Brookings–Jinan China Microeconomic Policy Forum 2019

Production and Health Impacts of Environmental Externalities and Policies

Date: October 11-12, 2019 

Venue: Conference Room 106B, Zhonghui Building, Jinan University, Guangzhou

Day 1, Friday October 11

2:00pm-3:15pm

Hui Zhou (Cornell University) 

Environmental Protection or Local Protectionism? Evidence from Tailpipe Emission Standard in China

Discussant: Ashley Langer (University of Arizona)

3:30pm-4:45pm

V. Brian Viard (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business) 

How Extensive are Air Pollution Spillovers? An Application to China’s Manufacturing Productivity

Discussant: Richard Morgenstern (Resources for the Future)

5:00pm-6:15pm

Yao Pan (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)

Late-life Cognition: Do Childhood Conditions Play Any Role?

Discussant: David Brownstone (University of California, Irvine)

Day 2, Saturday October 12

9:30am-10:45am

Caixia Shen (Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics)

Pollution Mitigation and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Discussant: Richard Morgenstern (Resources for the Future)

11:00am-12:15pm

Peng Zhang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

The Effect of Air Pollution on Body Weight and Obesity: Evidence from China

Discussant: David Brownstone (University of California, Irvine)

1:30pm-2:45pm

Wangyang Lai (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

Indoor Air Pollution and Mortality Rates: Evidence from Natural Gas Pipelines Expansion inChina

Discussant: Ashley Langer (University of Arizona)

3:00pm-4:15pm

Qu Tang (Jinan University)

Behind the Flames: Unintended Impacts of Straw Burning on Human Capital

Discussant: David Brownstone (University of California, Irvine)

Note: Each author will have 20 minutes for presentation, discussants 15 minutes, and there will be a 40-minute general discussion.

Organizing Committee

Clifford Winston, Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution

Shuaizhang Feng, Professor and Dean of IESR, Jinan University

List of Participants

Clifford Winston, Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution

Shuaizhang Feng, Professor and Dean of IESR, Jinan University

Ashley Langer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Arizona

David Brownstone, Professor in the School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future

Hui Zhou, PhD Student in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

V. Brian Viard, Associate Professor in the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

Yao Pan, Assistant Professor in the Economics School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Caixia Shen, Associate Professor at China Institute of Regulation Research, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

Peng Zhang, Assistant Professor in the School of Accounting and Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Wangyang Lai, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Qu Tang, Assistant Professor at IESR, Jinan University

Danxia Xie, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University

Shihe Fu, Professor at Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University

Huixia Wang, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University

Si Wang, Assistant Professor in the Center for Economics, Finance, and Management Studies, Hunan University

Yun Qiu, Assistant Professor at IESR, Jinan University

Xiaomeng Cui, Assistant Professor at IESR, Jinan University

Shiyu Bo, Assistant Professor at IESR, Jinan University

Cong Liu, Assistant Professor at IESR, Jinan University