EVENTS

The International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China

 

Program
 
 
The International Workshop on
Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China
 
 
 
June 15-16 (Friday-Saturday), 2012
 
Guangzhou, China
 
Co-organized by
School of Economics, Jinan University
Institute of Industrial Economics, Jinan University
Papers in Regional Science
Journal of Regional Science
 
The workshop is partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.
 
The Scientific Committee:
 
Marlon Boarnet, University of Southern California, USA (and Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Science)
Steven Brakman, Groningen University, Netherlands (and Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Science)
Anping Chen, Jinan University, China
Jouke Van Dijk, Groningen University, Netherlands (and Managing Editor of Papers in Regional Science)
Henk Folmer, Groningen University, Netherlands (and Managing Editor of Letters in Resource and Spatial Sciences)
Nicolaas Groenewold, University of Western Australia, Australia
Vernon Henderson, Brown University, USA
Ming Lu, Fudan University, China
Qi Liang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Philip McCann, Groningen University, Netherlands (and Co-Editor of Papers in Regional Science)
Peter Nijkamp, Free University, Netherlands
Gianmarco Ottaviano, London School of Economics UK and Bocconi University Italy (and Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Science)
Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, USA (and Managing Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Science)
Takatoshi Tabuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan (and Co-Editor of Papers in Regional Science)
Brigitte Waldorf, Purdue University.
Joyce Yanyun Man, Peking University, China
Siqi Zheng, Tsinghua University, China
 
 
 
15 June (Friday)
 
8:30-8:45                                                    
Welcome Ceremony                                           Room 323
 
 
8:45-9:45                                                    
Plenary Session 1
Chair: Henk Folmer (Groningen University)                        Room 323
 
Keynote Speeches by
Marlon Boarnet (University of Southern California, and Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Science)
Urban Development, Transportation, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Evidence and Debate from the U.S. Context, with Implications for Rapidly Urbanizing Countries
 
Jouke Van Dijk (Groningen University, and Managing Editor of Papers in Regional Science)
Agglomeration Benefits versus Congestion Cost: from Infinite Growth to Talent Towns
 
 
10:00-12:00
Parallel Session 1
 
Session 1: Agglomeration
Chair:Mark Partridge (Ohio State University)                      Room 208
                   
Pierre-Philippe Combes (Aix-Marseille School of Economics), Sylvie Démurger (Universite de Lyon), Li Shi (Beijing Normal University)
Urbanization and Agglomeration Economies in China
 
Hongzhong Fan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Yongming Huang (Wuhan University), Tingting Tao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
City Size, Wage of Peasant Workers and Expansion of Mega-cities-----Based on Survey Data of Peasant workers in Six Provinces of Central and Western China
 
Yi Lu (National University of Singapore), Zhigang Tao (The University of Hong Kong), Linhui Yu (The University of Hong Kong)
Agglomeration and Markup
 
 
 
Session 2: Land and Public Finance
Chair: Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen (University of Sheffield)              Room 207
 
Bowen Deng (Xiamen University), Shihe Fu (Xiamen University)
Does Land-Leasing-Based Local Public Finance Promote Entrepreneurship in Chinese Cities?
 
Honghao Ren (University of Groningen), Henk Folmer (University of Groningen), Arno van der Vlist ((University of Groningen)
Why Metropolitan China is Investing So Much in New Housing?
 
Xinhua Gu (University of Macau), Pui Sun Tam (University of Macau), Guoqiang Li (University of Macau)
The Economics of Taxes on Casinos with Geographic Market Power
 
 
Session 3: Productivity and Regional Disparities
Chair: Nico Heerink (Wageningen University)                       Room 201
 
Rudai Yang (Peking University), Canfei He (Peking University)
Geography and the Productivity Puzzle of Chinese Exporters
 
Xiwei Zhu (Zhejiang University)
An Economic Analysis of “Home Appliances Going to the Countryside' in China
 
Marian Rizov (Middlesex University), Xufei Zhang (Middlesex University) 
Regional Disparities and Productivity in China: Evidence from Manufacturing Micro
 
 
13:30-15:30,
Parallel Session 2
 
Session 4: Urban and Regional Development
Chair:Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China)                    Room 208
 
Jeffrey S. Zax (University of Colorado at Boulder), Kirby Rattenbury (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Minimum Standards of Living, Income and Positional Concerns in Mid-Reform Urban China
 
