December 9

6:00PM Welcome Dinner, Crown Plaza

December 10

8:30-8:40 Registration

8:40-8:45 Opening Speech, Zhigang Yuan, Dean of the School of Economics, Fudan University

Session I: Macro

Chair: Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto

8:45-9:45 Keynote Speech by Chris Carroll, Johns Hopkins University

9:45-10:45 Zheng Michael Song, CUHK and Fudan: Life Cycle Earnings and Saving in a Fast-Growing Economy (Discussant: Qi John Zhu, SJTU)

10:45-11:00 Break

Session II: Regional

Chair: Zhao Chen, Fudan University

11:00-12:00 Loren Brandt, Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing, University of Toronto (Discussant: Hao Shi, SJTU)

12:00-1:00 Dan Li, Fudan University: Intranational Risk Sharing and Its Determinants (Discussant: Zhe Li, SHUFE)

1:00-2:00 Lunch

Session III: Labor

Chair: Chong-En Bai, Tsinghua University

2:00-3:00 Colin Xu, World Bank: Labor Regulation, Economic Complexity, and the China-India Gap (Discussant: Shuaizhang Feng)

3:00-4:00 Ting Li, Fudan University: Competition in Health Care Market: A Chinese Study (Discussant: Xiaolan Zhou)

4:00-4:15 Break

4:15-6:00 Policy Panel (Language: Chinese)

Chair: Lijian Sun, Fudan University

Chong-En Bai, Tsinghua University; Dennis Yang, CUHK; Zhigang Yuan, Fudan University; Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto

December 11 (Saturday)

Session IV:

Chair: Chun-Yu Ho, Georgia Institute of Technology and SJTU

8:45-9:45 Xue Qiao, Tsinghua University (Discussant: Jimmy Chan, SHUFE)

9:45-10:45 Yi Wen, Fed Reserve St. Louis and Tsinghua University: Making Sense of China.s Excessive Foreign Reserves (Discussant: Mingyi Kang, Fudan)

10:45-11:00 Break

Session V: Institutions

Chair: Jiahua Che, CUHK

11:00-12:00 Yi Lu, National University of Singapore: Property Rights Protection and Enterprise Performance: the Role of the State in Resolving Business Disputes (Discussant: Shan Zhao, SHUFE)

12:00-1:00 Chicheng Ma, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Where Entrepreneurs Meet Government Bureaucrats: Property Rights and Political Connections in China’s Private Sector Economy (Discussant: Jiahua Che, CUHK)

1:00-2:00 Lunch

Session VI: Empirical

Chair: Qianru Qi, Fudan University

2:00-3:00 Cheryl Long, Colgate University: VAT Rebates and Export Growth in China: Firm Level Evidence (Discussant: Yi Lu, National University of Singapore)

3:00-4:00 Zhigang Li, University of Hong Kong: Who Has Financed the Employer-provided Pension in China? A Triple-track Story (Discussant: Jin Feng, Fudan)

4:00-4:15 Break

4:15-5:15 Baozhi Qu, City University of Hong Kong: Bank Risk Taking, Efficiency, and Legal Environment Evidence from Chinese Banks (Discussant: Chun-Yu Ho, Georgia Institute of Technology and SJTU)

6:00 Dinner