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Workshop on Macroeconomics and Development

Institute for Advanced Economic Research
School of Economics
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE)
August 5th - 7th, 2019

Workshop on Macroeconomics and Development, to be held at Dalian on August 5th-7th, 2019, aims to provide a platform for macroeconomists, especially young scholars, to present their ideas and researches in the field of macroeconomics and development. The workshop will include keynote speeches and invited speeches.

Keynote Speakers
Dr. Johnathan HEATHCOTE, Monetary Advisor in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and editor of Review of Economic Dynamics. His work has been published in top journals including American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and Review of Economic Studies.
Dr. Daniel Yi XU, Professor of Economics at Duke University. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, and the NET Institute. His research focuses on Productivity, International Trade, and Industrial Organization. His most recent work has been published in Rand Journal of Economics, World Bank Economic Review, American Economic Review and Review of Economic Dynamics.

Invited Speakers
Dr. Kaiji CHEN, Associate Professor at Emory University. His research interests include Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Contracts, Business Cycles, Social Security, Consumption and Savings.
Dr. Feng DONG, Associate Professor of economics. His research interests include Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Network Economy and the China's Economy.
Dr. Ying FENG, Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include Macroeconomics, Growth and Development.
Dr. Alessio MORO, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Cagliari, and the Director of Master in Economics, and Finance and Public Policies at University of Cagliari. His research interests include Macroeconomics and Development.
Dr. Yong WANG, Associate Professor of Economics and Academic Deputy Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University. His research interests include Growth and Development, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, China and India Economies.
Dr. Wen YAO, Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University. Her research interests include International Finance, Macroeconomics, and Computational Economics.
Dr. Xin ZOU received her Ph.D. degree from Singapore Management University in July 2019. Her research interests include Urban and Regional Economics, International Economics, and Applied Micro Theory.

Venue
IAER Conference Room (I-206), Boxue Building, DUFE

Coordinator
Jingjing Gao, gaojingjing@dufe.deu.cn, +86-152-4149-9031
Program_Workshop on Macroeconomics and Development.pdf

Dr. Johnathan Heathcote, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Dr. Jonathan Heathcote is a Monetary Advisor in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Between 2006 and 2008 he was an economist in the International Finance Division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. From 2002 to 2008 he was an assistant and then associate professor at Georgetown University. Jonathan has also taught at the Stockholm School of Economics and Duke University, and the Stern School of Business, New York University. Jonathan received a B.A. in philosophy, politics, and economics from Keble College, Oxford University, in 1993, and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. His work has appeared in several prestigious publications, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Review of Economic Studies. He is currently the coordinating editor of the Review of Economic Dynamics.

Johnathan_Heathcote_CV.pdf

Personal Website: http://www.jonathanheathcote.com/

Dr. Daniel Yi Xu, Duke University

Dr. Daniel Xu Yi is currently Professor of Economics at Duke University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received this Ph.D. degree from Pennsylvania State University in 2007. His research focuses on Productivity, International Trade, and Industrial Organization. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, and the NET Institute. His most recent work has been published in the American Economic Review, Management Science, Rand Journal of Economics and the Review of Economic Dynamics. Prof. Xu is currently the co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics , and associate editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics, the Rand Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics.

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/site/yixusite/

	Dr. Kaiji Chen, Emory University Dr. Kaiji Chen is currently tenured Associate Professor at Emory University and Senior Research fellow of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. His main research fields are macroeconomics and financial economics. In recently years, his research has focused on China's macroeconomy, including Chinese housing bubbles, shadow banking and monetary policies, and trends and cycles in China's macroeconomy. He has published in leading economic journals such as American Economic Review, NBER Macroeconomic Annual, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, and Journal of Monetary Economics. His paper "The Great Housing Boom of China,” was awarded the 3rd Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award in 2018. Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/site/chenkaiji/
	Dr. Feng Dong Dr. Feng Dong is an Associate Professor . He obtained B.A. in Management (2006) in Renmin University of China, M.A. in Economics (2009) at China Center for Economic Research (CCER) in Peking University, and Ph.D. in Economics (2014) in Washington University in St. Louis. His main research area includes macroeconomics, monetary economics, economic networks and Chinese economy. He has published articles in Journal of Monetary Economics and Economic Theory. Personal Website: https://fengdongecon.weebly.com/
	Dr. Ying Feng, National University of Singapore Dr. Ying Feng is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore. She earned her bachelor's degrees from Wuhan University and Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego (2019). Her main research areas are macroeconomics and economic development. Her research uses microdata, applied models, and quantitative methods to study heterogeneous firm production, as well as selection and occupation choices in the labor markets. She is also interested in fertility decisions and gender topics. Ying_Feng_CV.pdf Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ying-feng
	Dr. Alessio Moro, University of Cagliari Dr. Alessio Moro is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Cagliari. He obtained his PhD from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2009. He has been research fellow at the Bank of Spain and visiting scholar at the London School of Economics, the Washington University in St. Louis, Bocconi University and the University of New South Wales. He taught graduate courses at Universidad Carlos III, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and the University of Cagliari. He published his research in journals such as the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, the Review of Economic Dynamics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Journal of Demographic Economics. Alessio_Moro_CV.pdf Personal Website: http://www.alessiomoro.it/
	Dr. Yong Wang, Peking University Dr. Yong Wang is Academic Deputy Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University. His research fields are Economic Growth, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, China and India Economies. He publishes academic papers on Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, etc. and serves as a co-editor for China and the World Economy (SSCI). He is the author of several books including "Thinking and Debates on New Structural Economics" and "Industrial Policies: Summary, Reflection and Prospect" (Peking University Press). He won the Inaugural Zhang Peigang Young Economist Award in Development Economics in 2018. Yong obtained PhD in Economics from University of Chicago. Personal Website: http://www.nse.pku.edu.cn/en/people/Faculty/245730.htm
	Dr. Wen Yao, Tsinghua University Dr. Wen Yao is currently an Assistant Professor at School of Economics and Management in Tsinghua University. She received B.S. in Computer Science from Fudan University and BEng in Computer Systems Engineering from University of Birmingham in 2006. She received Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. Dr. Yao worked as a senior economist in Bank of Canada from 2011 to 2012 and joined Tsinghua University in 2012. Her main research areas are International Finance, Macroeconomics and Computational Economics. She has published articles in Journal of International Economics and Review of Economic Dynamics. Personal Website: https://wenyao.weebly.com/research.html
	Dr. Xin Zou, Singapore Management University Dr. Xin Zou is expecting to join Dongbei University of Finance and Economics as an assistant professor this fall. She received her B.A in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2011. In 2013, she received her MSc. in Mathematics from Freie Universität Berlin. She received Ph.D. in Economics from Singapore Management University in 2019. Her research interests are Urban and Regional Economics, International Trade and Applied Microeconomics. Xin_Zou_CV.pdf Personal Website: https://xinzoucool.wixsite.com/cindy

URL to Campus Map: http://www.dufe.edu.cn/gkfw/dh/
Dr. Jonathan Heathcote is presenting his paper.

Dr. Daniel Yi Xu is presenting his paper.

Dr. Kaiji Chen is presenting his paper.

Dr. Wen Yao is presenting her paper.

Dr. Feng Dong is presenting his paper.

Dr. Ying Feng is presenting her paper.

Dr. Yong Wang is presenting his paper.

Dr. Alessio Moro is presenting his paper.

Dr. Xin Zou is presenting her paper.

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