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Working Group on the Chinese Economy |
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October
3, 2003 |
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Martin
Feldstein and Shang-Jin Wei, Organizers |
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NBER |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge,
MA 02138 |
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Thursday, October 2, 2003 |
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7:30 pm, |
Group Dinner |
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Sonesta Hotel |
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Dinner Speaker: Dwight
Perkins, Harvard University |
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Friday, October 3, 2003 |
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9:00 am |
Martin Feldstein,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Opening remarks |
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9:10 am |
Robert Feenstra, UC,
Davis and NBER |
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Gordon Hanson, UC,
San Diego and NBER |
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Ownership and Control in Outsourcing to China |
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Discussant: Chenggang
Xu, London School of Economics |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
J. Vernon Henderson, Brown
University and NBER |
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How Migration Restrictions Limit Agglomeration |
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and Productivity in China? |
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(joint with Chun-Chung Au) |
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Discussant: Mary
Amiti, University of Melbourne and IMF |
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11:05 am |
Genevieve Boyreau-Debray, World
Bank |
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Shang-Jin Wei,
International Monetary Fund and NBER |
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Can China Grow Faster? |
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Estimating the Segmentation of the Internal Capital
Market" |
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Discussant: Wing
Thye Woo, UC, Davis |
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12:55 pm |
Lunch |
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1:45 pm |
Panel Discussion: Is China on the Verge of a Major
Financial Crisis? |
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Chair: Martin
Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER |
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Panelists: Nicholas
Lardy, Institute for International Economics |
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Eswar Prasad,
International Monetary Fund |
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2:45 pm |
Coffee |
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3:00 pm |
Yingyi Qian, UC,
Berkeley |
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Regional Decentralization and Fiscal Incentives: |
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Federalism, Chinese Style" |
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(joint with Hehui Jin and Barry Weingast, Stanford
University) |
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Discussant: Barry
Naughton, UC, San Diego (Tentative) |
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3:50 pm |
Wei Li,
University of Virginia |
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A Great Leap Forward or Backward: |
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Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster" |
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Discussant: Loren Brandt,
University of Toronto |
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Adjourn |
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August 2, 2003 |
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