4th HKUST/Jinan Joint Macro Workshop

We are honored to host the 4th HKUST/Jinan Joint Macro Workshop, and we are extremely lucky to have 8 distinguished scholars present their research at this year’s workshop, which will be held online on August 12-13, 2021.

12 Aug 2021 (Thu)

Please refer to the Program Schedule

Online

Various Speakers

Introduction

We are honored to host the 4th HKUST/Jinan Joint Macro Workshop, and we are extremely lucky to have 8 distinguished scholars present their research at this year’s workshop, which will be held online on August 12-13, 2021.

Registration

Please register for each day and receive a confirmation to join the workshop:

Day 1: https://hkust.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuCvqzotGddH2zV56T5A_edrg9k6rQM6

Day 2: https://hkust.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsc-2upzovEtSxA_wm7o9jWdT8H83tiep5

Confirmed Speakers (Alphabetical):

Yongsung Chang	Seoul National University
Yunho (Simon) Cho	Jinan IESR
Chris Edmond	University of Melbourne
Ying Feng	National University of Singapore
Chen Kan	Jinan IESR
Byoungchan Lee	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yang K. Lu	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Makoto Nirei	University of Tokyo

This exciting two-day workshop is jointly funded by Jinan University IESR and the Department of Economics of HKUST. The organizing committee for this year's workshop includes Yunho Cho (Jinan), Jiajia Gu (Jinan), Byoungchan Lee (HKUST), and Yang Lu (HKUST). For enquiry, please contact Yang Lu (yanglu@ust.hk).

We hope to see you in August!

Warm regards,

Byoungchan, Jiajia, Yang and Yunho

Program Schedule

Registration

Please register for each day and receive a confirmation to join the workshop:

Day 1: https://hkust.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuCvqzotGddH2zV56T5A_edrg9k6rQM6

Day 2: https://hkust.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsc-2upzovEtSxA_wm7o9jWdT8H83tiep5

Keynote speech: 1 hour + 15min Q&A

Other presentation: 45min presentation + 15min discussion + 15min Q&A

Day 1: August 12, 2021 (Thursday)

Morning (8:30-11am CST, 9:30am-12pm JST/KST, 10:30am-1pm AEST)

Chair: Byoungchan Lee

Keynote:
Yongsung Chang (Seoul National University)
"Income Volatility and Portfolio Choice"

Ying Feng (National University of Singapore)
"Structural Change, Financial Frictions, and Selection into Entrepreneurship" (with Jie Ren)

Discussant: Jiajia Gu (Jinan IESR)

Afternoon (1-3:30pm CST, 2-4:30pm JST/KST, 3-5:30pm AEST)

Chair: Jiajia Gu

Byoungchan Lee (HKUST)
"Business cycles with cyclical returns to scale" (with Jay Hyun and Ryan Kim)

Discussant: Zhesheng Qiu (City University of Hong Kong)

Yunho (Simon) Cho (Jinan IESR)
"Stamping Out Stamp Duty: Property or Consumption Taxes?" (with May Li and Lawrence Uren)

Discussant: Andres Bellofatto (University of Queensland)

Day 2: August 13, 2021 (Friday)

Morning (8:30-11am CST, 9:30am-12pm JST/KST, 10:30am-1pm AEST)

Chair: Yunho Cho

Keynote:
Chris Edmond (University of Melbourne)
"Unbundling Labor" (with Simon Mongey)

Yang K. Lu (HKUST)
"Managing expectations in a New Keynesian model" (with Robert G. King)

Discussant: Shengliang Ou (SHUFE)

Afternoon (1-3:30pm CST, 2-4:30pm JST/KST, 3-5:30pm AEST)

Chair: Yang Lu

Chen Kan (Jinan IESR)
"Flattening of the Phillips Curve: Causes and Their Policy Implications"

Discussant: Marc Dordal-i-Carreras (HKUST)

Makoto Nirei (University of Tokyo)
"Repricing avalanches" (with Jose Scheinkman)

Discussant: Denny Lie (University of Sydney)

Organization Committee and Contacts

Chair and Contact Person

Yang Lu (yanglu@ust.hk)

Organizing Committee

Yunho (Simon) Cho (Jinan)
Jiajia Gu (Jinan)
Byoungchan Lee (HKUST)
Yang Lu (HKUST)

Past Conferences

Photo Gallery

Event photos will be uploaded after the workshop is concluded.