12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Trade, Growth and Development

 
 
21
May
2025
Wednesday

Growth, Development, and Trade I
Chair: Michael SONG (Chinese University of Hong Kong and ABFER)

Venue: Tanglin III & IV

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Innovation Networks and R&D Allocation
Ernest LIU (Princeton University and ABFER)
Song MA* (Yale University)

Discussant:
Elvira SOJLI (University of New South Wales and ABFER)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Decoding China's Industrial Policies
Hanming FANG (University of Pennsylvania and ABFER)
Ming LI* (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Guangli LU (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)

Discussant:
Siying CAO (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China
Heng CHEN (University of Hong Kong)
Bingjing LI* (University of Hong Kong)
Xiaodong ZHU (University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Shaoda WANG (University of Chicago)


 
22
MAY
2025
Thursday

Growth, Development, and Trade II
Chair: Heiwai TANG (University of Hong Kong and ABFER)

Venue: Cuscaden

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Disentangling Various Explanations for the Declining Labor Share: Evidence from Millions of Firm Records
Ann E. HARRISON* (University of California, Berkeley and ABFER)

Discussant:
Yu LIU (Fudan University)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Firm-to-Firm Referrals
Jing CAI (University of Maryland)
Wei LIN* (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Adam SZEIDL (Central European University)

Discussant:
Yulu TANG (Harvard University)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Food Loss in Agricultural Value Chains
Daniel EHRLICH* (University of Chicago)

Discussant:
Joris MUELLER (National University of Singapore)


* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 21 Mar 2025.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper lasts for one hour, including 25 minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for discussion and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after the first paper.

Contact Information

Program Director Conference Organizer

Nancy QIAN (Northwestern University and ABFER)
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Michael SONG (Chinese University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
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Ernest LIU (Princeton University and ABFER)
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Daniel Yi XU (Duke University and ABFER)
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Jennifer LA’O (Columbia University)
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Heiwai TANG (University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
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