Date: 23-24 August, 2023 (Wed - Thu)
Venue: IAS Lecture Theater, HKUST
Programme
August 23, 2023 (Wednesday)
| 9:00- 9:20 | Registration |
| 9:20-9:30 | Opening Remarks |
Session 1: Political Economy
Chair: Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego
| 9:30- 10:30 |
Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago |
| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:50-11:50 |
China's Foreign Aid: Political Determinants and Economic Effects Joris Mueller , National University of Singapore |
| 11:50-13:30 | Lunch (by invitation) |
Session 2: Trade/Macro
Chair: Yao Amber Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
| 13:30- 14:30 |
Transmission Of Quantity-based Monetary Policy Through Heterogeneous Banks In China Dan Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 14:30-14:50 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 14:50-15:50 |
Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports Robin Kaiji Gong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 15:50-16:10 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 16:10-17:10 |
The Political Economy of Trade Deliberalization: How the US-China Trade War Fueled Anti-Americanism in China Wenbiao Sha, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University |
| 17:10-- | Dinner (by invitation) |
August 24, 2023 (Thursday)
Session 3: PhD Student Session
Chair: Michael Zheng Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
| 9:00- 9:30 |
From a Way of Life to Ways of Earning a Living: The Impact of E-commerce on Occupational Choices Wei Li, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Housing Wealth, Fertility and Children’s Health in China: A Regression Discontinuity Design Ya Tan, University of International Business and Economics |
| 10:00-10:40 | Group Photo Taking and Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:40-11:10 |
Domestic vs Foreign Superstars: Granular Comparative Advantage, Pro- competitive Effects, and Productivity Spillovers Thomas Rowley, ESSEC Business School |
| 11:10-11:40 |
Liberalization to Inequality: How China’s State-Owned Enterprise Reform Restructures the Urban Labor Market Yuli Xu, University of California, San Diego |
| 11:40-13:30 | Lunch (by invitation) |
Session 4: Labor/Development
Chair: Yifan Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
| 13:30- 14:30 |
Institutional Weakness and Societal Vulnerability: Evidence from the Sichuan Earthquake Yiming Cao, The University of Hong Kong |
| 14:30-14:50 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 14:50-15:50 |
Labor Market Integration, Entrepreneur Sorting, and Regional Inequality Wei Lin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
| 15:50-16:10 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 16:10-17:10 |
Driving the Drivers: Algorithmic Wage-Setting in Ride-Hailing Zhe Yuan, Zhejiang University |
| 17:10-- | Dinner (by invitation) |