2025 Firm and Industry Dynamics Workshop
The 2025 Firm and Industry Dynamics Workshop will be held in May 2025, at The University of Hong Kong. The workshop is sponsored by the HKU Business School’s Institute of China Economy. This workshop will bring together leading scholars and researchers from around the world to discuss the latest trends and insights in the areas of firm and industry dynamics.
Organizing Committee:
Shengyu Li (UNSW Sydney)
Hongsong Zhang (HKU Business School)
Sponsor:
Institute of China Economy (ICE), HKU Business School
Co-organizers:
Economics Area & Institute of China Economy, HKU Business School
Economic Strategy and Development Research Centre, HKU Shenzhen Research Institute
UNSW Business School, The University of New South Wales, Sydney
Date & Time: | 15 May 2025 (Thursday) | 14:00 – 17:50 16 My 2025 (Friday) | 09:00 – 18:00 |
Venue: | Room 315, 3/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU |
Language: | English |
Registration: | We welcome colleagues and research students to attend the Workshop. Please register here. Registration will be closed on May 9, 2025 (Fri), 23:59 (HKT). There is no registration fee*. Seats are limited. Successful registrants will receive confirmation email from the organizer before the event day. * Lunch and dinner will be by invitation. Participants will be responsible to cover the passage and accommodation costs. |
Contact: Institute of China Economy, HKU Business School at iceinfo@hku.hk
Programme Rundown
Day 1 – May 15 (Thursday)
12:00-14:00 | Conference Initiation Lunch |
13:30-14:00 | Registration |
14:00-14:20 | Association Initiation Ceremony |
Keynote SpeechChair: Hongsong Zhang | |
14:20-15:20 | Jo Van Biesebroek (KU Leuven) “Imperfect (Re)allocation in Imperfect Markets: Evidence from China’s Pilot Carbon ETS” (joint with Honghao Zheng) |
15:20-15:50 | Tea Break, Group Photo, Association Signature |
Session 1: Market Power, Institutions, and Entry FrictionsChair: TBA | |
15:50-16:30 | “Quantifying Foreclosure: The Live Nation — Ticketmaster Merger” Presenter: Mo Xiao (The University of Arizona) |
16:30-17:10 | “Big Fish in Small Pond: State–Business Alliances and Local Preferential Tax in China” Presenter: Chong Liu (PKU) |
17:10-17:50 | “Dynamic Barriers to Entry” Presenter: Chang Sun (HKU) |
18:45-21:00 | Dinner (By Invitation) |
Day 2 – May 16 (Friday)
Session 2: Technology, Productivity, and InnovationChair: TBA | |
09:00-10:00 | “Diffusing Innovations Under Market Competition: Evidence from Drug-Eluting Stents” Presenter: Ginger Jin (Maryland) |
10:00-10:40 | “Productive R&D Funding” Presenter: Kevin Fox (UNSW, Sydney) |
10:40-11:00 | Tea Break |
11:00-11:40 | “Non-neutral Technology and Witin-firm Heterogeneity in Multi-product Firms” Presenter: Shengyu Li (UNSW, Sydney) |
11:40-12:20 | “Identification of Gross Output Production Functions with a Nonseparable Productivity Shock” Presenter: Qingsong Pan (Shandong University) |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch (By Invitation) |
Session 3: Trade, Policy, and Global LinkagesChair: TBA | |
14:00-14:40 | “Fast lane to reducing inventory: The impact of firm distance to highways” Presenter: Sai Ding (Glasgow) |
14:40-15:20 | “Decoding China’s Industrial Policy” Presenter: Ming Li (CUHK-Shenzhen) |
15:20-15:40 | Tea Break |
15:40-16:20 | “Marketing, Demand, and the Gains from Export” |
16:20-17:00 | “The Spill-back and Spillover Effects of US Monetary Policy: Evidence on an International Cost Channel” Presenter: Amber Yao Li (HKUST) |
18:30-21:00 | Dinner and Individual Meeting (By Invitation) |