NBER China conference.

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The fifteenth annual CCER-NBER-Tsinghua University Conference on China and the World Economy took place at the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) in Beijing on June 25-28, 2014. The conference was jointly organized by NBER Research Associate Shang-Jin Wei of Columbia University, Yang Yao of CCER, and Chong-En Bai of Tsinghua University. The organizers chose the following topics for discussion:

China and the Global Gconomy

* Justin Lin, CCER, "China and the World Economy"

* Rene Stulz, Ohio State University and NBER, "Bank Performance during a Crisis" Financial Market

* Joshua Aizenman, University of Southern California and NBER, "Real Estate Valuation in the Open Economy"

* Yiping Huang, CCER, "Ownership and Credit Rationing in China" Intergenerational Mobility

* Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University and NBER, "Intergenerational Mobility in the United States: Lessons from the Equality of Opportunity Project"

* Chih Ming Tan, University of Dakota, and Zhibo Tan and Xiaobo Zhang, CCER, "Sins of the Father: The Intergenerational Legacy of the 1959-61 Great Chinese Famine on Children's Cognitive Development" Trade

* Pol Antras, Harvard University and NBER, "Contract Theory and Global Value Chains"

* Shang-Jin Wei, "Sizing up Market Failures in Export Pioneering Activities"

* Miaojie Yu, CCER, "Multiproduct Firms, Export Product Scope, and Trade Liberalization: The Role of Managerial Efficiency"

International Finance

* Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER, "The Trilemma and Reserves: Measurement and Policy Implications"

* Yang Yao, "Financial Structure and Current Account Imbalances"

* Jianguo Xu, CCER, "China A-share Stock Valuation: Fundamental Risk and Speculation Premium"

* Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, "Global Safe Assets"

* Jiandong Ju, Qing Liu, and Kang Shi...