13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Trade, Growth and Development

 
 
20
May
2026
Wednesday

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

Venue: Tanglin IV

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Global Production Networks with Global Uncertainty
Jingting FAN (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)
Wenlan LUO* (Tsinghua University)

Discussant:
Yuan MEI (Singapore Management University)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
A Lost Decade of Fiscal Misallocation
Kosuke AOKI (The University of Tokyo)
Ippei FUJIWARA (Keio University and ABFER)
Zhenhe LIN (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Zheng (Michael) SONG* (Chinese University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
Chendong WANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Kaiji CHEN (Emory University and ABFER)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Social Learning among Urban Manufacturing Firms: Energy - Efficient Motors in Bangladesh
Ritam CHAUREY* (Johns Hopkins University)
Gaurav NAYYAR (World Bank Group)
Siddharth SHARMA (World Bank Group)
Eric VERHOOGEN (Columbia University)

Discussant:
Wei LIN (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)


 
21
MAY
2026
Thursday

Trade, Growth and Development II
Chair: Hong MA (Tsinghua University and ABFER)

Venue: Tanglin IV

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Optimal Trade Policies and Market Power in General Equilibrium Trade Models
Yan BAI (University of Rochester and ABFER)
Dan LU* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Hanxi WANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:
Chang SUN (University of Hong Kong)
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Universities and the Rise of Services
Chang LIU* (National University of Singapore)
Kohei TAKEDA (National University of Singapore)

Discussant:
Kai-jie WU (Pennsylvania State University)
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Time to Innovate
Sunwoo HWANG* (Korea University)
Sooji KIM (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Discussant:
Ryan KIM (Seoul National University)


* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 16 Mar 2026.

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

Heiwai TANG (University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
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Daniel Yi XU (Duke University and ABFER)
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Ernest LIU (Princeton University and ABFER)
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Hong MA (Tsinghua University and ABFER)
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