Environmental and transportation issues in urban environments

Saturday, September 22, 2018 - Sunday, September 23, 2018

2:00 am - 6:00 am CST

School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University

Room 302

Beijing, DC

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On September 21 and September 22, the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy will host a two-day conference on environmental and transportation issues in urban environments. Academics from China and abroad will present papers on air travel, electric vehicles, the automobile market, and transportation policies. Clifford Winston, the Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Economic Studies program will moderate the discussion. Distinguished economists from applied microeconomics will attend the conference and comment on papers presented.

Agenda

September 22
- Environment-enhanced momentum
  
  2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  Robert W. Crandall Adjunct Senior Fellow - Technology Policy Institute
  
  Panelist
  
  HL
  
  Haoming Liu Associate Professor - Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
  
  AS
  
  Alberto Salvo Associate Professor - Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
- Adoption of electric vehicles: Manufactures’ incentives and public policy
  
  3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  MJ
  
  Mark Jacobsen Associate Professor of Economics - University of California, San Diego
  
  Panelist
  
  JS
  
  Jing Shao Associate Professor - University of International Business and Economics
  
  HY
  
  Hangjun Yang Professor - Department of Transport Economics and Logistics, School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics
  
  AZ
  
  Anming Zhang Professor - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
- Negotiating a housing deal on a polluted day: Consequences and possible explanations
  
  5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  RC
  
  Robert Crandall Adjunct Senior Fellow - Technology Policy Institute
  
  Panelist
  
  JW
  
  Jing Wu Head and Associate Professor - Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Acting Director - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Tsinghua University
  
  JY
  
  Jubo Yan Assistant Professor of Economics - School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
- Flights to safety: Evidence of Chinese residents fleeing air pollution via air travels
  
  9:45 am - 11:00 am
  
  Moderator
  
  MJ
  
  Mark Jacobsen Associate Professor of Economics - University of California, San Diego
  
  Panelist
  
  SC
  
  Shuai Chen Researcher - School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University
  
  JTS
  
  Jie-Sheng Tan Soo Assistant Professor - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
- Supply, demand, and the effects of government policy in the Chinese automobile market
  
  11:15 am - 12:30 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  Jia Yan Associate Professor - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
  
  Panelist
  
  YC
  
  Yuan Chen Ph.D. student - Transportation Technology and Policy, University of California at Davis
  
  CCLL
  
  C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell Associate Professor - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
- Subway boom in China: Does it reduce congestion?
  
  2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
  
  Panelist
  
  YG
  
  Yizhen Gu Assistant Professor - