconomic Policies, Restrictive Independence of Central Bank and Market Expectation
Tao Wang, Cornell University
Discussant: Rongrong Sun
The Renaissance of Macroprudential Monetary Policy Tools: Evidence from China
Jan Klingelhöfer, RWTH Aachen University
Rongrong Sun, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Discussant: Tao Wang
12:10 – 13:10 Lunch
13:10 – 14:30 Session 3
Session Chair: Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
Government Intervention in the Capital Allocation Process: Firm Employment as an IPO Selection Rule in China
Anders C. Johansson, Stockholm School of Economics
Danglun Luo, Sun Yat-sen University
Johanna Rickne, Research Institute for Industrial Economics & Stockholm China Economic Research institute
Wei Zheng, Sun Yat-sen University
Discussant: Iikka Korhonen
Patent statistics: A good indicator for innovation in China? Patent subsidy program impacts on patent quality
Jianwei Dang, University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Motohashi, University of Tokyo
Discussant: Michael Funke
14:30 – 15:00 Tea/Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:00 Session 4
Session Chair: Gueorgui Kambourov
One-Child Policy, Interethnic Marriages and Welfare Loss
Wei Huang, Harvard University
Yi Zhou, University of California, Berkeley
Mi Luo, New York University
Discussant: Xiaoyan Lei
The Great Expectations: Impact of One-Child Policy on Education of Girls
Wei Huang, Harvard University
Xiaoyan Lei, Peking University
Ang Sun, Renmin University
Discussant: Xi Chen
How Does Ambient Air Pollution Affect Early Childhood Health in China?
Xi Chen, Yale University and IZA
Hao Deng, Yale University
Yawei Zhang, Yale University
Discussant: Wei Huang
18:00-20:30 Dinner
Saturday 13 June
09:00 – 11:00 Session 5
Session Chair: Michael Funke, Hamburg University
An Anatomy of China’s State Owned Enterprise Groups
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
Ruochen Dai, Peking University
Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University/IFPRI
Discussant: Jeffrey Zax
Making Reform Work: Evidence from a Quasi- Natural Experiment in Rural China
Shuo Chen, Fudan University
Xiao Ma, Fudan University
Discussant: Nathan Dong
Local Government Fiscal Deficit and Strategic Public Asset Management in Developing Countries: Evidence from China
Nathan Dong, Columbia University
Zigan Wang, Columbia University
Discussant: Loren Brandt
11:00 – 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:35 Session 6
Session Chair: Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University/IFPRI
The Effect of Foreign Entry Regulations on Downstream Productivity: Micro-level Evidence from China
Sai Ding, University of Glasgow
Puyang Sun, Nankai Univeristy
Wei Jiang, Nankai Univeristy
Discussant: Yu Liu
Discretionary Charges as Firm Output Distortions: Evidence from China
Yu Liu, Fudan University
Discussant: Puyang Sun
12:35 – 13:35 Lunch
13:35 – 14:55 Session 7
Session Chair: Jeffrey S. Zax, University of Colorado Boulder
Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effects of SOEs in China
Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
Gueorgui Kambourov, University of Toronto
Kjetil Storesletten, University of Oslo
Discussant: Gang Guo
Race to the Top and Bottom: Globalization and Education Spending in China
Gang Guo, University of Mississippi
Discussant: Kjetil Storesletten
14:55 – 15:20 Tea/Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:40 Session 8
Session Chair: Kjetil Storesletten, University of Oslo
Power Struggle and Government Oversizing: Unintended Consequences of Checks and Balances in a One-party regime
Nan Gao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Pinghan Liang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Lixin Colin Xu, World Bank
Discussant: Xiaohuan Lan
Provincial Returns to Human Capital in Urban China, Inter-regional Inequality and the Implicit Value of a Guangdong Hukou
Jeffrey S. Zax, University of Colorado Boulder
Discussant: Xiaobo Zhang
16:40 – 16:50 Closing Remarks