第七届CCER-NBER“中国与世界经济”年会--参会申请

The Seventh Annual NBER-CCER Conference on

China and the World Economy

Conference Site: China Center for Economic Research, Beijing University

June 29-July 2, 2005

Organizors: Justin Lin and Yang Yao (CCER)

Martin Feldstein and Shang-Jin Wei (NBER)

June 29

18:30 – 20:00: Reception Dinner at the CCER (hosted by the CCER)

June 30

8:30 - 8:45 Registration

8:45 - 9:00 Welcome remarks

                  Justin Yifu Lin (Director, CCER) and Martin Feldstein (President, NBER)

9:00 – 10:45 Macroeconomic issues in China and the US

                  An official from PBC (Zhou Xiaochuan, to be invited)

China’s moves to fulfill WTO requirements for banking access

                  Justin Yifu Lin (Director, CCER)

From deflation to inflation: China’s macroeconomic situation

                  Martin Feldstein

Macroeconomic situation in the US and its implications to other countries

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 - 12:30 Banks and monetary policy

                  Anil Kashyup (NBER & University of Chicago)

Banking

                  David Li (Director, CCWE, Tsinghua University)

China’s interest rate policies: 1980-2004

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

13:30 – 17:30 Factory visit

18:30 – 20:00 Dinner (hosted by the NBER)

July 1

9:00 – 10:30 Capital markets

                  Richard Clarida (NBER & Columbia University)

Capital flows

                  Bo Li (PBC)

Legislation and capital market in China

                  Minggao Shen (CCER)

Informal capital market in China

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Governance and Economic Consequences

                  Yang Yao (CCER)

Grassroots democracy and farmers’ capability against major health shocks

                  Ben Olken (Harvard)

Corruption

                  Shang-Jin Wei (NBER & IMF)

Entrepot Trade and Tariff Evasion

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:30 Migration and Health

                 Yaohui Zhao (CCER)

Migration and income disparity

                 George Borjas (NBER & Harvard)

International migration

                 Ling Li (CCER)

Hospital reform in China

                 Amy Finkelstein (NBER & Harvard)

Healthcare

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30 Public finance and public programs

                  Xinqiao Ping (CCER)

Fiscal decentralization and local public good provision in China

                  Jeff Liebman (NBER & Harvard)

Tax credits for income maintenance

          Zhong Zhao (CCER)

Labor

18:30 – 20:00 Dinner (hosted by the NBER, Da-zhai-men)

July 2

9:00 – 11:00 Trade and FDI

                An official from Ministry of Commerce and Foreign Trade

China’s move to deal with textile trade disputes

                Kent Smetters (NBER & Wharton, University of Pennsylvania) The conservative''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s economic agenda in the US

                Feng Lu

 Inter-firm trade