6/6/2007

The Ninth NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy


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 Berkeley):            Economic Transformations in China
Martin Feldstein (NBER & Harvard University): Desirable Fiscal Policy in China

10:20-10:45: coffee break

10:45-12:15:
International  Economics

Kristin Forbes (NBER & MIT Sloan):

I
nternational finance
Yang Yao (CCER):
            Trade
FDI, and technological upgrading in China
Douglas Irwin (NBER & Dartmouth College):
T
rade 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 (School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University):
R
eturns to capital in China---calculation based on macro data
Shang-Jin Wei (NBER and Columbia University): 
Control-ownership disparity and international investment

Feng Lu (CCER):
Returns to capital in China---calculation based on firm data

3:00-3:30: coffee break

3:30-5:00: Entrepreneurship

Hongbin Li (School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University)
            Entrepreneurship and Growth: Evidence from China
Scott Stern (NBER & Northwestern):
When Ideas Are Not Free: The Impact of Patents on Scientific Research
Hongbin Cai (Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University):
FDI and domestic entrepreneurship in China

Friday, June 29, morning

9:00-10:30: Macroeconomics

David Li (School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University)
            International imbalance and China’s options
Mark Watson (NBER & Princeton University):
I
nternational business cycle dynamics
Li’an Zhou (Guanghua School of Management, PKU)
            Political tournament and economic growth in China

10:30-10:45: coffee break

10:45-11:45:
Structural/Sector Issues

Daojiong Zha (School of International Relations, Renmin University)
            China’s energy strategy
Gibert Metcalf  (NBER & Turfts University) :
E
nergy 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):  
H
ealth insurance and health care
Ling Li (CCER):
            Healthcare reform in China
Alvin Roth  (NBER & Harvard University):
E
conomics of kidney exchange

10:30-10:45: coffee break

10:45-11:45: Population and Pension

Gang Yi (CCER and People’s 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, Beijing China, 100091
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).