6/6/2007
The Ninth NBER-CCER Conference on
Local Program Committee: Chong-En Bai and Yang Yao
NBER Program
Committee: Martin Feldstein and
Shang-Jin Wei
June 27-30, 2007
Wed, June 27, reception
at the CCER
6:30 CCER
(NBER delegates will be picked up from Dayuan Hotel at 6 pm)
Thursday, June 28,
Morning:
8:30-9:00:
Registration
9:00-10:20:
Recent Development
Justin Lin (CCER):
Recent development in the Chinese economy
Yingyi Qian (Tsinghua &
UC
Martin Feldstein (
10:20-10:45: coffee break
10:45-12:15: International
Economics
Kristin Forbes (NBER & MIT Sloan):
International finance
Yang
Trade,FDI, and technological upgrading in
China
Douglas Irwin (
Trade policies, lessons from
history
12:15 1:30: lunch in
CCER
Thursday June 28, afternoon
1:30-3:00: Returns to capital and International
Investment
Chong-en Bai, Changtai Hsieh,
and Yingyi Qian (
Returns to capital in
Shang-Jin Wei (NBER and
Control-ownership disparity and
international investment
Feng Lu (CCER):
Returns to capital in
3:00-3:30: coffee break
3:30-5:00:
Entrepreneurship
Hongbin Li (
Entrepreneurship and Growth: Evidence from China
Scott Stern
(NBER & Northwestern):
When Ideas Are Not Free: The Impact of Patents on
Scientific Research
Hongbin Cai
(
FDI and domestic entrepreneurship
in
Friday, June 29,
morning
9:00-10:30:
Macroeconomics
David
Li (
International imbalance and
Mark Watson
(
International business cycle
dynamics
Lian Zhou (
Political tournament and economic growth in China
10:30-10:45: coffee break
10:45-11:45: Structural/Sector Issues
Daojiong Zha (
Gibert Metcalf (
Energy policy (and the
environment)
Friday,
June 29, afternoon
Factory visit: private firm that engages in
R&D and/or exports
Friday, June 29, evening
Dinner hosted by the NBER
Saturday, June 30,
morning
9:00-10:30: Health
issues
Kathleen
McGarry (NBER & UCLA):
Health insurance and health
care
Ling Li (CCER):
Healthcare reform in China
Alvin Roth (
Economics of kidney
exchange
10:30-10:45: coffee
break
10:45-11:45: Population and
Pension
Gang Yi (CCER and Peoples Bank of China):
Pension reform in China
Xuejun Zuo (SASS):
Aging and economic development in China
11:45-12:00 Concluding Remarks by Justin
Lin, Yingyi Qian, and Martin Feldstein
Conference adjourns right
after the lunch
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Hotel for NBER delegates: Dayuan, address
and phone numbers
Da Yuan
Hotel (达园宾馆)
Adress:
No. 1, Fu Yuan Men, Hai Dian District,
Tel:
62561115, Fax: 62566344
地址:北京市海淀区福缘门甲一号,邮政编码:100091
电话:62561115,
传真:62566344
Emergency contact numbers (Ling Li, 13911827885; Yang Yao, 13701142170;
Ping Wang, 13126678721).