The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics and Finance is pleased to announce its award of seven new research grants. The goal of these awards is to support frontier academic research that provides new understanding and insights on the Chinese economy broadly and on important issues in Chinese economic policy.
Grants are intended to support a number of research activities, including but not limited to the purchase of data, hiring of research assistants, and travel. Preference was given to teams whose primary findings will become available within 24 months.
The Joint Center previously funded 10 new research proposals in 2020 and seven proposals in 2021.
The 2022 research grant recipients are listed below, along with the research the grant will be supporting.
New Grants for the Study of the Chinese Economy
Research: Judicial Independence, Local Protectionism, and Economic Prosperity: Follow-up Data Collection
- Ernest Liu, Princeton University
- Yi Lu, Tsinghua University
- Wenwei Peng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago
Research: Higher Education, Migration, and Long-Run Financial Outcomes
- Hongbin Li, Stanford University
- Yi Lu, Tsinghua University
- Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago
- Binzhen Wu, Tsinghua University
Research: Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in the U.S.-China Trade War
- Tuo Chen, Tsinghua University
- Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago
- Zheng (Michael) Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research: The Composition of Demand in the Chinese Land Market
- Erica Xuewei Jiang, University of Southern California
- Chun Liu, Tsinghua University
- Yang Su, University of Chicago
- Anthony Lee Zhang, University of Chicago
Research: Talent in China
- Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago
- Bo Li, Tsinghua University
Research: Who Gets Help? China’s Bank Behavior Under SMEs Financing Support Policy
- Feng Gao, Tsinghua University
- Zhiguo He, University of Chicago
- Chun Zhao, Tsinghua University
Research: Government Investment and Entrepreneurship in China
- Emanuele Colonnelli, University of Chicago
- Grace Xing Hu, Tsinghua University
- Bibo Liu, Tsinghua University
More information on the Tsinghua University –University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics and Finance can be found here.