Qing He (Renmin University of China), Jack W. Hou (California State University), Boqun Wang (Johns Hopkins University), Ning Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Time‐Varying Volatility in the Chinese Economy: A Regional Perspective
Ling Yang (Xi’an Jiaotong University),James Thurlow (UNU-WIDER), Michael L. Lahr (The State University of New Jersey)
The Role of Households in Sustaining China’s Economy 1997-2007: A Structural Path Analysis
 
 
Session 5: Innovation
Chair: Kevin H. Zhang (Illinois State University)                    Room 207
 
Cathy Yang Liu (Georgia State University), Wen Xie (Georgia State University)
Creativity and Inequality: The Dual Path of China’s Urban Economy
 
Bao-Jun Tang (Beijing Institute of Technology), Xi Zheng (Beijing Institute of Technology), Ke Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)
China’s Regional Distribution and Layout Evolution of Technological Innovation in Vehicles Industry
 
Peng Wang (Jinan University), Canhua Wang (Jinan University)
Research on the Effects of the Geographical Adjacency and Informatization Level on Input and Output of Regional Innovation
 
 
Session 6: Agglomeration and Clustering
Chair: Sylvie Démurger (Universite de Lyon)                       Room 201
 
Yao Amber Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Jin Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Coagglomeration of Services and Manufacturing Industries: Evidence from MNEs in China
 
Mingqin Wu (South China Normal University)
Employer- Provided Pension and Regional Agglomeration: Evidence from China
 
Hongguang Wang (Jinan University)
Agglomeration and Growth with Migration and Innovation in the Intermediate Goods Sector
15:45-17:45
Parallel Session 3
 
Session 7: Theory of Regional and Urban Economics
Chair: Takatoshi Tabuchi (University of Tokyo)                     Room 208
 
Guohua Peng (Jinan University)
Firm Heterogeneity, Asymmetric Cost and Regional Disparity
 
Lili Tan (Zhejiang University), Dao-Zhi Zeng (Tohoku University)
Developed and Developing Economies: A Synthesis of First and Second Natures
 
Yongzheng Liu (Georgia State University), Jorge Martinez-Vazquez(Georgia State University)
Interjurisdictional Tax Competition and the Loss of Farmland in China
 
 
Session 8 Environment and Regional Development
Chair: Henk Folmer (Groningen University)                        Room 207
 
Lee Liu (University of Central Missouri)
Polluting Plant Relocation: Environmental Poverty, Environmental Land-Use Model, Spatially Decomposed EKC, and Sustainability Disparities in China
 
Qi Liang (Sun Yat-sen University), Shu Ding (China Industrail Bank), Ru-Yu Wang (China Merchants Bank), Qiangyuan Chen (Sun Yat-sen University)
Agglomeration, Regional Market Integration and Environmental Regulation
 
Hao Feng (Fudan University), Mary Lovely (Syracuse University), Ming Lu (Fudan University)
Agglomeration against Pollution
 
16 June (Saturday)
 
8:30-9:45
Plenary Session 2
Chair:Nicolaas Groenewold (University of Western Australia)          Room 323
 
Keynote speech by
Takatoshi Tabuchi (University of Tokyo, and Co-Editor of Papers in Regional Science)
On Microfoundations of the City
 
Mark Partridge (Ohio State University, and Managing Co-Editor of Journal of Regional Science)
Space Matters: The Cases of China and the United States
 
 
10:00-12:00
Parallel Session 4
 
Session 10: Poverty and Regional Disparity
Chair: Jeffrey S. Zax (University of Colorado at Boulder)              Room 208
 
Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China)
Poverty Clustering in Urban China
 
Wei Zou (Wuhan University), Yingfeng Fang (Wuhan University)
Neighborhood Effect and Regional Poverty Trap in Rural China
 
Chenglin Qin (Jinan University), Yingxia Liu (Henan University)
Spatial Club Convergence of Regional Economic Growth: A hypothesis and Test
 
 
Session 11: Labor Market and Migration
Chair: Canfei He (Peking University)                              Room 207
 
Huashu Wang (Guizhou University), Lei Pan (Wageningen University), Nico Heerink (Wageningen University)
Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China’s New Generation of Migrants - Evidence from the Less-Developed Western Region
 
Wei Ma (Harvard University), Yahua Wang (Tsinghua University), Shenglong Liu (CASS)
The Impact of Transport Improvement on Migration in China (1982-2005):---A Gravity Model Analysis
 
