Program
2023 Jinan-SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics
December 28-29, 2023
Guangzhou, China
Organized by:
The Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR),
Jinan University
Supported by:
School of Economics (SOE),
Singapore Management University
Guidelines for Presentation
Keynote Speeches
The 2023 Jinan-SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics is pleased to invite prominent professors Matthew E. Kahn, Eleonora Patacchini, Christopher D. Timmins, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh as keynote speakers.
Parallel Sessions
All presenters in the parallel sessions should arrive in advance and make sure that the presentation slides are loaded. Each presentation is allocated 30 minutes. Please respect the time limit. Session chairs have been assigned to the program. The chairs are advised to enforce the time constraints.
Program Overview
Time | 29 December (Friday) | |
8:30 - 8:50 | Sign in | Sign in |
8:50 - 9:00 | Opening Remarks by: Prof. Shuaizhang Feng Dean of IESR, Jinan Univeristy; Prof. Yongheng Deng Wisconsin University - Madison | |
9:00 - 10:00 | Keynote 1: Prof. Matthew E. Kahn Chair: Shimeng Liu, Jinan University | Keynote 3: Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh Chair: Yunho Cho, Jinan University |
10:00 - 10:20 | Break & Group Photo | Break |
10:20 - 12:20 | Parallel Sessions 1: Session 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | Parallel Sessions 3: Session 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 |
12:20 - 14:00 | Lunch | Lunch (Room 118, Zhonghui Building) |
14:00 - 15:00 | Keynote 2: Prof. Eleonora Patacchini Chair: Shiyu Bo, Jinan University | Keynote 4: Prof. Christopher D. Timmins Chair: Hongjia Zhu, Jinan University |
15:00 - 15:20 | Break | Break |
15:20 - 17:20 | Parallel Sessions 2: Session 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 | Parallel Sessions 4: Session 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 |
18:30 - 21:00 | Dinner (Banana leaf, 1F Vanburgh Hotel) | Dinner (海门鱼仔, 2F Guangdong Nongxin Building) |
There will be NO on-site registration.
Detailed Program
Day 1: 28th December (Thursday)
Presenters are highlighted in BOLD. All conference rooms are located in the Zhonghui Building.
8:30 – 8:50 Sign in (1F Lobby, Zhonghui Building)
8:50 – 9:00 Opening Remarks (Room 217/Zoom)
Shuaizhang Feng, Dean of IESR, Jinan University
Yongheng Deng, Wisconsin University - Madison
9:00 – 10:00 Keynote Speech 1 (Room 217/Zoom)
Prof. Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California
Title: A Research Agenda Focused on Asian City Adaptation to Climate Change Shocks
Chair: Shimeng Liu, Jinan University
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break (Room 118) & Group Photo (Front Door of Zhonghui Building)
10:20 – 12:20 Parallel Sessions 1
Session 1.1: Frictions in Urban Space (Room 217)
Chair: Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Title: Search, Information Friction, and the Housing Market
Author(s): Keyang Li, University of International Business and Economics
Jing Wu, Tsinghua University
Hefan Zheng, Tsinghua University
Title: The Economic Implications of Map Distortion: Evidence from the Housing Market
Author(s): Cheng Keat Tang, Nanyang Technological University
Eugene Or, Nanyang Technological University
Title: Local Government Competition and Spatial Mismatch between Workers and Firms
Author(s): Ming Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yuta Suzuki, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xican Xi, Fudan University
Le Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yuejun Zhong, East China Normal University
Title: Who Bear the Cost: Financial Friction and Labor Markdown
Author(s): Ming Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Yao Amber Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zehao Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Session 1.2: Energy (Room 106)
Chair: Yi Fan, National University of Singapore
Title: Warming Cities: Urban Development, Heat Island, and Climate Change
Author(s): Jindong Pang, Wuhan University
Ningzhe Zhou, Peking University
Title: Urban Electricity Powers Rural Farms: Evidence from China’s First Electric
Irrigation Program
Author(s): Shiyu Bo, Jinan University
Xiaomeng Cui, Jinan University
Cong Liu, Jinan University
Title: The Unintended Consequences of Coal-fired Power Plant Closures: Evidence
from China
