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

Apr 18-2013   

 

Time: June 27-30, 2007

Venue: CCER, Beijing University

 

Thursday, June 28, Morning

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:30 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

10:30-10:45 Group Photo & Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 International Economics

Kristin Forbes (NBER & MIT Sloan): International finance

Yang Yao (CCER): Trade，FDI, and technological upgrading in China

Douglas Irwin (NBER & Dartmouth College):

Trade policies, lessons from history

12:15-1:30 Lunch in Dajiaoshi of Wan Zhong Lou, CCER

 

Thursday June 28, afternoon

1:30-3:00 Domestic and International Investment

Chong-en Bai, Changtai Hsieh, and Yingyi Qian (School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University):

Returns 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)

            Income Distribution in China:  A Labor-Capital Perspective.

Mark Watson (NBER & Princeton University): International 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

Gilbert Metcalf (NBER & Tufts University):

Energy policy (and the environment)

12:00-1:30  Lunch in Dajiaoshi of Wan Zhong Lou, CCER

 

Friday, June 29, afternoon

Factory visit to Sanyuan Group

 

Saturday, June 30, morning

9:00-10:30 Health issues

Kathleen McGarry (NBER & UCLA): 

Health insurance and health care

Ling Li (CCER): Healthcare reform in China

Alvin Roth (NBER & Harvard University): Economics 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

12:00-1:30 Lunch in Xiaojiaoshi of Wan Zhong Lou, CCER

 

Conference adjourns right after the lunch