NBER: Call for Papers: IMF Conference on "Global Implications of China's Trade, Investment and Growth"
Subject: Call for Papers: IMF Conference on "Global Implications of China's Trade, Investment and Growth" From: Wei, Shang-Jin (SWEI@imf.org) Date: Fri Dec 15 2006 - 14:14:59 EST
Global Implications of China's Trade, Investment and Growth
International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., April 6, 2007
Conference Agenda
Since 1980, the Chinese economy has expanded by approximately 400%, and
its trade-to-GDP ratio has increased from about 12% to over 60%. China's
rise has significantly affected other economies through trade and
investment linkages. In turn, economic globalization has also altered
China in profound ways. This conference, sponsored by the IMF's Research
Department, will discuss new research that explores the global economic
implications of China's rise, broadly defined, over the last 25 years.
Topics to be covered include but are not restricted to the following:
Trade
* The structure of China's trade
* China's role in the global production chain
* The effect of China's trade growth on other exporters (market
opportunities, displacement effects, terms of trade, etc.)
* WTO participation, regionalism, and the political economy of
trade policy
* Effects of exchange rate adjustment
* Lessons for other developing countries from China's growth
Capital Flows and Capital Market Development
* The role of inward and outward foreign direct investment
* Implications for the world financial system of China's growing
foreign reserves
* Implications of globalization for the Chinese financial system
* Links between trade and investment
Submission of Papers
Interested authors should submit either a draft of the paper (preferred)
or a detailed abstract by February 1, 2007 to chinaconf@imf.org. The
final versions of the papers selected for the conference are due by
March 15, 2007.