Hong Gao (Fudan University), Ming Lu (Fudan University)
City Scale and Employment: Evidence from Urban China
 
 
Session 12: Land Economicsand Urban Planning
Chair: Shihe Fu (Xiamen University)                              Room 201
 
Suyu Liu (University of Oxford)
Dryland Urban Expansion: Environmental Problems and Urban Planning, the Case of Urumqi, China
 
Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen (University of Sheffield), Ming Lu (Fudan University)
Geographical Proximity and Constrained Urban Land Use Efficiency: A Case of Chinese City (1990-2006)
 
Jianchao Peng (Nanjing Agricultural University), Dirk Strijker(University of Groningen), Frans J. Sijtsma (University of Groningen), Qun Wu(Nanjing Agricultural University)
Measuring Cultural Differences in Landscape Preferences: A SoftGIS Method
 
13:30-15:30
Parallel Session 5
 
 
Session 13: Environment and Regional Disparity
Chair:Marlon Boarnet (University of Southern California)            Room 208
 
Anping Chen (Jinan University), Nicolaas Groenewold (University of Western Australia)
The Regional Economic Effects of a Reduction in Carbon Emissions and an Evaluation of Offsetting Policies in China
 
Qiang Geng (Nanjing University), Jun Ma (University of Alabama)
Fiscal Decentralization, Local Government Behavior and Environment Pollution in China
 
Haibo Feng (Jinan University), Daozi Yuan (Jinan University)
Local Fiscal Capacity and Environmental Equity: A GMM Estimation Based on Provincial Panel Data
 
 
Session 14: Land and Housing Markets
Chair:Jouke Van Dijk (Groningen University)                      Room 207
 
Wen-jie Wu (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Spatial Variations in Amenity Values: New Evidence from Beijing’s Emerging Land Market
 
Siqi Zheng (Tsinghua University), Weizeng Sun (Tsinghua University), Rui Wang (UCLA), Yingnan Chen (Tsinghua University)
Land Supply and Housing Price Capitalization in Beijing
 
Dayong Zhang (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Shihe Fu (Xiamen University)
Testing Ripple Effect in Chinese Housing Market: A Long Memory Approach
 
 
Session 15: Infrastructure and Industry Competition
Chair: Wei Zou (Wuhan University)                               Room 201
 
Kevin H. Zhang (Illinois State University)
Regional Industrial Competitiveness and Globalization in China: Evidence from Cross-section and Panel Data in 2005-2010
 
Feng Song (Renmin University of China), Xinye Zheng (Renmin University of China), Fanghua Li (Renmin University of China), Yihua Yu (Renmin University of China)
In Search of Infrastructure Expenditure Interactions in Chinese Provinces
 
Jianjun Tang (University of Groningen), Henk Folmer (University of Groningen), Jianhong Xue (Northwest A&F University), Arno J. van der Vlist1(University of Groningen)
The Impact of Irrigation Management Reform on Farmers’ Irrigation Water Use Efficiency
 
 
15:45-17:45
Parallel Session 6
 
Session 16: Capital and Regional Growth
 
Chair: Linhui Yu (The University of Hong Kong)                    Room 208
 
Wubiao Zhou (Nanyang Technological University)
Bring Formal Institutions back in: Regional Institutional Development, Political Capital, and Entrepreneurial Performance in China’s Transition Economy
 
John Whalley (University of Western Ontario), Chunbing Xing (Beijing Normal University)
The Regional Distribution of Skill Premia in Urban China and Implications for Growth and Inequality
 
Shuxing Shi (South China Normal University), Dezhu Ye (Jinan University)
Culture and Regional Economic Growth in China
 
 
Session 17 Innovation Regional Development
Chair: Cathy Yang Liu (Georgia State University)                    Room 207
 
Yunling Liang (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Human Capital Externalities and Firm Productivity Gains: Evidences from Chinese cities
 
Yuanyuan Li (Jinan University), Xiao Liu (Jinan University)
Scenario Analysis Using Bayesian Causal Network: Case Study in High-tech Zones in China
 
Jin Hong(University of Science and Technology of China), Wentao Yu (University of Science and Technology of China)
Creative Industry Cluster and Regional Innovation: Upstream and Downstream Effects
 
