Date: 6-8 June 2023 (Tuesday -Thursday)
Venue: Room A508, Jianhua Building, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Program on Growth and Institutions
School of Economics and Management Tsinghua University
June 6-8, 2023
The School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, China, organizes a research program on growth and institutions in China. The aim of the program is to promote research, inform policy makers, and enhance research capabilities in China, particularly at Tsinghua, in the area of growth and institutions. This will be the twelfth meeting of the program. This meeting is co-sponsored by CUHK-Tsinghua Joint Research Center for Chinese Economy and Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago.
Venue: Room A508, Jianhua Building, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Tuesday June 6
9:10 – 9:15: Opening Remarks (Chong-En Bai, Tsinghua University)
9:15 – 10:45: Russia
俄乌冲突与全球转型 (Shaolei Feng, East China Normal University)
10:45 – 11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:00: Paper Presentation
Whither Journalism? The Impact of Social Media on News Production in China (Yanhui Wu, University of Hong Kong)
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 15:00: Judicial Reforms
13:00 – 14:00: Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Integration: Evidence from China (Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago)
14:00 – 15:00: Judicial Reform in the New Era: Notable Developments and Trends (Xin Dai, Peking University)
15:00 – 15:30: Break
15:30 – 18:00: Paper Presentation
15:30 – 16:30: The Neoclassical Growth of China (Wen Yao, Tsinghua University)
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 – 17:45: Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China (Ruixue Jia, University of California San Diego)
18:00: Dinner
Wednesday June 7
9:00 – 10:45: Structural Changes
9:00 – 10:00: Tertiarization like China (Fabrizio Zilibotti, Yale University)
10:00 – 10:45: Measuring the Welfare Gain of E-Commerce (Tuo Chen, Tsinghua University)
10:45 – 11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:00: Paper Presentation
Information Discovery in a Hybrid Economy (Wei Xiong, Princeton University)
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 14:30: Round Table - Real Estate
Moderator: Zhiguo He (University of Chicago)
Panelists: Tao Wang (UBS)
Cong Chen (CITIC)
Yang Su (University of Chicago and Chinese University of Hong Kong)
14:30 – 15:00: Break
15:00 – 16:30: Rural Developments
Shouying Liu (Renmin University of China)
16:30 – 16:45: Break
16:45 – 17:45: Paper Presentation
Trade and the Direction of Technology (Wenlan Luo, Tsinghua University)
18:00: Dinner
Thursday June 8
9:00 – 10:45: Round Table - Asia, China and the World
Moderator: Michael Song (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Panelists: Keun Lee (Seoul National University)
Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo)
Bernard Yeung (National University of Singapore)
10:45 – 11:00: Break
11:00 – 12:00: Paper Presentation
Hobbesian Wars and Separation of Powers (Gérard Roland , University of California, Berkeley and Weijia Li, Monash University)
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 14:00: Paper Presentation
The Magic Bullet for Small Firm Finance: Unsecured Loans with Tax-based Fintech (Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University)
14:00 – 14:15: Break
14:15 – 16:15: Round Table - Local Government Debt
Moderator: Chong-En Bai (Tsinghua University)
Panelists: Jie Mao (University of International Business and Economics) Wei Wei (University of Chicago)
Michael Song (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
16:15 - 16:30: Break
16:30 – 17:30: Brainstorming (by invitation only)
18:00: Dinner