The 20th NBER-CCER Annual Conference
June 16-17,
2017
2nd
Floor, Wanzhong Building, NSD, Peking University
Organized by:
The National Bureau of Economic Research
National School
of Development, Peking University
Supported by:
School of
Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Program
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Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
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Participants staying at the Grand Hyatt are
encouraged to meet in the lobby at 3:00 pm for transportation to the Lakeview
Hotel |
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18:00-20:00 |
Buffet 2nd Floor, Wanzhong Building, NSD, Peking
University |
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Friday, June 16, 2017 |
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08:45-09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00-09:10 |
Opening Remarks |
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James Poterba, President of NBER and Professor at MIT Yang Yao, Dean of National School Development, Peking
University Director of CCER,
Peking University Shang-Jin Wei, Director of
NBER Working Group on the Chinese Economy |
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Section
1 Chair: Prof. Justin Lin, Peking University (Public Finance I） |
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09:10-10:40 |
James
Poterba, MIT and President of NBER "Tax Incentives and Retirement Saving in a
Low-Return Environment” |
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Martin
Feldstein, Harvard University, former President of NBER Growth is Faster Than You Think |
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Yaohui
Zhao, Peking University “Have the
Chinese Saved Enough for Retirement?” |
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10:40-11:10 |
Group Photo & Coffee Break |
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Section
2 Chair: Martin Feldstein, Harvard (Government in the Economy) |
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14:00-15:30 |
Kathryn
Dominguez, University of Michigan and NBER Currency Manipulations |
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Yong
Wang and Prof. Justin Lin, NSE, Peking University “Structural Change, Industrial Upgrading and
Middle-Income Trap” |
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Ann Harrison, University of Pennsylvania Industrial Policy in
China and India: Firm Level Evidence |
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12:40-14:00:
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Lunch in the conference room |
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Section
3 Chair: James Poterba (Trade I) |
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14:00-15:30 |
Steven Redding, Princeton University and NBER Trade and Welfare: a
Big Data Approach |
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Shang-Jin
Wei, Columbia University and NBER Reexamining the Effect of the China Trade Shock
on the US Labor Market: A Value Chain Perspective |
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Miaojie
Yu NSD, Peking University Trade and Innovation: The Role of Scale and
Competition Effects (joint with Kevin Lim and Daniel Trefler) |
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15:30-15:50 |
Coffee Break |
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Section
4 Chair: Miaojie Yu, Deputy Dean, NSD, Peking University Twenty Years
Anniversary of NBER-CCER Collaboration and Achievements: China in
the World Economy: Past, Present, and Future |
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15:50-17:20 (15 min. each) Invite Journalists |
Marty
Feldstein, Harvard University & Former President of NBER |
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Justin Yifu Lin, Vice Chairman of Peking University Council,
Honorary Dean of National School of Development and Founding Director of CCER, PKU. |
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Jim
Poterba, MIT and President of NBER |
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Wen Hai,
Vice Chairman of Peking University Council, Dean, HSBC Business School, Peking
University |
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Shang-Jin
Wei, Columbia University & co-organizer of NBER-CCER conference |
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Yang Yao, Dean of NSD
and Director of CCER, Peking Univ. |
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18:00-20:00 |
Buffet Keynote
Speaker: Yi Gang, Vice
governor of People’s Bank of China and NSD, Peking University. Venue: 2nd Floor, Wanzhong Building, NSD, Peking
University |
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Saturday, June 17, 2017 |
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Section
5 Chair: Shang-Jin Wei (Public
FinanceⅡ) |
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09:00-10:30 |
James
Hines, University of Michigan TBA |
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Chong-En Bai and Xiao Liu, Tsinghua University “Information provision, enrollment in
government-pension programs and household consumption: evidence from a field
experiment” |
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Eric
Zwick, University of Chicago TBA |
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10:30-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
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Section
6 Chair: Karen Horn, Vice Chair of the
NBER Board (Trade & Labor) |
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10:50-12:20 |
Nina
Pavcnik, Dartmouth and NBER “The
Effects of Trade Policy” |
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Tianyang
Xi and Yang Yao, NSD, Peking
University “Political Coalitions, Disinterested Governments
and Economic Performance in Autocracies” |
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Liugang Sheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong “Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and
Evidence from China” (with Dennis T. Yang) |
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12:20-14:00 |
Lunch in the conference
room |
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Section
7 Chair: James Hines, Michigan
(Corporate Finance/Productivity) |
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14:00-15:00 |
Debra
Lucas, MIT Sloan School of
Management TBA |
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Shuanglin
Lin, NSD, PKU “The Effects of Housing Property Tax Reforms in
China” |
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Section
8 Chair: Debra Lucas, MIT, (Public Finance) |
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15:30-16:30 |
Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Duke University and NBER Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income
Tax Cuts in China |
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Xiaobo
Zhang, NSD, PKU “Taxation
and Firm Clustering in China” |
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Sunday, June 18, 2017 |
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Fieldtrip: The Great Wall (Juyongguan Section) |
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