2024 Spring

Upcoming meetings:

Meeting 8: June 3, 2024, Monday, 10:30 PM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.40] Responsible investing: the ESG-efficient frontier (JFE, 2021), presented by Bo Sun

• [11.50-13.00] Buy now, pay later as liquidity insurance: Evidence from an early experiment in China  (China Economic Review, 2023), presented by Chuan Hu

Meeting 7: May 20, 2024, Monday, 10:30 PM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.20] The effect of macroeconomic uncertainty on household (AER, 2024), presented by Shuo Yan

• [11.30-12.20] A Comparison of Two Quantile Models With Endogeneity (Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020), presented by Tuoda Li

• [12.30-13.00] Measuring the effects of federal reserve forward guidance and asset purchases on financial markets (JME, 2021), presented by Zijun Yang (Cont'd)

Meeting 6: May 6, 2024, Monday, 10:30 PM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.40] Option Return Predictability (RFS, 2021), presented by Bixiao Chen

• [11.50-13.00] Corporate Debt Structure with Home and International Currency Bias (NBER, 2023), presented by Kexin Li

Meeting 5: April 22, 2024, Monday, 10:30 PM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30] Adverse Selection in Competitive Search Equilibrium (Econometrica , 2010), presented by Huanyu Yin

• [11.40-12.20] Data versus Collateral (RF, 2023), presented by Chuan Hu, discussed by Man Chen

• [12.30-13.00] Measuring the effects of federal reserve forward guidance and asset purchases on financial markets (JME, 2021), presented by Zijun Yang

Meeting 4: April 9, 2024, Tuesday, 15:30 PM -18:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [15.30-15.50] Sharing talk, presented by Kaihong Song

• [15.50-16.50] Allocative Efficiency of Green Finance Instruments (with Yicheng Wang and Chenjie Xu, 2024), presented by Prof. Kai Li,  as an illustration how to present a theory paper

• [17.00-18.00] Booms and banking crises (JPE, 2016), presented by Jiaxin Wang

Meeting 3: Mar 26, 2024, Tuesday, 15:30 PM -18:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [15.30-16.30] Business News and Business Cycles (JF, 2023), presented by Bo Sun

• [16.40-17.20] Can FinTech reduce disparities in access to finance? Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program (JFE, 2022), presented by Man Chen, discussed by Shuo Yan

• [17.30-18.00] The finance uncertainty multiplier (JPE, 2024), presented by Qi Yu  (Cont'd)

Meeting 2: Mar 12, 2024, Tuesday, 15:30 PM -18:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [15.30-16.30] The finance uncertainty multiplier (JPE, 2024), presented by Qi Yu

• [16.40-17.40] Uncertainty shocks and balance sheet recessions (JPE, 2017), presented by Weiping Hu

• [17.40-18.00] A's from Zzzz's? The Causal Effect of School Start Time on the Academic Achievement of Adolescents (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011), presented by Jiayu Zhang

Meeting 1: Feb 27, 2024, Tuesday, 15:30 PM -18:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [15.30-16.50] Welcome new participants and organizational lecture on "Tips on how to make a academic presentation?",  Pledgeability and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Chinese Corporate Bond Markets(JF, 2023), presented by Prof. Kai Li 

• [17.00-18.00] An Anatomy of the Patent Quality: China vs. US(Working Paper, 2021), presented by Yifu Liu 

** Each meeting's program will be announced approximately one week in advance of the event!

2023 Fall

Meeting 1: Sep 11, 2023, Monday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.15] Welcome new participants and organizational lecture on "Tips on how to make a academic presentation?", by Prof. Kai Li 

• [11.20-12.00] Wealth Dynamics and Asset Prices with Heterogeneous Beliefs under Smooth Ambiguity, presented by Bo Huang (visiting PhD student, University of Manchester )

• [12.10-12.50] Technological Obsolescence (Song Ma), presented by Yifu Liu

Meeting 2: Sep 18, 2023, Monday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30] Dynamics of Trade Credit in China (The Economic Journal, 2022), presented by Lianghao Shen

• [11.40-13.00] Industrial Policies in Production Networks (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019), presented by Hangdong Ren

Meeting 3: Oct 9, 2023, Monday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30] Mutual Fund Performance and the Incentive to Generate Alpha (Journal of Finance, 2014), presented by Xingyi Zhan

• [11.40-13.00] Firm Sorting and Agglomeration  (American Economic Review, 2018), presented by Yuanqiong Xia

Meeting 4: Oct 23, 2023, Monday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30] How Do Firms Withstand A Global Economic Shock: Evidence From Within-Firm Responses (SSRN, 2023), presented by Professor Kai Li

• [11.40-13.00]  (Re-)Imag(in)ing Price Trends (Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 21-01, 2022), presented by Bo Sun

Meeting 5: Nov 6, 2023, Monday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30]  The internal capital markets of business groups: Evidence from intra-group loans (JFE, 2014), presented by Qi  Li

• [11.40-13.00]  From Hashtag to Hate Crime: Twitter and Antiminority Sentiment (AER, 2023), presented by Shuoceng Liu

Meeting 6: Nov 24, 2023, Friday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30]  Credit Allocation Under Economic Stimulus: Evidence from China (RFS, 2019), presented by Qi  Yu

• [11.40-13.00]  Why did the q theory of investment start working? (JFE, 2019), presented by Weiping Hu

Meeting 7: Dec 8, 2023, Friday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30]  Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from US Patents (AER: Insights, 2020), presented by Yifu  Liu

• [11.40-13.00]  Queens (NBER, 2017), presented by Man Chen

Meeting 8: Dec 22, 2023, Friday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.30]  What Is the Expected Return on the Market ? (QJE, 2017), presented by Bixiao Chen

• [11.40-13.00]  Macroeconomic Impacts of a Place-Based Industrial Policy (NBER, 2023), presented by Yuanqiong Xia

Meeting 9: Jan 5, 2024, Friday, 10:30 AM -13:00 PM, PHBS Room 211/212

• [10.30-11.00]  Macroeconomic Impacts of a Place-Based Industrial Policy (NBER, 2023), presented by Yuanqiong Xia (Cont'd)

• [11.00-11.55]  State capacity and military conflict (The Review of Economic Studies, 2015), presented by Hangdong Ren 

• [12.05-13.00]  Time-varying inflation risk and stock returns  (JFE, 2020), presented by Bo Huang 

** Each meeting's program will be announced approximately one week in advance of the event!