3rd seminar on Asia and Pacific Economies
May 8-9, 2015
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
and
Asian Development Bank Institute
Venue: Room 1217, Central Building
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
Suzhou, China
Organizing Committee:
Yang Chen, Lecturer, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), XJTLU
Peter Morgan, Senior Consultant for Research, ADBI
Paulo Regis, Associate Professor, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), XJTLU
Nimesh Salike, Lecturer, International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), XJTLU
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Round-table seminar format
The seminar consists of seven sessions, four on Friday and three on Saturday. Since all sessions are
equaly important, attendance from participants to all sessions is expected. Please, take this into
consideration when making your travel arrangements, even if you present in an early session the
other participants would appreciate your collaboration.
The time and commitments of the person presenting in the last session are as important as the ones
of the presenters in the first session.
Programme
May 8, 2015, Friday
Timing: 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion
0900-0915
Registration
0915-0930
Opening Remarks
Prof Andre Brown
Vice-president of Academic Affairs
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
SESSION I
Economic Integration
Chairperson: Peter Morgan
0930-1000
Paper 1: Infrastructure Needs for Connectivity in ASEAN
Presenter: Youngho Chang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Discussant: Jagannath P. Panda
1000-1030
Paper 2: India’s China Quandary on Alternative Institution Building: Asia and Beyond
Presenter: Jagannath P. Panda, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA),
New Delhi, India
Discussant: Nimesh Salike
1030-1100
Paper 3: Economic Integration and Policy Coordination: Taxes on International Capital
and Pollution (with Chi-Chur Chao)
Presenter: Eden S.H. Yu, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong
Discussant: Yang Chen
1100-1115
Open floor Q&A
1115-1130
Coffee Break
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SESSION II
ADBI special session I: Financial inclusion
Chairperson: Charles van Marrewijk
1130-1200
Paper 1: Credit and Investment Decisions of SMEs in China
Presenter: Paulo Regis, International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU
Discussant: Mingming Jiang and Yan Zhang (Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan)
1200-1230
Paper 2: Mortgage lending and financial stability (with Yan Zhang)
Presenter: Peter J Morgan, Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan
Discussant: Youngho Chang
1230-1245
Open floor Q&A
1245-1345
Lunch Break
SESSION III
Financial markets
Chairperson: Ronald Schramm, International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU
1345-1415
Paper 1: The Role of Financial Systems for Cross-country: Different Links between
Income and Consumption Inequality (with Xinhua Gu and Xiao Chang)
Presenter: Bihong Huang, University of Macau
Discussant: Peter J Morgan
1415-1445
Paper 2: Privatizing Proffits and Socializing Losses with Market Clearing (with
Benjamin Bental)
Presenter: Dominique Demougin, University of Liverpool, UK
Discussant: Bihong Huang
1445-1500
Open floor Q&A
1500-1515
Coffee Break
SESSION IV
International Trade and Industrial Policy
Chairperson: Guanghua Wan
1515-1545
Paper 1: Trade Imbalance and Welfare in Monopolistic Competition (with Gino
Gancia)
Presenter: Paolo Epifani, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
Discussant: Yiquan Gu
1545-1615
Paper 2: Antidumping Echoing (with Maurizio Zanardi)
Presenter: Chrysostomos Tabakis, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Korea
Discussant: Charles van Marrewijk
1615-1645
Paper 3: Consumer confusion, obfuscation, and price regulation (with Tobias Wenzel)
Presenter: Yiquan Gu, University of Liverpool, UK
Discussant: Shengyu Li
1645-1700
Open floor Q&A
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May 9, 2015, Saturday
SESSION V
ADBI special session II: urbanization and policy
Chairperson: Nimesh Salike
1000-1030
Paper 1: Urbanizing with Equity Consideration: Theory and Application
Presenter: Guanghua Wan, Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan
Discussant: Paulo Regis
1030-1100
Paper 2: The study of Employment subcentres and polycentricity in Shanghai-Suzhou
Agglomeration Region (with Jing Lu)
Presenter: Ying Chang, Department of Urban Planning, XJTLU
Discussant: Guanghua Wan
1100-1115
Open floor Q&A
1115-1130
Coffee Break
SESSION VI
ADBI special session III: Financial Markets and Integration
Chairperson: Juann Hung, International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU
1130-1200
Paper 1: Social Network, Financial Market Participation and Asset Allocation:
Evidence from China (with Jinyan Hu and Bo Zhang)
Presenter: Mingming Jiang, Shandong University, China
Discussant: Dominique Demougin
1200-1230
Paper 2: LTV policy as a macroprudential tool: The case of residential mortgage loans
in Asia (with PeterMorgan and Paulo Regis)
Presenter: Nimesh Salike, International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU
Discussant: Eden S.H. Yu
1230-1245
Open floor Q&A
1245-1345
Lunch break
SESSION VII
International Trade II
Chairperson: Paulo Regis
1345-1415
Paper 1: A closer look at Revealed Comparative Advantage: Gross-versus Value added
Trade Flows (with Steven Brakman)
Presenter: Charles van Marrewijk, International Business School Suzhou, XJTLU
Discussant: Chrysostomos Tabakis
1415-1445
Paper 2: Multi-Dimensional Effects of International Trade: The Experience of Chinese
Manufacturers (with Paul Grieco and Hongsong Zhang)
Presenter: Shengyu Li, Durham University, UK
Discussant: Paolo Epifani
1445-1500
Open floor Q&A
1500-1515
Concluding remarks
Vote of thanks
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