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On January 23, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan (Hubei Province). In subsequent days, similar measures were taken in other cities in Hubei and throughout China. These actions launched months of economic and social restrictions throughout the nation. Other regions in Asia have implemented similar policies. Last week, cities in China emerged from months of lockdown and the country seems poised for recovery. Outside of China, some regions are discussing and planning for re-opening. As much of the West continues to battle with COVID-19, the eyes of the world are on China and other Asian countries where the virus is temporarily contained, watching to see how their economies recover from the pandemic – and whether relaxed restrictions will result in a new wave of infections as some regions in Asia are experiencing a mild resurgence.

BFI-China, in collaboration with the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), will host a series of virtual seminars to discuss emerging research on the economic implications of COVID-19 and its impact on China, Asia, and beyond. To present at a forthcoming seminar, please submit your research using this link.

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis by Chang-Tai Hsieh, Zhiguo He, and Bernard Yeung, and selected papers for the Friday seminar will be announced by Wednesday.

The seminar will be held bi-weekly on Fridays. Please use the following link to join the seminar:

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If prompted for a password when joining the seminar, please enter 666021.

Agenda

Friday, August 7, 2020
Friday, July 24, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Speaker
Jian Ni, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Friday, July 10, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2020
Friday, June 12, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Speaker
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School
Friday, June 5, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Speaker
Renée Adams, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Friday, May 29, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Speaker
Scott R. Baker, Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Friday, May 22, 2020
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Speaker 1
Jayson Shi Jia , Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Speaker 2
Munseob Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Friday, May 15, 2020
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Speaker 1
Tarek Hassan, Associate Professor of Economics Boston University
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Speaker 2
Veronica Guerrieri, Ronald E. Tarrson Professor of Economics and Willard Graham Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth; Co-Director of BFI Macroeconomic Research Initiative
Friday, May 8, 2020
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Speaker 1
Robert Shimer, The George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Speaker 2
Anton Korinek, Associate Professor of Economics University of Virginia
Friday, May 1, 2020
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Speaker 1
Hanming Fang, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Speaker 2
Kairong Xiao, Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School
Friday, April 24, 2020
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Speaker 1
Wenlan Qian, Associate Professor and Dean’s Chair, Department of Finance NUS Business School; Deputy Director of Research, Institute of Real Estate Studies, National University Singapore
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Speaker 2
Ben Charoenwong, Assistant Professor of Finance, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore