Program
Keynote speeches: 1 hour + 15min Q&A
Other presentations: 45min presentation + 15min discussion + 15min Q&A
· Morning Session (8:30-11am CST, 9:30am-12pm JST/KST, 10:30am-1pm AEST)
Chair: Byoungchan Lee (HKUST)
o Keynote Speech by Yongsung Chang (Seoul National University)
o “Structural Change, Financial Frictions, and Selection into Entrepreneurship,”
Ying Feng (National University of Singapore) with Jie Ren
Discussant: Jiajia Gu (Jinan IESR)
· Lunch Break (2 hours)
· Afternoon Session (1-3:30pm CST, 2-4:30pm JST/KST, 3-5:30pm AEST)
Chair: Jiajia Gu (Jinan IESR)
o Business cycles with cyclical returns to scale,”
Byoungchan Lee (HKUST) with Jay Hyun and Ryan Kim
Discussant: Zhesheng Qiu (City University of Hong Kong)
o “Tax Progressivity, Human Capital, and Consumption Insurance,”
Yunho (Simon) Cho (Jinan IESR) with James Morley and Aarti Singh
Discussant: Andres Bellofatto (University of Queensland)
· Morning Session (8:30-11am CST, 9:30am-12pm JST/KST, 10:30am-1pm AEST)
Chair: Yunho Cho (Jinan IESR)
o Keynote Speech by Chris Edmond (University of Melbourne)
o “Managing expectations in a New Keynesian model,”
Yang K. Lu (HKUST) with Robert G. King
Discussant: Shengliang Ou (SHUFE)
· Lunch Break (2 hours)
· Afternoon Session (1-3:30pm CST, 2-4:30pm JST/KST, 3-5:30pm AEST)
Chair: Yang K. Lu (HKUST)
o “Flattening of the Phillips Curve: Causes and Their Policy Implications,”
Chen Kan (Jinan IESR)
Discussant: Marc Dordal-i-Carreras (HKUST)
o “Repricing avalanches,”
Makoto Nirei (University of Tokyo) with Jose Scheinkman
Discussant: Denny Lie (University of Sydney)
This two-day workshop is jointly funded by Jinan University IESR and the Department of Economics of HKUST. The organizing committee for this year's workshop includes Yunho Cho (IESR, Jinan), Jiajia Gu (IESR, Jinan), Byoungchan Lee (HKUST), and Yang Lu (HKUST).
For enquiry, please contact Yang Lu (yanglu@ust.hk).
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