NBER Conference in Beijing.

• Position: Conferences - National Bureau of Economic Research

The eleventh annual NBER-CCER Conference on China and the World Economy took place at the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) in Beijing on July 2 and 3. The conference program was jointly arranged by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the CCER at Beijing University, and Tsinghua University. After opening remarks by U.S. organizer Shang-Jin Wei of NBER and Columbia University, Yang Yao of CCER, and Chong-En Bai of Tsinghua University, the following topics were discussed:

Causes and Impacts of the Crisis

* Feng Lu, CCER, "China and the Financial Crisis"

* Deborah Lucas, NBER and Northwestern University, "Measuring and Managing Governmental Financial Risk"

* David Li, Tsinghua University, "The International Monetary System"

Exchange Rates and Prices

* Charles Engel, NBER and Wisconsin-Madison, "Exchange Rate Policies" (NBER Working Paper No. 14829)

* Fan He, CASS, "China's Exchange Rate Regime"

* David Weinstein, NBER and Columbia University, "Variety, Prices, and Welfare: Macroeconomic Lessons from Micro -data"

Financial Liberalization, Risks and Urbanization

* Yiping Huang, CCER, "China's Asymmetric Market Liberalization and Its Consequences"

* Todd Sinai, NBER and University of Pennsylvania, "Assessing the Risks of Home Ownership"

* James Wen, Trinity College, "Urbanization in China"

Labor and Health Issues

* Chong-En Bai, "Declining Shares of Labor Income in China"

* Dennis Yang, Virginia Tech University, "Accounting for Rising Wages in China"

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