The School of Economcis organized on June 17th 2016 a workshop about the international perspective of financial and fiscal challenges for China under "New Normal" featuring presentations of Prof. Wing Thye Woo (UC Davis), Prof. Alan Auerbach (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Kiyohiko Nashimura (University of Tokyo). The workshop took place on new campus, building of the school of economcis (Room: Museum, 1st Floor).
Program
8:30 - 8:45 am |
Welcome Speech Bingtao Song, Dean of the School of Economics at Henan University Ceremony of Honorary Professors Junjian Sun, Vice-President of Henan University |
8:45 - 9:15 am |
The Demand-Side Component in Supply-Side Structural Reform Wing Thye Woo, Professor of Economics, UC Davis |
9:15 - 9:45 am |
Tax Reform in an Era of Budget Stress, Inequality, and International Mobility Alan Auerbach, Director of Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance, University of California, Berkeley |
9:45 - 10:15 am |
The Limits of Quantitative Easing Kiyohiko Nashimura, Dean of the Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo |
10:15 - 10:30 am |
Break |
10:30 - 11:00 am |
A Rebalancing Chinese Economy: Challenges and International Implications Patrick D´arcy, Director of Beijing Office of Reserve Bank of Australia |
11:00 - 11:30 am |
A Network of Thrones: Kinship and Conflict in Europe, 1495 - 1918 Seth Benzell, PhD Candidate at Department of Economics, University of Boston |
11:30 - 12:00 pm |
Much Ado About Nothing: Sovereign Ratings and Government Bond Yields in the OECD Makram El-Shagi, Professor of Economics, Henan University |
12:00 - 12:30 pm |
The Macroeconomic Trade Effect of Vehicle Currencies: Evidence from 19th Century China Zhang Lin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Henan University |
Note: Every speaker has 20 - 25 minutes for their presentations and 5-10 minutes for discussion.
