November 29, 2019
Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University
Guangzhou, China
Location: 406 Science Hall, Jinan University, 601 West Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
8:55-9:00 Welcome Speech
9:00-10:20 Session I: Firms
The Spatial Distribution of Industries and the Comparative Advantages of Cities
Speaker: Shimeng Liu (JNU)
Public Capital and Firm Performance: Micro-Evidence from China's High-Speed Rail
Speaker: Chun Kuang (UIBE)
10:20-10:50 Break (Group photo)
10:50-12:10 Session II: Housing
Affordable Housing, Local Labor Market and Retail Amenities
Speaker: Yatang Lin (HKUST)
Do Earthquakes Shake Mortgage Lenders’ Risk Perception?
Speaker: Minhong Xu (NAU)
12:10-2:10 Lunch (Minhu Building)
2:10-3:30 Session III: Land
Urban Bias and the Political Economy of Rural Land Policy in China
Speaker: Wei Xiao (SWUFE)
Political Connection and Land Misallocation: Evidence from the Urban Land Quota System in China
Speaker: Jianfeng Wu (Fudan)
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-5:20 Session IV: Land & Political Economy
An Analysis of the Spatial Price Competition among Real Estate Developers
Speaker: Wei Shi (JNU)
On Intergovernmental Communication: A Tale of Two Decentralization Reforms
Speaker: Shiyu Bo (JNU)
6:00-8:00 Dinner (Guangzhou Restaurant)
List of Participants
Richard Arnott University of California, Riverside
Shiyu Bo Jinan University
Ying Chen Xiamen University
Shihe Fu Xiamen University
Yizhen Gu Jinan University
Chun Kuang University of International Business and Economics
Yatang Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Shimeng Liu Jinan University
Wei Shi Jinan University
Chaoyue Tian Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Jianfeng Wu Fudan University
Wei Xiao Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Minhong Xu Nanjing Audit University
