The 17th Annual CCER-NBER-Tsinghua University Conference on China and the World Economy.

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The seventeenth annual CCER-NBER-Tsinghua University Conference on China and the World Economy took place at the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) of Beijing University on June 16-19. The conference was jointly organized by Shang-Jin Wei of Columbia University and the Asian Development Bank (on leave from NBER), Yang Yao of CCER, and Chong-en Bai of Tsinghua University. These papers were discussed:

Development and Growth

* Jinfeng Luo and Yi W en, Tsinghua University, "Institutions Do Not Rule: Reassessing the Driving Forces of Economic Development"

* Shang-Jin Wei, "Inferring the Unofficial Income of the Officials: With an Application to China"

Education

* Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University and NBER, "Minimal Skills, Knowledge (Capital, and Economic Growth"

* Binzhen Wu and Xiaohan Zhong, Tsinghua University, "Mismatch in (China's (College Admission"

Energy and the Environment

* James B. Buslinell, University of California, Davis, and NBER, "Emission Uncertainty and Cap and Trade Market Design"

* Mar Reguant, Stanford University and NBER, "Wind Uncertainty in Electricity Markets: Practical Challenges"

* Him Wang, The World Bank, "Economic Cost of Environmental Pollution in China"

* Min Wang, XCER, and Jinhua Zhao, Michigan State University, "Are Renewable Energy Policies Climate Friendly? The Role of Capacity Constraints and Market Power "

Industrial Organization and Regional Economics

* Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, "Real Estate Market in China"

* HanmingFang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER; Quanlin Guand Li-An Zhou, Peking University; and Wei Xiong, Princeton University and NBER, "Demystifying the Chinese Housing Boom" (NBER Working Paper No. 21112)

* Xiaobo Zhang, CCER, "E-commerce Development in China"

International Finance

* Michael B. Devereux, University of British Columbia and NBER, and Wei Dong and Ben Tomlin, Bank of Canada, "Exchange Rate Pass Through, Currency of Invoicing, and Market Share"

* Jianguo Xu, CCER, "Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Growth Revisited: Different Effects of Inflow and Outflow Liberalization"

Labor Economics

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