3rd Annual Conference on
China and the Global Economy
12 – 13 May 2025 | 09:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: The University of Hong Kong
Organizer: HKU Business School
The “3rd Annual Conference on China and the Global Economy” will be held on May 12-13, 2025, at the HKU Business School. The annual conference is sponsored by the Institute of China Economy (ICE) at the HKU Business School. The objective of the conference is to create a forum to discuss new economic research on China and its relationship with the global economy.
We welcome papers in all areas of economics relating to China and the global economy. Submissions must consist of either a full paper (preferred) or an extended abstract and should be submitted in PDF format to iceinfo@hku.hk.
For information about our previous annual conferences, please refer to the following link: https://ice.hkubs.hku.hk/home/events/annual-conference-on-china-and-the-global-economy/
Submission Deadline: February 28, 2025
Notice of Acceptance: March 10, 2025 (only accepted authors will be notified.)
Expenses: The Organiser will provide economy class airfare and up to three nights of hotel for paper presenters.
Following the successful inaugural conference of the Institute of China Economy (ICE) in 2023, we will hold the 2nd annual conference on May 6-7, 2024 under the title “2nd Annual Conference on the Asian and Global Economy” in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The objective of the conference is to create a forum to discuss new economic research on Asia and its relationship with the global economy.
The 2nd annual conference is sponsored by ICE at the HKU Business School and will be hosted by the School of Economics, Finance, and Accounting at International University – Vietnam National University HCMC. It also receives generous support from the HKU Business School’s Vietnam Centre.
Date: May 6 and 7, 2024
Venue: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Visa Application
Travel Visa to Vietnam (Leisure purpose) – All nationalities can now apply for an E-visa with a fee of USD 25. Please be reminded that this fee is non-refundable, no matter if your Vietnam e-visa is approved or not. Attendees should be responsible for checking the visa application information carefully.
Please apply online here at least two weeks before the departure date.
Chinese passport:
For those holding a Chinese passport whose number starts with an E, after landing, you will first need to convert your e-visa to a paper-based visa at the Visa counter before lining up to get through the customs. There might be some minor admin fees involved. Please kindly follow this order, otherwise, you’ll be asked to return to the visa counter.
Visa exemption:
Citizens from countries listed here are eligible for visa exemption and could stay in Vietnam for 14 – 45 days.
Please remember to bring your visa, passport (valid for at least six months from the date of departing the country)
*Notes: Immigration policy is subject to change. If the Vietnam Government announces any new regulations, we will notify you via email.
For further enqueries on the visa, please contact minh.nguyen@hku-vn.org and cc- ha.vu@hku-vn.org
Samuel C. Park Jr (B.A. 1925) Professor of Economics and Political Science
Yale University
Bio
Gerard Padró i Miquel is a Professor of Economics and Political Science at Yale University, where he is also the Director of the Leitner Program of International and Comparative Political Economy. He is interested in the interplay between politics and economics as a barrier for development with a focus on civil conflict and on the politics of non-democratic regimes. His previous work has been published at the Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies and the Quarterly Journal of Political Science among others.
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics
Emory University
Bio
Vivian Zhanwei Yue is a Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Emory University. She is also Research Associate at the NBER, Research Fellow at CEPR, and a senior research fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Before joining Emory University, Professor Yue worked as an assistant professor at New York University and an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Her research areas are on international finance, macroeconomics, and international trade. She has published in leading academic journals such as American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and Journal of Econometrics. She has served as Co-Editor for Journal of International Economics, associate editor for Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review, IMF Economic Review, and on the Board of Editors for American Economic Journal- Macroeconomics.
Professor Gerard Padró i Miquel
Samuel C. Park Jr (B.A. 1925) Professor of Economics and Political Science
Yale University
Professor Vivian Yue
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics
Emory University
Please click here to download the programme rundown.
Day 1: May 8, 2023 (Monday) – Applied Micro
08:15 – 08:50
Registration
08:50 – 09:00
Welcome Speech by Professor Hongbin Cai, Dean of HKU Business School
09:00 – 10:00
Keynote Speech by Professor Michael Greenstone (via Zoom), University of Chicago
“Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India”
10:00 – 10:20
Coffee Break and Group Photo
Session 1: Environment
10:20 – 11:10
Yu-Hsiang Lei, Yale-NUS College
“Dams, International Rivers and Climate Change: The Impacts of Chinese Dams on the Mekong River”
11:10 – 12:00
Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University
“Green financing and politicians’ incentives: Evidence from proprietary loan assessment data”
joint with Meng Lyu, George Y. Yang, Hongqi Yuan
Hongbin CAI
Chair of organizing committee
Dean
Chair of Economics
HKU Business School
Bingjing LI
Associate Professor of Economics
HKU Business School
Professor of Economics and Management & Strategy
HKU Business School
HKU Business School
Yanhui WU
Professor of Economics and Management & Strategy
HKU Business School
Hongsong ZHANG
Associate Professor of Economics
HKU Business School
Xiaodong ZHU
Area Head of Economics
Professor of Economics
HKU Business School
Please contact the Institute of China Economy at iceinfo@hku.hk for enquiries.