Author(s): Yi Fan, National University of Singapore
Qiuxia Gao, National University of Singapore
Cheng Keat Tang, Nanyang Technological University
Title: Dutch Disease Does not Lead to a Resource Curse: County-Level Evidence from China
Author(s): Ming Gao, Peking University
Enning Tang, Peking University
Wei You, Peking University
Session 1.3: Amenities and Disamenities (Room 102)
Chair: Xiaofang Dong, Xiamen University
Title: Are Cities Losing Innovation Advantages? Online versus Face-to-face Interactions
Author(s): Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
Naqun Huang, Nanjing Audit University
Jing Li, Singapore Management University
Yanmin Yang, Nanjing Audit University
Title: The Effect of Chemical Explosion on Land Markets: Evidence from Tianjin Explosion in China
Author(s): Xiaofang Dong, Xiamen University
Zenghe Huang, Xiamen University
Title: Greening Economic Growth: Evidence from the Grain for Green Program
Author(s): Zhi Wang, Fudan University
Mingwei Xu, Peking University
Qinghua Zhang, Peking University
Li-An Zhou, Peking University
Title: Auto Ownership Rationing and Willingness to Pay for Subway Proximity: A Hedonic Analysis
Author(s): Hui Luo, Jinan University
Tianyun Zhu, Jinan University
12:20 –14:00 Lunch (Room 118)
14:00 – 15:00 Keynote Speech 2 (Room 217)
Prof. Eleonora Patacchini, Cornell University
Title: High-Rise Housing and Urban Sustainability
Chair: Shiyu Bo, Jinan University
15:00 –15:20 Coffee Break (Room 118)
15:20 –17:20 Parallel Sessions 2
Session 2.1: Market Integration (Room 217)
Chair: Lin Ma, Singapore Management University
Title: Unintended Consequence of Transportation Integration: High-speed Rail and Firm
Pollution
Author(s): Jian Wang, Shanghai University
Zhenyu Zhu, The University of Chicago
Title: Interregional Accessibility and Firm Creation in the Fragmented Economy
Author(s): Ruichi Xiong, Wuhan University
Title: Return Migration, Knowledge Diffusion, and Spatial Development
Author(s): Lin Ma, Singapore Management University
Chi Zhang, Shandong University
Jipeng Zhang, Shandong University
Title: Intra-National Trade Liberalization of Used Cars: The Impact on Households’ Car
Ownership and Employment Outcomes in China
Author(s): Jichao Lin, Xiamen University
Xirui Zhang, Xiamen University
Session 2.2: Environment(Room 106)
Chair: Ran Song, National University of Singapore
Title: Pricing the climate change risk: The effect of floods on municipal corporate bonds in China
Author(s): Yongheng Deng, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Lina Meng, Xiamen University
Title: The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China
Author(s): Gaurav Khanna, University of California – San Diego
Wenquan Liang, Jinan University
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University
Ran Song, National University of Singapore
Title: Unintentional Greenwashing of the Green Building Certification
Author(s): Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
Eduardo Araral, National University of Singapore
Mingxuan Fan, National University of Singapore
Yu Qin, National University of Singapore
Huanhuan Zheng, National University of Singapore
Title: Paving the Green Tracks: The Environmental Impact of Heavy-haul Railways in China
Author(s): Kaihao Chen, Peking University
Shilan Feng, Peking University
Ya Tan, University of International Business and Economics
Yingjia Zhai, Peking University
Qinghua Zhang, Peking University
Session 2.3: Infrastructure (Room 102)
Chair: Cong Peng, Peking University
Title: The Long Run Effect of Telegraph Construction on Innovation Collaboration
Author(s): Jiancheng Li, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Mingqin Wu, South China Normal University
Title: Cross-border Spillover Effects of Dams along International Rivers
Author(s): Momoka Ando, Yale-NUS College
Yu-Hsiang Lei, Yale-NUS College
Title: Roads to development? Examining the Zambian context using AI-Sat
Author(s): Cong Peng, Peking University
Wenfan Chen, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Title: Railroads and Industrial Growth in Premodern China
Author(s): Shiyu Bo, Jinan University
Ting Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University
Cong Liu, Jinan University
Yan Zhou, Hong Kong University
18:30 – 21:00 Day 1 Dinner (Banana leaf, 1F Vanburgh Hotel)
Day 2: 29th December (Friday)
Presenters are highlighted in BOLD. All conference rooms are located in the Zhonghui Building.
