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The interplay between finance and macroeconomics in China provides a fascinating opportunity for new research. While financial markets are still fast growing and expanding their territory in China, the Chinese economy has been very innovative in advancing financial technologies. The special role of the Chinese government at both the local and national levels in financial activities has broad-reaching implications for macroeconomic performance and growth prospects in the future. This conference brought together elite scholars to explore the extent of our current understanding and the challenges for future research related to Chinese financial markets and their applications more broadly.

Policy Panel: Challenges in Finance and the Macroeconomy in China

The dynamic growth of China’s economy in recent decades has raised many questions among economists about the nature of this progress, including the role of markets and the state, and the sometimes contentious but often symbiotic relationship between the two. The policy forum featuring Chinese private sector executives and government officials, along with Chinese and US economists, explored these and other topics, as part of a major conference The Macroeconomy and Finance in China Conference at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Tsinghua SEM) in Beijing.

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The Macroeconomy and Finance in China Conference

Agenda

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Sessions held in Shunde Building, Room 418 unless otherwise noted.

09:00:00–09:30:00

Registration

09:30:00–09:45:00

Opening Remarks

09:45:00–10:45:00

Nondispersive Uncertainty, Credit Misallocation, and Endogenous Disasters

10:45:00–11:45:00

Pledgeability and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Chinese Corporate Bond Markets

11:45:00–13:00:00

Lunch

13:00:00–14:00:00

Conglomeration and Capital Allocation in China

14:00:00–16:00:00

Break

16:30:00–18:00:00

Policy Panel: Challenges in Finance and the Macroeconomy in China

Weilun Building Auditorium

Friday, December 13, 2019
08:00:00–08:50:00

Registration

08:50:00–09:00:00

Opening Remarks

09:00:00–10:00:00

Incentives and Firm Investment: Evidence from Chinese State-Owned Enterprise Reform

10:00:00–10:30:00

Break

11:00:00–11:30:00

The Chinese Stock Market and Macroeconomy

00:00:00–13:00:00

Lunch

13:00:00–14:00:00

Do Internet Finance Platforms Mitigate Against Conflict of Interest? Evidence from Mutual Fund Investment in China

14:00:00–14:30:00

Break

14:30:00–15:30:00

The Mandarin Model of Growth

15:30:00–16:30:00

Break

16:30:00–17:30:00

Optimal Capital Account Liberalization in China

17:30:00–18:00:00

Closing Remarks