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Agenda for the 6th International Conference on NSE

2019-08-02

“Economic Development and Development Economics: What We Have Learned from the Past Seventy Years”

Aug 9-11, 2019

Wanzhong Second Floor Conference Room,

Langrun Garden, Peking University, Beijing, China

 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The international conference is an annual academic event organized by the Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE). Starting in 2012, it has been held annually from 2015 to 2018 at Peking University. The conference intends to bring worldwide frontier scholars together to exchange research ideas and findings on New Structural Economics.

 

 PROGRAM SUMMARY

 

Friday,

Aug 9

Wanzhong Second Floor Conference Room

8:00am-

8:30am

Registration and Coffee

 

Opening Session

8:30am-

9:35am

Moderator: Yong Wang, Peking University

 

“China's 70 Years of Development and Reflection of Modern Economics” Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University 

9:35am-

9:45am

Group Photo

9:45am-

10:00am

Coffee / Tea Break

 

Session A: Middle Income Trap

 

(Chair: Danny Quah, National University of Singapore; Organizer: Yong Wang, Peking University)  

10:00am-

11:05am

“Flying or Trapped”, Yunfang Hu, Kunieda Takuma, Kazuo Nishimura and Ping Wang

 

Speaker: Ping Wang, Washington University in St.Louis

 

Discussant: Michael Sposi, South Methodist University

 

Q&A

11:05am-

12:10pm

“Fiscal Policy and Industrial Upgrading”, Justin Yifu Lin, Yong Wang and Yi Wen

 

Speaker: Yi Wen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

 

Discussant: Shenzhe Jiang, Peking University

 

Q&A

12:10pm-

1:30pm

Buffet (by invitation only)  

1:30pm-

2:35pm

“The Sandwich Effect: Challenges for Middle-income Countries”, Yong Wang and Shangjin Wei

 

Speaker: Yong Wang, Peking University

 

Discussant: Joseph Kaboski, University of Notre Dame

 

Q&A

 

Session B: Macro Development of China

 

(Chair: Keun Lee, Seoul National University; Organizer: Lijun Zhu, Peking University)  

2:35pm-

3:40pm

“Illuminating Economic Growth”, Yingyao Hu and Jiaxiong Yao

 

Speaker: Yingyao Hu, Johns Hopkins University

 

Discussant: Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto

 

Q&A

3:40pm-

4:00pm

Coffee / Tea Break

4:00pm-

5:05pm

“China’s Housing Bubbles and Infrastructure Investment”, Shenzhe Jiang, Jianjun Miao and Yuzhe Zhang

 

Speaker: Jianjun Miao, Boston University

 

Discussant: Kaiji Chen, Emory University

 

Q&A

5:05pm-

6:10pm

“Selective Migration and Agricultural Productivity Gap: Evidence from China”, Qingen Gai, Naijia Guo, Bingjing Li, Qinghua Shi and Xiaodong Zhu

 

Speaker: Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto

 

Discussant: Ling Zhong, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

 

Q&A

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Conference Dinner (by invitation only)

 
 

Saturday, 

Aug 10

Wanzhong Second Floor Conference Room

 

Session C: Technology and Income Distribution

 

(Chair: Alojzy Nowak, University of Warsaw; Organizer: Junjie Xia, Peking University)  

8:30am-

9:35am

“Aggregate and Distributional Impact of Housing Policy: China’s Experiment”, Kaiji Chen, Qing Wang, Tong Xu and Tao Zha

 

Speaker: Kaiji Chen, Emory University

 

Discussant: Junjie Xia, Peking University

 

Q&A

9:35am-

10:40am

“High-Skilled Services and Development in China”, Lei Fang and Berthold Herrendorf

 

Speaker: Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

 

Discussant: Wen Yao, Tsinghua University

 

Q&A

10:40am - 10:55am

Coffee / Tea Break

10:55am-

12:00pm

“Getting Rich in China: An Empirical Investigation of Wealth Mobility”, Vincenzo Quadrini, Qi Sun, Junjie Xia and Ting Zeng

 

Speaker: Junjie Xia, Peking University

 

Discussant: Bo Zhao, Peking University

 

Q&A

12:00pm-

1:30pm

Buffet (by invitation only)

 

Session D: Growth in an Open Economy

 

(Chair: Ping Wang, Washington University in Saint Louis; Organizers: Xin Wang and Jimmy Xu, Peking University)

1:30pm- 

2:35pm

“Development Strategy and International Capital Flows”, Justin Lin and Xin Wang

 

Speaker: Xin Wang, Peking University

 

Discussant: Simon Alder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Q&A

2:35pm-

3:40pm

"Optimal Infant Industry Policy”, B. Ravikumar, Raymond Riezman and Yuzhe Zhang

 

Speaker: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa

 

Discussant: Yunfang Hu, Kobe University

 

Q&A

3:40pm-

4:00pm

Coffee / Tea Break

4:00pm-

5:05pm

“Can a Tiger Change Its Stripes? Reform of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in the Penumbra of the State”, Ann Harrison, Marshall Meyer, Peichun Wang, Linda Zhao and Minyuan Zhao

 

Speaker: Ann Harrison, University of California, Berkeley

 

Discussant: Yifan Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Q&A

5:05pm-

6:10pm

“Political Distortions and Infrastructure Networks in China: A Quantitative Spatial Equilibrium Analysis”, Simon Alder and Illenin Kondo

