NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Conference on the Chinese Economy
October 1, 2004
Shang-Jin Wei, Organizer
2nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:
7:30 PM Group Dinner
Davio's at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1:
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM Opening Remarks: MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER
9:00 AM PETER SCHOTT, Yale University and NBER
The Relative Sophistication of Chinese Exports
Discussant: WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas and NBER
9:55 AM Coffee Break
10:10 AM DWAYNE BENJAMIN and LOREN BRANDT, University of Toronto
JOHN GILES, Michigan State University
The Dynamics of Inequality and Growth in Rural China:
Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
Discussant: ALBERT PARK, University of Michigan
11:05 AM WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas and NBER
CAROL SHIUE, University of Texas
Market Integration and Economic Development:
A Long-Run Comparison
Discussant: MICHAEL BORDO, Rutgers University and NBER
12:00 PM Lunch
12:45 PM Panel Discussion: The Chinese Exchange Rate Regime
JEFFREY FRANKEL, Harvard University and NBER
PETER GARBER, Deutsche Bank and NBER
YINGYI QIAN, UC, Berkeley
1:55 PM JIANPING MEI, New York University
JOSE SCHEINKMAN and WEI XIONG, Princeton University
Speculative Trading and Stock Prices:
An Analysis of Chinese A-B Share Premia
Discussant: ZHIWU CHEN, Yale University
2:50 PM Coffee Break
3:10 PM ROGER GORDON, UC, San Diego and NBER
WEI LI, University of Virginia
Tax Structures in Developing Countries: Many Puzzles and a Possible Explanation
Discussant: ESWAR PRASAD, IMF
4:05 PM YASHENG HUANG, MIT
Ownership Biases and FDI in China:
Evidence from Two Provinces
Discussant: GARY JEFFERSON, Brandeis University
5:00 PM Adjourn
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