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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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1:30pm- 3:30pm
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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 ) |
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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
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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
the deadline for registration is 18:00 on aug 2, 2019. the confirmation of participation will be sent via email