Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
Second Annual International Conference on the Chinese Economy "Macroeconomic Management in China: Monetary and Financial Stability Issues"
13 January 2011 (Thursday)
Programme
Thursday, 13 January |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration and Coffee
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9:00 - 9:10 |
Opening Remarks by Dong He (Executive Director (Research) of Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Director of Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research)
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9:10 – 10:00 |
Accounting for Rising Wages in China
by Dennis Tao Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Wing Suen (University of Hong Kong)
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10:00 – 10:20 |
Coffee Break
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10:20 – 11:10 |
What Drives China’s Food-Price Inflation and How does It Affect the Aggregate Inflation?
by Wenlang Zhang (Hong Kong Monetary Authority)
Discussant: Murtaza Husain Syed (International Monetary Fund)
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11:10 – 12:00 |
The Implementation of Monetary Policy in China
by Qianying Chen (Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research)
Discussant: David Cook (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch
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13:30 – 14:20 |
China’s Monetary Policy: Do Money Markets Listen to the PBoC?
by Eric Girardin (GREQAM and the University of Aix-Marseille II)
Discussant: Haibin Zhu (Bank for International Settlements)
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14:20 – 15:10 |
Evaluating Conditions in Major Chinese Housing Markets
by Yongheng Deng (National University of Singapore)
Discussant: Charles Ka Yui Leung (City University of Hong Kong)
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15:10 – 15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30 – 16:20 |
Are House Prices Rising Too Fast in China?
by Lillian Cheung (Hong Kong Monetary Authority)
Discussant: Yongheng Deng (National University of Singapore)
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16:20 – 17:10 |
If You Try, You’ll Get By: Chinese Private Firms’ Efficiency Gains from Overcoming Financial Constraints
by Galina Hale (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Discussant: Louis Kuijs (World Bank)
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Friday, 14 January |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration and Coffee
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9:00 – 9:50 |
What drives China’s Current Account?
by Mathias Hoffmann (University of Zurich)
Discussant: Danyang Xie (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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9:50 – 10:40 |
Demographic Patterns and Savings in China
by Nelson Mark (University of Notre Dame and NBER)
Discussant: Guonan Ma (Bank for International Settlements)
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10:40 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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11:00 – 11:50 |
The Chinese Export Boom: Industrial Policy and the Fate of US Manufacturing
by Brett Berger (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Cui Li (Hong Kong Monetary Authority)
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11:50 – 12:40 |
Asian Business Cycle Synchronisation
by Carol Wei Liao (Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research)
Discussant: Mathias Hoffmann (University of Zurich)
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12:40 – 14:30 |
Luncheon speech - "Internationalisation of the Renminbi"
by Robert N. McCauley (Bank for International Settlements)
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14:30 – 16:00 |
Panel discussion
Louis Kuijs (World Bank)
Murtaza Husain Syed (International Monetary Fund)
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