Tsinghua Workshop in Macroeconomics for Young Economists 2011

August 14, 2011
Conference Venue: Room 501, Weilun Building 

8:20-8:50         Registration

8:50-9:00         Welcoming Remarks

9:00-9:45：      Min Ouyang (University of California Irvine and Tsinghua University)
“Cyclical Persistence and the Cyclicality of R&D”

9:45-10:30：    Tian Can, University of Pennsylvania
“Technology Choice and Endogenous Productivity Dispersion over the Business Cycles”                 

                          
10:30-10:45      Coffee Break

10:45-11:30：   Tao Peng (Southwestern University of Economics and Finance)
“Interest Rate Control, Credit Constraints, and Macroeconomic Volatility: The Case of China” 

11:30-12:15:      Min Zhang (Shanghai University of Economics and Finance)
“Labor Market Cycles, Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, and Moral Hazard”

12:15-14:00      Lunch (Unisplendour Hotel)

14:00-14:45:     Zhe Li (Shanghai University of Economics and Finance)
“Capital Requirement, Securitization and Risky Investment”

14:45-15:30:     Pei Kuang (Goethe University Frankfur) 
“House Price Booms and the Current Account”

15:35-15:45      Coffee Break

15:45-16:30:     Yang Tang (Washington University at St. Louis)
“Understanding Housing Booms: the Case of China”

16:30-17:15:     Weilong Zhang (Remin University)
 “Housing Purchase and Household Saving Rate”