BEIJING INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT SYMPOSIUM:

Trade, Institution, and Development

University of International Business and Economics

University Research Hall, 5th floor

June 23-24, 2019

Welcome Dinner: 18:00pm, June 22, 2019, Meeting at the hotel lobby

SUNDAY, June 23, 2019

08:15-08:45       Coffee and Registration

08:45-09:00       Welcoming Remarks by Junjie Hong, Dean of SITE

MORNING SESSION

（Moderator: Junjie Hong, UIBE）

09:00-10:00       Keynote Lecture: Kalina Manova （University Colledge London）

Productivity, （Mis）allocation and Trade

10:00-11:00       Heiwai Tang （Johns Hopkins University）

Fast Fashion: Theory and Evidence from Portuguese Textile and Clothing Firms

11:00-11:30       Group Picture and Tea Break

11:30-12:30       Maggie Chen （George Washington University）

Information and Preferences for Economic Policy: Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

12:30-14:00       Lunch 

AFTERNOON SESSION

（Moderator: Jiansuo Pei, UIBE） 

14:00-15:00       Ran Jing （UIBE）

Trade Liberalization and Domestic Brands: Evidence from China’s Accession to the WTO

15:00-16:00       Bing Li （Central University of Finance and Economics）

Import Competition or Outward FDI? New Evidences Against China Syndrome

16:00-16:30       Tea Break

16:30-17:30       Jie Li （Capital University of Economics and Business）

Does Cultural Distance Cause Trade Conflict? A Cross-Country Perspective

18:00-                 Dinner

MONDAY, June 24, 2019

MORNING SESSION

（Moderator: Maggie Chen, GWU）

09:00-10:00       Keynote Lecture: Nancy Qian （Northwestern University）

The Dynamic Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms

10:00-11:00       Shuo Chen （Fudan University）

Starving and Deceiving: Famine Experience, Politician Risk Preference, and GDP Manipulation in China

11:00-11:30       Tea Break

11:30-12:30       Jingting Fan （Penn State University）

Financing Multinationals

12:30-14:00       Lunch 

AFTERNOON SESSION

（Moderator: Ge Bao, UIBE）

14:00-15:00       Lixin Tang （Shanghai University of Finance and Economics）

Entrepreneur Income Inequality, Aggregate Saving and Gains from Trade

15:00-16:00       Wenping Zheng （UIBE）

Does Trade Bring Green Production? Evidence from China

16:00-16:30       Tea Break

16:30-17:30       Yuting Chen （Singapore Management University）

Quantifying Different Gains from Trade in Product Quality

17:30          Concluding Remarks

18:00-         Dinner

University of International Business and Economics Campus Map

Local Organizer Contact Information

Junjie Hong

Email: hongjunjie@uibe.edu.cn

Cell: 13718009936

Cathy Ge Bao

Email: baoge@uibe.edu.cn

Cell: 13811517672