NBER Conference in China

June 25-28, 2014
Shang-Jin Wei of NBER and Columbia University, Yang Yao of CCER, and Chong-En Bai of Tsinghua University, Organizers

Trade and Chinese economy

Justin Lin, CCER

China and the World Economy


Pol Antras, Harvard University and NBER

Contract theory and global value chains


Miaojie Yu, CCER

Multiproduct Firms, Export Product Scope, and Trade Liberalization: The Role of Managerial Efficiency


Shang-Jin Wei

Sizing up market failures in export pioneering activities


Intergenerational mobility

Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University and NBER

Intergenerational mobility in the United States: Lessons from the Equality of Opportunity Project


Chih Ming Tan, University of North Dakota, and Zhibo Tan and Xiaobo Zhang,CCER

Sins of the Father: The Intergenerational Legacy of the 1959-61 Great Chinese Famine on Children's Cognitive Development


Xiaoyan Lei, CCER

Intergenerational Mobility in Education: Evidence from CHARLS


Financial Market

Rene Stulz, Ohio State University and NBER

Bank Performance during a Crisis


Yiping Huang, CCER

Ownership and credit rationing in China


Jianguo Xu, CCER

China A-share Stock Valuation: fundamental risk and speculation premium


International finance

Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and NBER

The Trilemma and Reserves: Measurement and Policy Implications


Yang Yao

Financial Structure and Current Account Imbalances

Joshua Aizenman, NBER and University of South California

Real Estate Valuation in the Open Economy


Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University California, Berkeley, and NBER

Global safe assets


JU Jiandong, LIU Qing, and SHI Kang, Tsinghua University, and Justin Lin, CCER

A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Real Exchange Rate and Current Account Imbalances: Theory and Evidences from China


Policy and market


Bruce Weinberg, Ohio State University and NBER

Strengthening Scientific Performance: Lessons and Benefits


Li Jin, Peking University and Oxford University

The Effect of Political Career Concerns on Media Slant and Market Return: Evidence from China


BAI Chong-en, LIU Qing, and YAO Wen, Tsinghua University

Distortions to the Capital Market and their Implications on the Economic Structure: the Case of China


Retirement


Alan Gustman, Dartmouth College and NBER

Pensions, social security and retirement


Yaohui Zhao, CCER

Working After Processing Retirement: Evidence from CHARLS


College education

Bridget Long, Harvard University and NBER

Making college education accessible to disadvantaged students (1)


Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan and NBER

Making college education accessible to disadvantaged students (2)


Hongbin Li, Tsinghua University

China's college education