9:00 – 10:00 Keynote Speech 3 (Room 217/Zoom)
Prof. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University
Title: The Remote Work Revolution: Implications for Real Estate Values, the Urban Environment, and Beyond
Chair: Yunho Cho, Jinan University
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break (Room 118)
10:20 – 12:20 Parallel Sessions 3
Session 3.1: Structural Change (Room 217)
Chair: Yuan Mei, Singapore Management University
Title: Migration, Population Ageing, and Structural Change
Author(s): Xin Liang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Shangyao Zhou, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Title: Resource Rents, Urbanization, and Structural Transformation
Author(s): Qing Huang, Renmin University of China
Victoria Wenxin Xie, Santa Clara University
Wei You, Peking University
Title: Population Migration, House Prices, and Inequality: A Heterogeneous Agent
Framework
Author(s): Runliang Li, Jinan University
Title: Transportation and Agricultural Production in China
Author(s): Yuan Mei, Singapore Management University
Session 3.2: Real Estate and Politics (Room 106)
Chair: Maggie Hu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title: Implicit corruption with subsidiaries: Evidence from land sales in China
Author(s): Rose Neng Lai, University of Macau
Zongyuan Li, Wenzhou-Kean University
Yildiray Yildirim, Baruch College
Title: Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Resurgence of the SOEs in China: Evidence from the Real Estate Sector
Author(s): Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Jing Wu, Tsinghua University
Rongjie Zhang, Tsinghua University
Li-An Zhou, Peking University
Title: Haste or Waste? The Role of Presale in Residential Housing
Author(s): Ziyang Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Maggie Hu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland
Qiyao Zhou, University of Maryland
Title: Anti-corruption and the land use regulation in China
Author(s): Zhigang Tao, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Hongjie Yuan, Wuhan University
Zhejin Zhao, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Session 3.3: Social Issue (Room 102)
Chair: Jianfeng Wu, Fudan University
Title: When Decentralized Assemblies Become a Collective Movement: The Disparity
Reducing Impact of Black Lives Matter
Author(s): Kaixin Liu, Jinan University
Jiwei Zhou, University of Rochester
Junda Wang, UMass Amherst
Title: Education and Crime: New Quasi-experimental Evidence from China
Author(s): Yufei Guo, Peking University
Shimeng Liu, Jinan University
Weizeng Sun, Central University of Finance and Economics
Title: The Release of Sex Offenders and Mobility: A Case of Seoul
Author(s): Youngsok Bang, Yonsei University
Julie Kim, Yonsei University
Jiseob Kim, Yonsei University
Sungjin Kim, Northwestern University
Title: Citywide Job Loss and the Rise of Teen Rock Bands: The Intergenerational Effect
of State-Owned Enterprises Reform in China
Author(s): Yucheng Qian, Renming University of China
Xiaoyue Tong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jianfeng Wu, Fudan University
12:20 – 14:00 Lunch (Room 118)
14:00 – 15:00 Keynote Speech 4 (Room 217)
Prof. Christopher D. Timmins, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Housing Markets, Discrimination, and Environmental Justice
Chair: Hongjia Zhu, Jinan University
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee Break (Room 118)
15:20 – 17:20 Parallel Sessions 4
Session 4.1: Urban Shocks (Room 217)
Chair: Liuming Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title: E-Grocery and Housing Prices: A New Nexus in Urban Economics
Author(s): Jamie Chung, University of Nebraska – Omaha
Liuming Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title: The Heterogeneous Response to Digital Coupons: Stimulating Consumption in the
COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Ying Chen, Xiamen University
Mingyi Li, Xiamen University
Jiaming Mao, Xiamen University
Yue Wang, Alibaba Group
Title: Old Age Income Poverty and Consumption Insurance
Author(s): Yunho Cho, Jinan University
Jiseob Kim, Yonsei University
Julie Kim, Yonsei University
Title: COVID-19 and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities: Evidence from
Registered and De-registered Firms
Author(s): Naqun Huang, Nanjing Audit University
Jindong Pang, Wuhan University
Yanmin Yang, Nanjing Audit University
Session 4.2: Real Estate Market (Room 106)
Chair: Ying Fan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Title: Investment and Capital Improvements in Commercial Real Estate: The Case of
REITs
Author(s): Zifeng Feng, The University of Texas at El Paso
William G. Hardin III, Florida International University
Title: Door-in-the-face heuristics: Intermediaries’ diversion in rental markets
Author(s): Ying Fan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuqi Fu, Tsinghua University
Zan Yang, Tsinghua University
Title: A Matter of Looks: Evidence from Real Estate Agent Appearance on Sales
Performance
Author(s): Tsuriel (Tsur) Somerville, The University of British Columbia
Long Wang, Fudan University
Zhengzheng Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yang Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title: The Nature Rate of Housing Structure Depreciation
Author(s): Peng Zhao, Doane University
Session 4.3: Urban Policy (Room 102)
Chair: Wei Xiao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Title: Expected Return Shocks and Portfolio Rebalancing
Author(s): Ming Gao, Peking University
Bin Jia, Peking University
Yu Zhang, Peking University
Title: Air Pollution and Consumers’ Avoidance Behavior —Evidence from High-Frequency Payment Data in China
Author(s): Haiqiang Chen, Xiamen University
Shihe Fu, Wuhan University
Zhuoyang Lyu, Xiamen University
Title: Annexation and household well-being: Evidence from China
Author(s): Wei Xiao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Ting Xie, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Wenhua Liu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Title: Building Hope for the Poor
Author(s): Ying Tang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Shuyang Wen, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Sen Xue, Jinan University
18:30 – 21:00 Day 2 Dinner (海门鱼仔, 2F Guangdong Nongxin Building)
