2023 Asia Global Institute x Institute of China Economy Trade Conference

The 2023 Asia Global Institute x Institute of China Economy Trade Conference is a one-day academic conference co-organized by the Asia Global Institute and the HKU Business School’s Institute of China Economy, and supported by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center. The conference agenda covers topics such as global sourcing dynamics, trade-in knowledge-based services and innovation, the development of diverse businesses, and more.

Program Rundown:

0855 - 0900 I Opening Remarks

• Heiwai Tang, Director, Asia Global Institute and Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong 

0900 - 1000 I Romer or Ricardo?

• Speaker: Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor of Economics and PCL Faculty Scholar, The University of Chicago
• Paper co-authored with Peter Klenow and Kazuatsu Shimizu

1000 - 1015  I Coffee Break

1015 - 1115 I Trade in Knowledge Services and Innovation

• Speaker: Fabian Trottner, Assistant Professor of Economics, The University of California, San Diego
• Paper co-authored with Bastian Krieger

1115 - 1130 I Coffee Break

1130 - 1230 I The Dynamics of Global Sourcing

• Speaker: Trang Hoang, Economist, The Federal Reserve Board of Governors

1230 - 1400 I Lunch (By Invitation only)

1400 - 1500 I Intangibles, Multinationals, and the Evolution of Firm Heterogeneity

• Speaker: Wolfgang Keller, Professor and Director of the McGuire Center, The University of Colorado-Boulder
• Paper co-authored with Stephen Yeaple

1500 - 1515 I Coffee Break

1515 - 1615 I Bilateral Economies of Scope

• Speaker: Yao Amber Li, Associate Professor of Economics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Paper co-authored with Stephen Yeaple, Sichuang Xu and Tengyu Zhao

1615 - 1630 I Coffee Break

1630 - 1730 I Keynote Speech: Structural Change Within Versus Across Firms: Evidence from the United States

• Speaker: Peter Schott, Juan Trippe Professor of International Economics, Yale University
• Paper co-authored with Xiang Ding, Teresa Fort, and Stephen Redding

1800 I Dinner (By Invitation only)

*The program is subject to change without prior notice. Lunch and dinner are by invitation only. Please note that participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs.