Development Forum & CEDR-HSE 4th Joint Conference: A Comparison of Industrial Structure and Economic Policy in China and Russia

CEDR-HSE 4th Joint Conference 21– 24 September 2011

Co-Organized by:
CEDR, Wuhan University & Higher School of Economics,Moscow (HSE)

Development Forum &
CEDR-HSE 4th Joint Conference: A Comparison of Industrial Structure and Economic Policy in China and Russia

A Forum & Conference Program
21, Sept. 2011, afternoon    , arrival in Wuhan
Check in the Lake View Garden Hotel and the Luojia Mountain Villa in Wuhan University

Morning, 22, Sept. 2011
08: 20 All the participants get together at the door of the Lake View Garden Hotel and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

09: 00-09: 40 h    Opening Ceremony

Chair: Ying Ma
Vice President of Wuhan University
Andrei Yakovlev, Vice President of State Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Chen Jiyong, Dean of Economics & Management School, Wuhan University

09:40-10: 00 h     Photograph-taking & Coffee Break

10:00- 12:00 “Development Forum”

Chair: Julan Du
Vladimir Popov, Center for Economic & Financial Research at New Economic School, New York,
“Why the West Became Rich before China and Why China Has Been Catching Up with the West since 1949: Another Explanation of the “Great Divergence” and “Great Convergence” Stories“
Discussant: Ying Ma, Wuhan University

Guo Xibao, Wuhan University
“On the Dynamic Motives and Machansm for China’s High Long-Run Economic Growth“
Discussant: Vladimir Popov, New Economic School

12: 00 – 13: 20 h    Lunch at the Luojia Mountain Villa
Afternoon
13: 20 All the participants get together and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

13: 30 – 15: 50 h    Session 1 “Energy Intensity and Changes of the Sectoral Structure”

Chair: Bors Kuznetsov
Shaoping, Wang, Huazhong University of Science &Technology
The Nonlinear Effect of China’s Economic Structure
Change on Energy Intensity
Discussant: Bors Kuznetsov, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

Shaozhou Qi, Kai Li & Banban Wang, Wuhan University
Empirical Analysis of the Regional Impact of FDI Knowledge Spillover Effect on the Energy Intensity in China
Discussant: Andrei Govorun, Higher School of Economics at Moscow
   
Jianghuai Zheng & Yu Wang, Nanjing University
The Underdevelopment of Service Industry in China: An Empirical
Study of Cities in Yangtze River Delta
Discussant: Andrei Govorun, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

15: 30 – 15: 45 h    Coffee-Break

15: 45 – 17: 30 h    Session 2 “Reforms of Regulation & Anti-trust Policy ”

Chair: Shaoping Wang
Andrei Yakovlev & Olga Demidova, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Access of Firms to Public Procurement in Russia in the 2000s before and after Radical Reform of Regulation
Discussant: Zhong Ning, Fudan University

Donghui Zhang, Shandong University
Effects Evaluation of Regulatory Reform on Performance of
Electricity Industry in China
Discussant: Svetlana Avdasheva, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Svetlana Avdasheva, Higher School of Economics at Moscow
Anti-trust Policy in Russia: Is Wider Application Achievement or Source of Threats?
Discussant: Donghui Zhang, Shandong University

18:00-20:00 Banquet at Hujing Grand Restaurant

Morning, 23, Scpt. 2011
08: 20 All the participants get together at the door of the Lake View Garden Hotel and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

09: 00 – 10: 30 h    Session 3 “The Structure of Export and Economic Growth”

Chair: Svetlana Avdasheva

Victoria Golikova & Boris Kuznetsov, Higher School of Economics Moscow
“Self-selection” and “Path Dependence”: Evidence for Russian Exporting Manufacturing Firms
Discussant: Julan Du, Chinese University of Hongkong

Julan, Du, Yi Lu, Zhigang Tao & Linhui Yu,, Chinese University of Hongkong
Do Domestic and Foreign Exports Differ in Learning by Exporting? Evidence from China
Discussant: Victoria Golikova, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

Ying Ma & Guansheng Yu, Wuhan University & Wenzhou University
The Industrial Structure of Labor-intensive Products and Economic
Growth: Empirical Research Based on Simultaneous Equations
Discussant: Boris Kuznetsov, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

10: 30-10: 45 h Coffee Break

10:45-12:00 h Session 4 “Business-Government Interaction, Regional Industrial Structure, & Leading Industries”

Chair: Yulia Leevik

Andrei Yakovlev &Andrei Govorun, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Industrial Associations as a Channel of Business-Government Interactions in Imperfect Institutional Environment : the Russian Case
Discussant: Zhong Ning, Fudan University

Jianhua Zhang & Wen Cheng, Huazhong University of Science & Technology & Hubei University
Changes in Chinese Regional Industry Specialization during 1988 and
2007: A U-shaped Curve
Discussant: Olga Demidovai, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

Zhuo Li,, Wuhan University
The Effect of Oil Price Shocks on Typical Industry of Industry Chain in China-- An Empirical Study Based on Different Types of Oil Price Shocks
Discussant: Olga Demidova, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
   
12: 00 – 13: 40 h    Lunch at the Luojia Mountain Villa

Afternoon
13: 40 All the participants get together and take a bus to the Conference Room 6, Building of School of Economics & Management, Wuhan University

13: 45 – 15: 15 h    Session 5 “Effects of Financing Strategies on Industries and Firms”

Chair: Yulia Leevik

Zhong Ning, Fudan University
Research on the Performance of Public Companies M&A High-Tech Enterprises from the Perspective of Industrial Effect: Positive Analysis of Data of Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Market from 1999 to 2006 Discussant: Andrei Yakovlev, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

Li Diao & Song Liang, Wuhan University & Zhongnan University of Economics & Law
Outward Foreign Direct Investment（OFDI）and China’s Industrial Upgrading:Analysis and Empirical Test
Discussant: Maria Kokoreva, Higher School of Economics at Moscow

Maria Kokoreva, Higher School of Economics at Moscow
   A Comparison of Corporate Financing Strategies in Russia and China: Firm-Level and Economic Policy Factors
Discussant: Li Diao, Wuhan University

15: 15-15: 30 h Coffee Break

15: 30-17: 00 h Section 6 “Household Vulnerability & Seasonal Nature of Demand”

Chair: Jiandong Wen

Chusheng Ye & Rui Zhao, Wuhan University
Measurement of Household Vulnerability and its Determinants:
An Comparative Analysis of Two Transitional Economies
Discussant: Yulia Leevik, Saint-Petersburg University

Yulia Leevik, Saint-Petersburg University
Modelling an Adaptive Management Process for Production with the Seasonal Nature of Demand
Discussant: Shaoping Wang, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

17:00- 17:30 Further Discussions for All the Papers Delivered
Chair: Jiandong Wen

17.30 - 18.00 h    Closing Ceremony

Andrei Yakovlev, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Ying Ma, Wuhan University

18: 00 h    Dinner at the Luojia Mountain Villa

Sept. 24, 2011
Morning/afternoon    Tour in Wuhan City

Sept. 25, 2011
Morning/afternoon    Departure of the Participants