HKU and CITP Conference - Programme

Venue

Room 326-348, The University of Hong Kong Main Building
Pok Fu Lam Road, Lung Fu Shan, Hong Kong

Programme

Thursday 4 June

Introductions

9:20 - 9:30

Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham)

Heiwai Tang (University of Hong Kong)

Keynote address

9:30 - 10:30

Economic Impacts of the Recent U.S. Tariffs

Amit Khandelwal (Yale University)

Session 1

10:45 - 11:30

Endogenous Product Design and Product Network Dynamics 

Rachel Sun (University of Hong Kong). Co-authors: Zhang Chen and Daniel Trefler

Session 2

11:45 - 12:30

The Impact of GSP Graduations on Indian exporters

Ingo Borchert and Mattia Di Ubaldo (University of Sussex)

Lunch

12:30 - 14:00

On campus

Session 3

14:00 - 15:15

Marketing, Demand Accumulation, and Exporter Dynamics 

Hongsong Zhang (University of Hong Kong). Co-authors: Yating Jiang and Xuanyi Xin

Session 4

15:30 - 16:15

Regulating Critical Technologies: National security and intellectual property

Phoebe Li (University of Sussex)

Panel session: Reglobalization

16:30 - 17:30

Moderator: Heiwai Tang (Asia Global Institute and University of Hong Kong)

Amit Khandelwal (Yale University), Miaojie Yu (Liaoning University), Michael Gasiorek (CITP / UKTPO and University of Sussex), XXX (Hong Kong)

Conference dinner

18:30 - 20:00

Central, Hong Kong

Friday 5 June

Keynote address

9:30 - 10:30

Understanding China's All-round Voluntary Opening-up: Policy and Evidence

Keynote address: Miaojie Yu (Liaoning University)

Session 1

10:45 - 11:30

IP Enforcement Costs, International Trade and Innovation

Richard Kneller (University of Nottingham)

Session 2

11:30 - 12:15

Semiconductor Export Controls and Innovation in the U.S.-China Technology War

Harry Haishi Li (University of Hong Kong)

Lunch

12:30 - 14:00

On campus

Session 3

14:00 - 15:15

Gender Norms and Household Responses to Trade Shocks 

Martina Uccioli (University of Nottingham). Co author: I. Di Tella

Session 4

15:30 - 16:15

Does attracting investments also attract voters? The politics of the winners of globalization

Yotam Margalit (Tel Aviv University)

Session 5

16:30 – 17:15

Digital Connectivity and Cross-border Innovative Collaborations: Evidence from worldwide firm level data 

Zhihong Yu (University of Nottingham). Co-authors: Jiaxuan Zhang, Hongsheng Zhang, and Michele Imbruno