China and World Economy Under the Cloud of Trade Disputes: New Challenges November 30 - December 1, 2020
Organized by Global Research Unit, City University of Hong Kong ● Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) ● Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
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November 30, 2020 (Monday, all times are in Helsinki time unless stated otherwise) |
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10:00 |
Welcoming Remarks: Yin-Wong Cheung, Iftekhar Hasan, Iikka Korhonen |
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Session 1: Renminbi – I, Chair: Frank Westermann, Osnabrück University |
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10:10-11:00 (09:10-10:00 |
Shadowing the Dollar or Basket Pegging in China? Fatemeh Salimi Namin, Aix-Marseille University (with Eric Girardin, Aix-Marseille University) Discussant: Louisa Grimm, Osnabrück University (Presentation, PDF) |
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11:00-11:50 (10:00-10:50 Osnabrück, Germany) |
The Evolution of Offshore Renminbi Trading: 2016 to 2019 (Presentation, PDF) Frank Westermann, Osnabrück University (with Yin-Wong Cheung, City University of Hong Kong; Louisa Grimm, Osnabrück University) Discussant: Yabin Wang, Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
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11:50-14:00 |
Break |
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Session 2: Renminbi – II, Chair: Laura Solanko, BOFIT, Bank of Finland |
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14:00-14:50 (13:00-13:50 Frankfurt, Germany) |
Markets vs. policies: Can the US dollar's dominance in global trade be dented? (Presentation, PDF) Georgios Georgiadis, European Central Bank (with Helena Le Mezo and Arnaud Mehl, European Central Bank; Cedric Tille, Geneva Graduate Institute & CEPR) Discussant: Hiro Ito, Portland State University (Presentation, PDF) |
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14:50-15:40 (07:50-08:40, New York, USA)
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U.S. monetary policy uncertainty and RMB deviations from covered interest parity (Presentation, PDF) Xingwang Qian, SUNY Buffalo State College (with Zhitao Lin, Jinan University) Discussant: Risto Herrala, BOFIT, Bank of Finland (Presentation, PDF) |
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15:40-15:50 Break |
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Keynote session, Chair: Tuomas Välimäki, Bank of Finland |
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15:50-17:00 (08:50-10:00, |
America and Asia-Pacific Trade After Donald Trump (Presentation, PDF) Peter A. Petri, Brandeis University |
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December 1, 2020 (Tuesday, all times are in Helsinki time) |
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Session 3: Chinese capital markets, Chair: Iikka Korhonen, BOFIT, Bank of Finland |
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8:00-8:50 (22:00-22:50, November 30, San Francisco, USA) |
Competitive Effects of IPOS: Evidence from Chinese Listing Suspensions (Presentation, PDF) Mark M. Spiegel, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (with Frank Packer, Bank for International Settlements) Discussant: Isabel Yan, City University of Hong Kong (Presentation, PDF) |
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8:50-9:40 (14:50-15:40, Shanghai, China) |
The Effect of the China Connect (Presentation, PDF) Chang Ma, Fudan University (with John Rogers, Federal Reserve Board; Sili Zhou, Fudan University) Discussant: Denis Davydov, University of Vaasa (Presentation, PDF) |
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9.40-10:00 |
Break |
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Session 4: Growth and liquidity, Chair: Zuzana Fungáčová, BOFIT, Bank of Finland |
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10:00-10:50 |
What 31 provinces reveal about growth in China? Eeva Kerola, BOFIT, Bank of Finland (with Benoit Mojon, Bank for International Settlements) Discussant: Bertrand Candelon, Université Catholique de Louvain (Presentation, PDF) |
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10:50-11:40 (16:50-17:40, Hong Kong) |
Liquidity of China Government Bond Market: Measures and Driving Forces (Presentation, PDF) Gaofeng Han, Hong Kong Institute of Monetary and Financial Research (with Hui Miao, International Monetary Fund; Yabin Wang, Hong Kong Monetary Authority) Discussant: Zhitao Lin, Jinan University (Presentation, PDF) |
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11:40-11:45 |
Concluding Notes |