Mail List of the Participants


Name
Affiliation
Email
 
Marlon Boarnet
University of Southern California
boarnet@sppd.usc.edu
Anping Chen
Jinan University
anping.chen@yahoo.com.cn
Qiangyuan Chen
Sun Yat-Sen University
chenqiangyuan@yahoo.cn
Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen
University of Sheffield
Sylvie Démurger
University of Lyon
demurger@gate.cnrs.fr
Jouke Van Dijk
Groningen University
jouke.van.dijk@rug.nl
Hongzhong Fan
University of Science and Technology
hongzhong@mail.hust.edu.cn
Haibao Feng
Jinan University
fjash@sina.com
Hao Feng
Fudan University
fenghao1011@sina.com
Henk Folmer
Groningen University
Shihe Fu
Xiamen University
fushihe@xmu.edu.cn
Hong Gao
Fudan Univeristy
gaohongfd@gmail.com
Qiang Geng
Nanjing University
gengq@nju.edu.cn
Nicolaas Groenewold
The University of Western Australia
nic.groenewold@uwa.edu.au
Xinhua Gu
University and Macau
xhgu@umac.mo
Canfei He
Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
hecanfei@urban.pku.edu.cn
Qing He
Renmin University of China
qinghe@ruc.edu.cn
Nico Heerink
Wageningen University
Nico.Heerink@wur.nl
Minhe Ji
East China Normal University
mhji@geo.ecnu.edu.cn
Yao Amber Li
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
yaoli@ust.hk
Yuanyuan Li
Jinan University
tmass@jnu.edu.cn
Qi Liang
Sun Yat-Sen University
liangqi9@mail.sysu.edu
Yunling Liang
Central University of Finance and Economics
yunling.liang@gmail.com
Cathy Liu
Georgia State University
cyliu@gsu.edu
Lee Liu
University of Central Missour
laliu@ucmo.edu
Shenglong Liu
Institute of Quantitative Economics and Technical Economics, CASS
liu_s_long11@163.com
Suyu Liu
University of Oxford
suyu.liu@sociology.ox.ac.uk
Xiao Liu
Jinan University
Yingxia Liu
Henan University
liu_ying_xia@163.com
Yongzheng Liu
Georgia State University
yliu39@gsu.edu
Mark Partridge
Ohio State University
partridge.27@osu.edu
Guohua Peng
Jinan University
pengguohua@gmail.com
Jianchao Peng
Nanjing Agricultural University
pengjianchao@njau.edu.cn
Chenglin Qin
Jinan University
qinchlin@vip.sina.com
Honghao Ren
Netherlands
h.ren@rug.nl
Marian Rizov
Middlesex University
m.rizov@mdx.ac.uk
Shuxing Shi
South China Normal University
Weizeng Sun
Tsinghua University
sun-wz11@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Takatoshi Tabuchi
University of Tokyo
ttabuchi@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Lili Tan
Zhejiang University
tanlili@zju.edu.cn
Ying Tan
Oklahoma State University
moonterran@sina.com
Jianjun Tang
University of Groningen
j.tang@rug.nl
Tingting Tao
University of Science and Technology
CanhuaWang
Jinan University
wangcanhua2010@126.com
Honggang Wang
Jinan University
wwhhgg66@yahoo.com.cn
Peng Wang
Jinan University
jnuwp@163.com
Minqin Wu
South China Normal University
mingqinwu@gmail.com
Wenjie Wu
London School of Economics and Political Science
W.Wu2@lse.ac.uk
Chunbing Xing
Beijing Normal University
xingchunbing@gmail.com
Ling Yang
Xi'an Jiaotong University
lyang@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
Dezhu Ye
Jinan University
gzydz@126.com
Linhui Yu
The University of Hong Kong
yulh@hku.hk
Yihua Yu
Renmin University of China
Wentao Yu
University of Science and Technology of 
China
zeroyu@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Daozi Yuan
Jinan University
Jeffrey S. Zax
University of Colorado at Boulder
jeffrey.zax@colorado.edu
Dayong Zhang
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
dzhang@swufe.edu.cn
Kevin H. Zhang
Illinois State University
khzhang@ilstu.edu
Zhong Zhao
Renmin University of China and IZA
Siqi Zheng
Qsinghua University
zhengsiqi@tsinghua.edu.cn
Xi Zheng
Beijing Institute of Technology
tangbaojun@gmail.com
Wubiao Zhou
Nanyang Technological University
wbzhou@ntu.edu.sg
Xiwei Zhu
Zhejiang University
xwzhu@zju.edu.cn
Wei Zou
Wuhan University
zouwei@whu.edu.cn


 

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