Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
The HKIMR/HKUST Joint Conference on Macroeconomics and International Finance
Day 1: Harbour Room, 56/F, Two International Finance Centre, Central
Day 2: Room 6602, 6th Floor, Annex, Academic Building, HKUST (Lifts 31-32)
02 July 2013 (Tuesday) - 03 July 2013 (Wednesday)
Programme
| Day 1 |
Morning Session at HKIMR
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| 9:20- 9:50 |
Welcome Reception
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| 9:50-10:00 |
Opening Remarks by He Dong (HKIMR)
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Moderator: Larry Qiu (HKU)
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| 10:00-10:50 |
“The Great Recession: A Self-Fulfilling Global Panic”
Philippe Bacchetta (HEC-Lausanne)
Discussant: Tao Zhu (HKUST)
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| 10:50-11:40 |
“A bargaining theory of trade invoicing and prices”
Cedric Tille (HEID-Geneva)
Discussant: Tommy Wu (HKMA)
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| 11:40-12:10 |
Coffee Break
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| 12:10-13:00 |
“Services and the Dynamics of Female Labor Supply”
Joseph Kaboski (University of Notre Dame)
Discussant: Yong Wang (HKUST)
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| 13:00-14:30 |
Lunch (By Invitation)
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| Day 1 |
Afternoon Session at HKIMR
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Moderator: Jianjun Miao (Boston University)
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| 14:30-15:20 |
“A Microfounded Model of Chinese Capital Account Liberalization”
Paul Luk (HKIMR)
Discussant: Huanhuan Zheng (CUHK)
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| 15:20-15:50 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:50-16:40 |
“Lemons with Naïveté”
Hui Tong (IMF)
Discussant: Paul Luk (HKIMR)
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| 16:40-17:30 |
“Housing Bubbles and the U.S. Macroeconomy”
Pengfei Wang (HKUST)
Discussant: Shenghao Zhu (NUS)
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| 18:00 |
Dinner (By Invitation)
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| Day 2 |
Morning Session at HKUST
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| 8:00 |
Breakfast at Bistro
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| 8:50-9:00 |
Opening Remark by Francis Lui (HKUST)
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Moderator: Jenny Xu (HKUST)
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| 9:00-9:50 |
"Risky Investment with Limited Enforcement"
Vincenzo Quadrin (University of Southern California)
Discussant: Danyang Xie (HKUST)
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| 9:50-10:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:00-10:50 |
“The Euro Area Crisis: Need for a Supranational Fiscal Risk Sharing Mechanism?”
Davide Furceri (IMF)
Discussant: Lifang Xu (HKUST)
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| 10:50-11:40 |
“A Bayesian DSGE Model of Stock Market Bubbles and Business Cycles”
Jianjun Miao (Boston University)
Discussant: Gewei Wang (CUHK)
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| 11:40-14:00 |
Lunch (By Invitation)
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| Day 2 |
Afternoon Session at HKUST
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Moderator: Danyang Xie (HKUST)
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| 14:00-14:50 |
“Making Sense of China’s Economic Policy”
Jim Riedel (Johns Hopkins University)
Discussant: Pengfei Wang (HKUST)
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| 14:50-15:40 |
“Eurosclerosis and International Business Cycles”
Jenny Xu (HKUST)
Discussant: Attilio Zanetti (SNB)
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| 15:40-16:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 16:00-16:50 |
“Capital Controls and Currency Wars”
Anton Korinek (Johns Hopkins University and IMF)
Discussant: Zhiwei Xu (HKUST)
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| 16:50-17:40 |
“Asset Allocation and Monetary Policy”
Harald Hau (University of Geneva)
Discussant: Yi Huang (HEID-Geneva)
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| 18:30 |
Depart for Dinner from HKUST (By Invitation)
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