2020 HKU Online Trade Workshop


Hosted and Sponsored by ICGD
Faculty of Business and Economics
The University of Hong Kong

Friday, May 15, 2020
9:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. HK Time

Morning Session
Chair: Heiwai Tang

9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
Misallocation Under Trade Liberalization
     Dan Lu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
     Yan Bai, University of Rochester and NBER
     Keyu Jin, LSE and CEPR
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Symmetric and Asymmetric Trade with Heterogeneous Firms
     Wen Zhou, The University of Hong Kong
     Jiahua Che, China Europe International Business School
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
Chair: Chang Sun

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
The Local Technology Spillovers of Multinational Firms
      Robin Kaiji Gong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
Germs, Roads and Trade: Theory and Evidence on the Value of Diversification in Global Sourcing
     Hanwei Huang, The City University of Hong Kong

Attending the Workshop
  • To receive the Zoom link for the workshop, please register here.
  • The presenter (highlighted in italics) decides the way to interact with the audience, e.g., alllowing audience to ask questions during the presentation, or answering questions collected via chat at the end of the presentation.
  • During the 15-minute breaks, we will assign attendees randomly to breakout rooms. If you do not want to chat with others, you can simply leave the meeting when the break starts.
  • Videos of the presentations will be posted on the ICGD website, subject to the presenter's approval.

    • Presentation Videos
  • Robin Gong's presentation: Youtube link.
  • Hanwei Huang's presentation: Youtube link.
  • Dan Lu and Wen Zhou's presentations are unavailable due to technical issues.