Forthcoming Conferences

Venice Summer Institute
Workshop on

The Evolving Role of China in the Global Economy

Venice International University, San Servolo, 23-24 July 2010

Programme

Friday, 23 July 2010

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome Remarks (Yin-Wong Cheung, Jakob de Haan)

Session 1
Chair: Jakob de Haan

9:15 - 10:15

Keynote Lecture
The U.S., China and the Rebalancing Debate: The Impact of Academic Research

MENZIE D. CHINN (University of Wisconsin)

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

Session 2
Chair: Jakob de Haan

10:30 - 11:15

Chinese Monetary Policy and the Dollar Peg

ULRICH VOLZ (German Development Institute) and James Reade (University of Birmingham)

Discussant: Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland)


Paper	Presentation	Discussion

11:15 - 12:00

Offshore Markets for the Domestic Currency: Monetary and Financial Stability Issues

ROBERT N. McCAULEY (Bank for International Settlements) and Dong He (Hong Kong Monetary Authority)

Discussant: Lukas Vogel (European Commission)

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

Session 3
Chair: Jakob de Haan

13:30 - 14:15

China's Economic Transition, Integration and External Position

LUKAS VOGEL (European Commission)

Discussant: Andreas Steiner (University of Osnabrueck)

14:15 - 15:00

Crisis, Capital Controls and Covered Interest Parity: Evidence from China in Transformation

JINZHAO CHEN (EconomiX)

Discussant: Alessandro Rebucci (Inter-American Development Bank)


Paper		Discussion

15:00 - 15:45

If You Try You'll Get By: Chinese Private Firms' Efficiency Gains from Overcoming Financial Constraints

GALINA HALE (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) and Cheryl Long (Colgate University)

Discussant: Gunther Schnabl (Leipzig University)

15:45 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Session 4
Chair: Jakob de Haan

16:00 -16:45

China's High Saving Rate: Myth and Reality

GUONAN MA (Bank for International Settlements) and Wang Yi (People´s Bank of China)

Discussant: Juann H. Hung (Congressional Budget Office)

16:45 - 17:30

Why Is China's Saving Rate so High? A Comparative Study of Cross-Country Panel Data

JUANN HUNG (Congressional Budget Office) and Rong Qian (University of Maryland)

Discussant: Galina Hale (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

17:30 - 18:15

2010 Chinese Household Consumption Potential and Its Pulling Effect Evaluation

XIULI LIU (Academy of Mathematics and System Science, China Academy of Sciences), Shouyang Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Xikang Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Discussant: Ulrich Volz (German Development Institute)


Paper	Discussion

19:30

Conference Dinner

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Session 5
Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung

9:00 - 9:45

On the Transmission of Global Shocks to Latin America before and After China's Emergence in the World Economy

ALESSANDRO REBUCCI (Inter-Amercan Development Bank), Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi (Inter-American Development Bank), M. Hashem Pesaran (University of Cambridge), Cesar E. Tamayo (Inter-American Development Bank) and Teng Teng Xu (University of Cambridge)

Discussant: Alexander Kadow (University of Glasgow)

9:45 - 10:30

The Chinese Dollar Peg and Macroeconomics Stability in China and the World Economy

GUNTHER SCHNABL (Leipzig University)

Discussant: Tara Sinclair (George Washington University)


Paper	Discussion

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

Session 6
Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung

10:45- 11:30

Permanent and Transitory Macroeconomic Relationships between China and the Developed World

TARA SINCLAIR (George Washington University) and Yueqing Jia (George Washington University)

Discussant: James Reade (University of Birmingham)

Paper Presentation Discussion

11:30 - 12:15

China's Outward Direct Investment and Its Oil Quest

XINGWANG QIAN, (SUNY, Buffalo State College)

Discussant: Yu Shu (University of Groningen)


Paper	Presentation

12:15 - 13:00

China in Africa

JAKOB DE HAAN (DNB)

Discussant: Bertrand Candelon (Maastricht University)

13:00 - 13:15

Closing words

13:15 - 14:00

Lunch and conclusion of the conference

Venice Summer Institute Workshop on

The Evolving Role of China in the Global Economy

Venice International University, San Servolo, 23-24 July 2010

Programme

Friday, 23 July 2010

Session 1 Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 2 Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 3 Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 4 Chair: Jakob de Haan

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Session 5 Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 6 Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung

Venice Summer Institute
Workshop on

Session 1
Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 2
Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 3
Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 4
Chair: Jakob de Haan

Session 5
Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung

Session 6
Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung