2012 Beijing Conference: Program

PRODUCING ECONOMIC RESEARCH:
HIGH TRANSACTION COSTS AND ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES

MAY 19, 2012
BEIJING, CHINA

Co-sponsored by the Ronald Coase Institute &
The China Center for Economic Research, Peking University


SATURDAY, MAY 19
08:00 - 20:00
Zhongguanyuan Global Village PKU
08:00 - 09:00.
Registration and coffee
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome; Reducing Transaction Costs in the Production of Research
Mary Shirley, Yang Yao, Lee Benham
09:30 - 10:00
Rules of the Game for Academic Promotion in China
Shihe Fu
10:00 - 10:30
Collaboration and Research Teams: Are Things Different in China?
Cheryl Xiaoting Long, Lixin Colin Xu
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee/tea break
11:00 - 11:30
Specialization and Gains from Trade in the Production of Research
Sebastian Galiani
11:30 - 12:00
Panel: Innovations in the Production of Research
James Kai-Sing Kung, Peter Murrell
12:00 - 12:30
Presentations
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Presentations
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee/tea break
15:30 - 16:00
Presentations
16:00 - 17:00
Roundtable: Initiatives To Promote Research on Institutions
Gary Libecap, Philip Keefer, Mary Shirley, Yang Yao, Marc Law, Lee Benham, Alexandra Benham
17:00 - 17:30
Survey of Conference Participants and Summary
17:30 - 20:00
Reception and Dinner

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