13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Trade, Growth and Development
2026
Trade, Growth and Development I
Chair: Heiwai TANG (University of Hong Kong and ABFER)
Venue: Tanglin IV
Wenlan LUO* (Tsinghua University)
Discussant:
Yuan MEI (Singapore Management University)
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)
Gaurav NAYYAR (World Bank Group)
Siddharth SHARMA (World Bank Group)
Eric VERHOOGEN (Columbia University)
Discussant:
Wei LIN (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
2026
Trade, Growth and Development II
Chair: Hong MA (Tsinghua University and ABFER)
Venue: Tanglin IV
Dan LU* (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Hanxi WANG (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant:
Chang SUN (University of Hong Kong)
Kohei TAKEDA (National University of Singapore)
Discussant:
Kai-jie WU (Pennsylvania State 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) Daniel Yi XU (Duke University and ABFER) |
Ernest LIU (Princeton University and ABFER) |