Penn State - Tsinghua University Conference

"China and the World Economy"

May 8-9 2012

(Organized by Jiandong Ju, Kala Krishna, and Hong Ma)

All Sessions will be at the Nittany Lion Inn, Alumni Lounge Conference Room.

 

May 8, 2012

Opening remarks

Session 1
2:00 pm-4:25 PM
Policies and Productivity (45 minutes each)
Chair:  Jim Tybout

Liugang Sheng, University of California, Davis.  "The Ownership Structure of Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence from China" with Dennis Tao Yang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Guan Gong, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.  “Costly Labor Adjustment: Effects of China’s Employment Regulations” with Ping Yan (China Center for Economic Research) and Russell Cooper (European University Institute)

Carlos Ramirez, George Mason University.  “The Political Economy of ‘Currency Manipulation’ Bashing”

25 minute break

 

Session 2
4:40-6:15PM
Work in Progress. (30 minutes each)
Chair: Jonathan Eaton

Yelena Sheveleva, Penn State University.  “Multiproduct Firms” with Kala Krishna (Penn State University) and Hong Ma (Tsinghua University)

Zhen Lei, Penn State University.  “China’s Export Restrictions on Rare Earth Elements and Offshoring of Foreign Downstream Firms to China” with Kala Krishna (Penn State University) and Hong Ma (Tsinghua University)

 Xue Bai, Penn State University.  "How You Export Matters: Export Mode, Learning and Productivity in China" with Kala Krishna (Penn State University) and Hong Ma (Tsinghua University).

Dinner
6:30PM
American Ale House

 

 

May 9, 2012

Breakfast
8:30 am
Alumni Lounge Conference Room

Session 3
9:00AM-11:30AM
Prices, Value Added, Labor Shares and Productivity (30 minutes each)
Chair:  Stephen Yeaple

Susan Zhu, Michigan State University.  "Prices of Chinese Exports: Beyond Productivity" with Ying Ge (University of International Business and Economics) and Huiwen Lai (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

H.L. Kee, World Bank.  "Domestic Value Added in Chinese Exports" with Heiwai Tang (Tufts University)

15 minute break

Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto. "Why is Labor Income Share So Low in China?" with Zhenji Qian (Tsinghua University)

Miaojie Yu, Peking University.  "Processing Trade, Tariff Reductions, and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Products"

15 minute break

 

Session 4
11:30AM-1:00PM
Work in Progress (30 Minutes each)
Chair:  Hong Ma

Bernardo Diaz de Astarloa, Penn State University.  “The great leap forward: preparing to export in China”  with Kala Krishna (Penn State University), Xue Bai (Penn State University), and Hong Ma (Tsinghua University).

Jiandong Ju, Tsingua University and the University of Oklahoma.  "Structural Adjustments in Production and International Trade: Theory and Evidence from China" with Hanwei Huang (Tsinghua University) and Vivian Z. Yue (Federal Reserve Board)

Ben Li, Boston College.  "Nationalism and International Trade: Theory and Evidence" with Xiaohuan Lan (University of Virginia)

Lunch
1:00PM-2:00PM
Nittany Lion Inn Alumni Lobby

 

Session 5
2:00PM-4:00PM
Exchange Rates and Exports (30 minutes)
Chair: Jiandong Ju

Prachi Mishra, International Monetary Fund. "Spillover Effects of Exchange Rates: A Study of the Renminbi" with Aaditya Mattoo (World Bank) and Arvind Subramanian (Peterson Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development)

15 minute break

Heiwai Tang, Tufts University.  "Factory Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exports” with Yue Ma (Lingnan University) and Yifan Zhang (Lingnan University)

15 minute break

Hong Ma, Tsingua University.  "How Do Exchange Rate Movements Affect Chinese Exports? -- A Firm-Level Investigation" with Hongbin Li (Tsinghua University), Yuan Xu (Tsinghua University) and Yanyan Xiong (Southeast University)

15 minute break

 

Session 6
4:15PM-6:00PM
Theoretical Links (45 minutes each)
Chair:  Meredith Crowley

Ann Harrison, University of Pennsylvania: Wharton.  "Industrial Policy and Competition" with Philippe Aghion (Harvard University), Mathias Dewatripont (European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics), L. Du, and Patrick Legros (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

15 minute break

Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University.  "Trade Liberalization and Embedded Institutional Reform: Evidence from Chinese Exporters" with Peter K. Schott (Yale University) and Shang-Jin Wei (Columbia University).

Closing remarks

Dinner
6:30PM
Asian Banquet at Golden Wok

 

 

 

 

 

Participant List (work in progress)

Xue Bai, Penn State University
Saroj Bhattarai, Penn State University
Meredith Crowley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 
Svetlana Demidova, McMaster University
Bernardo Diaz de Astarloa, Penn State University
Jonathan Eaton, Penn State University
Michal Fabinger, Harvard University
Alexander Fakos, Penn State University
Veronica Frisancho Robles, Penn State University
Guan Gong, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Ann Harrison, University of Pennsylvania
Hao Hong, Penn State University
Susumu Imai, Queen’s University
David Jinkins, Penn State University
Corrine Jones, Penn State University
Jiandong Ju, Tsingua University and the University of Oklahoma
Fariha Kamal, U.S. Census Bureau
H.L. Kee, World Bank
James Key, Penn State University
Amit Khandelwal, University of Columbia
Moon Jung Kim, Penn State University
Kala Krishna, Penn State University
Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Penn State University
Ahmad Lashkaripour, Penn State University
Zhen Lei, Penn State University
Ben Li, Boston College
Kai Li, Penn State University
Zhi Li, Penn State University
Shengyu Li, Penn State University
Xiangmin Helen Liu, Penn State University
Yanping Liu, Penn State University
Dan Lu, The University of Rochester and Princeton University 
Gary Lyn, Penn State University
Hong Ma, Tsinghua University
Xiangjun Ma, The University of Virginia
Yuxi Meng, Penn State University
Prachi Mishra, International Monetary Fund
Ryan Monarch, The University of Michigan
Eduardo Morales, Princeton University
Xiaochun Niu, Penn State University
Carlos Ramirez, George Mason University
Jonathan Riew, Penn State University
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley
Liugang Sheng, University of California, Davis
Yelena Sheveleva, Penn State University
Li Su, The University of Oklahoma
Heiwai Tang, Tufts University
Felix Tintelnot, Penn State University
Cheng-Hao Tsai, Penn State University
James Tybout, Penn State University
Ziru Wei, Tsinghua University
Xuebing Yang, Penn State University – Altoona
Stephen Yeaple, Penn State University
Xiaopeng Yin, IEFS China, University of International Business and Economics
Miaojie Yu, Peking University
Xinding Yu, Tsinghua University
Hongsong Zhang, Penn state University
Kuangyuan Zhang, Penn State University
Susan Chun Zhu, Michigan State University
Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto