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Tsinghua University

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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Korea Development Institute

National University of Singapore

Tokyo Center for Economic Research

22nd Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics

The Role of Government

June 24-25, 2011

National School of Development at Peking University

CCER

Beijing, China

PROGRAM

Thursday, June 23:

4:25 pm

Meet in Lakeview Hotel Lobby for Bus to Summer Palace

5:25 pm

Meet in Lakeview Hotel Lobby for Bus to Summer Palace

7:00 pm

Opening Reception, Ting Li Guan Restaurant in Summer Palace

Friday, June 24:

8:45 am

Meet in Lakeview Hotel Lobby for Bus to Conference Site

Session 1. International Finance and Trade

9:00 am

Qingyuan Du, Columbia University

Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER

A Darwinian Perspective on the Chinese Exchange Rate

Discussants: Francis Lui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Jianguo Xu, CCER

10:00 am

Martin Berka, Massey University

Michael Devereux, University of British Columbia and NBER

What Determines European Real Exchange Rates?

Discussants: Andrew Rose, University of California at Berkeley and NBER

Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University and NBER

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Yi Wen, Tsinghua University

Making Sense of China’s Excessive Foreign Reserves

Discussants: Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo and NBER

Yiping Huang, CCER

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Woochan Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management

Korea Investment Corporation: Its Origin and Evolution

Discussants: Ludwig Linbo He, China Investment Corporation

Yiping Huang, CCER

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Binkai Chen, Central University of Finance and Economics

Yang Yao, CCER

The Cursed Virtue: Government Infrastructural Investment and Household Consumption in Chinese Provinces

Discussants: Renato Reside, University of the Philippines

Mark Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Session 2. Financial Markets, Consumption and Taxation

3:45 pm

Hyung-Kwon Jeong, Bank of Korea

Sung Wook Joh, Seoul National University

Risk Taking of “TBIF” Banks in a Concentrated Market: Evidence from Surviving Banks after a Financial Crisis

Discussants: Kaoru Hosono, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance

Renato Reside, University of the Philippines

4:45 pm

Adjourn by Bus

5:00 pm

Group Dinner, Quan Ju De Roast Duck Restaurant

Zhong Guan Cun Street No. 1

Saturday, June 25:

8:15 am

Meet in Lakeview Hotel Lobby for Bus to Conference Site

8:30 am

Zvi Bodie, Boston University

Joseph Cherian, National University of Singapore

Chua Wee Kang, National University of Singapore

Worry-Free Inflation-Indexing for Sovereigns: How Governments can Effectively Deliver Inflation-Indexed Returns to their Citizens and Retirees

Discussants: Kaoru Hosono, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance

Qing Liu, Tsinghua University

9:30 am

Chong-En Bai, Tsinghua University

Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University

Payroll Tax and Household Consumption

Discussants: Martin Berka, Massey University

Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER

James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame

Consumption and Income Inequality in the U.S. Since the 1960s

Discussants: Lucas Davis, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Yongheng Deng, National University of Singapore

11:45 am

Shin-Horng Chen, CIER

Meng-chun Liu, CIER

Pei-Chang Wen, CIER

The ECFA and Its Effect on Cross-Strait Trade and Investment: A Taiwanese Perspective

Discussants: Somkiat Tangkitvanich, TDRI

Miaojie Yu, CCER

12:45 pm

Lunch

Session 3. Regulated Industries (Nuclear, Health Care)

2:00 pm

Lucas Davis, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Catherine Wolfram, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

Discussants: Somkiat Tangkitvanich, TDRI

Jintao Xu, Peking University

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Ayako Kondo, Osaka University

Hitoshi Shigeoka, Columbia University

Effects of Universal Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Japan

Discussants: Janet Currie, Columbia University and NBER

Haruko Noguchi, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

4:15 pm

Janet Currie, Columbia University and NBER

Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University and NBER

Is the Foreclosure Crisis Making Us Sick?

Discussants: Yongheng Deng, National University of Singapore

Haruko Noguchi, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

5:15 pm

Adjourn

Sunday, June 26:

8:30 am

Meet in Lakeview Hotel Lobby for Optional Sight-Seeing Tour of Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Silk Street

tour details

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Participants will be staying at:

The Lakeview Hotel
No. 127, Zhongguancun North Road
Haidian District, Beijing, China, TEL (86 10)82689999
http://www.thelakeviewhotel.com.cn/index_en.html

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