June 16-17, 2017
2nd Floor, Wanzhong Building, NSD, Peking University
Organized by:
The National Bureau of Economic Research
National School of Development, Peking University
Supported by:
School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
| Friday, June 16, 2017 |
|
| 08:45-09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:00-09:10 |
Opening Remarks |
|
|
James Poterba, President of NBER and Professor at MIT Yang Yao, Dean of National School Development, Peking University Director of CCER, Peking University Shang-Jin Wei, Director of NBER Working Group on the Chinese Economy |
| Section 1 Chair: Prof. Justin Lin, Peking University (Public Finance I） |
|
| 09:10-10:40 |
James Poterba, MIT and President of NBER “Tax Incentives and Retirement Saving in a Low-Return Environment” |
| Martin Feldstein, Harvard University, former President of NBER “Growth is Faster Than You Think” |
|
| Yaohui Zhao, Peking University “Have the Chinese Saved Enough for Retirement?” |
|
| 10:40-11:10 |
Group Photo & Coffee Break |
| Section 2 Chair: Martin Feldstein, Harvard (Government in the Economy) |
|
| 14:00-15:30 |
Kathryn Dominguez, University of Michigan and NBER “Currency Manipulations” |
| Yong Wang and Prof. Justin Lin, NSE, Peking University “Structural Change, Industrial Upgrading and Middle-Income Trap” |
|
| Ann Harrison, University of Pennsylvania “Industrial Policy in China and India: Firm Level Evidence” |
|
| 12:40-14:00: |
Lunch in the conference room |
| Section 3 Chair: James Poterba (Trade I) |
|
| 14:00-15:30 |
Steven Redding, Princeton University and NBER “Trade and Welfare: a Big Data Approach” |
| Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER “Reexamining the Effect of the China Trade Shock on the US Labor Market: A Value Chain Perspective” (with Wang Zhi, Yu Xinding and Zhu Kunfu, UIBE) |
|
| Miaojie Yu, NSD, Peking University “All-Around Trade Liberalization and Firm Employment: Evidence from Chinese Firms” (with Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez, UC-Irvine) |
|
| 15:30-15:50 |
Coffee Break |
| Section 4 Chair: Miaojie Yu, Deputy Dean, NSD, Peking University Twenty Years Anniversary of NBER-CCER Collaboration and Achievements: China in the World Economy: Past, Present, and Future |
|
| 15:50-17:20 (15 min. each) Invite Journalists |
Marty Feldstein, Harvard University & Former President of NBER |
| Justin Yifu Lin, Vice Chairman of Peking University Council, Honorary Dean of National School of Development and Founding Director of CCER, PKU. |
|
| Jim Poterba, MIT and President of NBER |
|
| Wen Hai, Vice Chairman of Peking University Council, Dean, HSBC Business School, Peking University |
|
| Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University & co-organizer of NBER-CCER conference |
|
| Yang Yao, Dean of NSD and Director of CCER, Peking Univ. |
|
| 18:00-20:00 |
Buffet Keynote Speaker: Yi Gang, Vice governor of People’s Bank of China and NSD, Peking University. Venue: 2nd Floor, Wanzhong Building, NSD, Peking University |
| Saturday, June 17, 2017 |
|
| Section 5 Chair: Shang-Jin Wei (Public FinanceⅡ) |
|
| 09:00-10:30
|
James Hines, University of Michigan TBA |
| Chong-En Bai and Xiao Liu, Tsinghua University “Information provision, enrollment in government-pension programs and household consumption: evidence from a field experiment” |
|
| Eric Zwick, University of Chicago TBA |
|
| 10:30-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| Section 6 Chair: Karen Horn, Vice Chair of the NBER Board (Trade & Political Economy) |
|
| 10:50-12:20 |
Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth and NBER “The Effects of Trade Policy” |
| Tianyang Xi and Yang Yao, NSD, Peking University “Political Coalitions, Disinterested Governments and Economic Performance in Autocracies” |
|
| Liugang Sheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong “Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence from China” (with Dennis T. Yang) |
|
| 12:20-14:00 |
Lunch in the conference room |
| Section 7 Chair: James Hines, Michigan (Corporate Finance/Productivity) |
|
| 14:00-15:00 |
Debra Lucas, MIT Sloan School of Management TBA |
| Shuanglin Lin, NSD, Peking University “The Effects of Housing Property Tax Reforms in China” |
|
| 15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| Section 8 Chair: Debra Lucas, MIT, (Public Finance) |
|
| 15:30-16:30 |
Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato, Duke University and NBER “Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China” |
| Xiaobo Zhang, NSD, Peking University “Taxation and Firm Clustering in China” (with Shawn Chen, Univ. of Western Australia and Qi Dong, PKU) |
|
| 18:30 |
Informal dinner to be hosted by the NBER |