 

Speaker: Simon Alder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Discussant: Jimmy Xu, Peking University

 

Q&A

7:00pm-

9:00pm

Conference Dinner (by invitation only)

 

Dinner Keynote Speaker: Min Zhu, Tsinghua University

 

Title: TBA

 
 

Sunday,

Aug 11

Wanzhong Second Floor Conference Room

 

Session E: Finance and Development

 

(Chair: Celestin Monga, African Development Bank; Organizer: Jiajun Xu, Peking University) 

8:30am-

9:35am

“The Impact of Labor Income Reward Plan: An EITC Experiement in China”, Li Gan, Xiongfei Guo, Qing He and Junhui Wang

 

Speaker: Li Gan, Texas A&M University

 

Discussant: Albert Park, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

Q&A

9:35am-

10:40am

“Demographics and the Evolution of Global Imbalances”, Michael Sposi

 

Speaker : Michael Sposi, South Methodist University

 

Discussant: Min Qiang Kent Zhao , Xiamen University

 

Q&A

10:40am-

10:55am

Coffee / Tea Break

10:55am-

12:00pm

“The Maturity Lengthening Role of National Development Banks”, Alfredo Schclarek, Jiajun Xu and Jianye Yan

 

Speaker: Alfredo Schclarek, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

 

Discussant: Zhiyun Li, Durham University

 

Q&A

12:00pm–

1:30pm

Buffet (by invitation only)

 

Round-Table Discussions

 

Round-Table Session I: (summarizing the past and present)

 

How successful are dominant development theories and policies in providing effective guidance for less-developed countries to catch up over the past 70 years? 

 

(Organizer: Yong Wang, Peking University)  

1:30pm-

3:30pm

 

 

Chair: Ann Harrison, University of California, Berkeley

 

Speaker 1: Yan Wang, Cornell University

 

“70 years of Economic Development in the Developing World and the Evolution of International Cooperation and Aid”, with Justin Yifu Lin

 

Speaker 2: Danny Quah, National University Of Singapore

 

Speaker 3: Celestin Monga, African Development Bank Group

 

Speaker 4: Alojzy Nowak, University of Warsaw

 

Speaker 5: Keun Lee, Seoul National University

 

 

Round-Table Discussions

3:30pm-

4:00pm

Coffee / Tea Break

 

Round-Table Session II: (looking into the future)

 

What are the major academic questions in growth and development that we are still lack of satisfactory answers to and how to investigate these issues in a more promising way?

 

(Organizer: Yong Wang, Peking University )

 

4:00pm-

5:30pm

Chair: Michele Boldrin, Washington University in St. Louis

 

Speaker 1: Li Gan, Texas A&M University

 

Speaker 2: Ping Wang, Washington University in St. Louis

 

Speaker 3: Albert Park, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

Speaker 4: Xiaodong Zhu , University of Toronto

 

Speaker 5: Ann Harrison, University of California, Berkeley

 

Round-Table Discussions 

 

5:30pm-

5:40pm

Concluding speech by Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, and Michele Boldrin, Washington University in St. Louis

5:40pm-

7:30pm

Conference Dinner (by invitation only) 

 

 

Conference Attendees

 
 
 

Name

Affiliation

Simon Alder

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michele Boldrin

Washington University in St. Louis

Kaiji Chen

Emory University

Lei Fang

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Li Gan

Texas A&M University

Ann Harrison

University of California, Berkeley

Bo Hu

INSE, Peking University

Yingyao Hu

Johns Hopkins University

Yunfang Hu

Kobe University

Shenzhe Jiang

INSE, Peking University

Joseph Kaboski

University of Notre Dame

Keun Lee

Seoul National University

Zhiyun Li

Durham University

Justin Yifu Lin

INSE, Peking University

Jianjun Miao

Boston University

Celestin Monga

African Development Bank

Alojzy Nowak

University of Warsaw

Xinqiao Ping

Peking University

Albert Park

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Danny Quah

National University of Singapore

Raymond Riezman

University of Iowa 

Alfredo Schclarek

Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

Michael Sposi

South Methodist University

Rongsheng Tang

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 

Ping Wang

Washington University in St. Louis

Shufei Wang

Wuhan University

Xin Wang

INSE, Peking University

Yan Wang

Cornell University

Yong Wang

INSE, Peking University

Yi Wen

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Hemao Wu

Peking University

Junjie Xia

INSE, Peking University

Jiajun Xu

INSE, Peking University

Jimmy Xu

INSE, Peking University

Tong Xu

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Jianye Yan

INSE, Peking University

Wen Yao

Tsinghua University

Bo Zhao

Peking University

Min Qiang Kent Zhao

Xiamen University

Yifan Zhang

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ling Zhong

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Lijun Zhu

INSE, Peking University

Min Zhu

Tsinghua University

Xiaodong Zhu

University of Toronto 

 

 

 

Organizing Committee

 
 
 

Michele Boldrin: boldrin@wustl.edu

Yong Wang: yongwang@nsd.pku.edu.cn

Lijun Zhu: lijunzhu@nsd.pku.edu.cn

 

Local Contact

 
 
 

Yang Tang: yangtang@nsd.pku.edu.cn

 

Clicking here for application 

The deadline for registration is 18:00 on Aug 2, 2019. The confirmation of participation will be sent via email