7th International Conference on
Transition and Economic Development
PROGRAMME
June 13-14, 2017
Shanghai, China
China Center for Economic Studies (CCES)
Fudan University
Venue: Room 201, School of Economics
June 13
Welcome Speech
9:00-9:15 Jun Zhang
(Fudan University)
Section I: Development Economics
Chaired by: Zhao Chen
(Fudan University)
9:15-10:00 Julan Du
(CUHK)
No Longer Business as Usual: When Japanese Automakers Meet Chinese Consumers amid the Bilateral Political Tensions
10:00-10:45 Pei Li
(Xiamen University)
Misaligned Administrative Boundaries: Evidence from China
11:00-11:45 Yu Liu
(Fudan University)
Connections and Corporate Tax Avoidance
11:45-12:30 Nancy Qian
(Northwestern University)
Technology, State Capacity and Firm Behavior: Evidence from VAT in China
Section II: Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Chaired by: Angus C. Chu
(Fudan University)
14:00-14:45 Daniel Berkowitz
(University of Pittsburgh)
Does Capital-Labor Substitution or Do Institutions Explain Declining Labor Shares?
14:45-15:30 Angus C. Chu
(Fudan University)
Inflation and Innovation in a Schumpterian Economy with North-South Technology Transfer between China and the US
15:45-16:30 Giammario Impullitti
(University of Nottingham)
Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World
16:30-17:15 Pietro Peretto
(Duke University)
Robust Endogenous Growth
June 14
Section III: Political Economy
Chaired by: Xiaohuan Lan
(Fudan University)
9:15-10:00 Ying Bai
(CUHK)
Economic Legacies of North-to-South Migration in China during 1127-1130
10:00-10:45 Ruixue Jia
(UCSD)
Access to Elite Education, Wage Premium and Social Mobility: The Truth and Illusion of China's College Entrance Exam
11:00-11:45 Yongxiang Wang
(University of South California)
Something in the Air: Projection Bias and the Demand for Health Insurance
11:45-12:30 Li-an Zhou
(Peking University)
Estimating the Long-term Effects of Mao Zedong’s Economic Radicalism
Section IV: Urban and Regional Development
Chaired by: Zhi Wang
(Fudan University)
14:00-14:45 Yizhen Gu
(Jinan University)
Parking Price and Auto Use: Evidence from Beijing
14:45-15:30 Shimeng Liu
(Jinan University)
Homeownership, Housing Wealth and Transition into Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China
15:45-16:30 Xiaodong Zhu
(University of Toronto)
Temporary Migration, Lasting Effects: Schooling Choice and Dynamic Effects of Trade in China
16:30-17:15 Ben Zou
(Michigan State University)
Urbanization from Scratch: The Persistent Effect of China’s ‘Third Front Movement’
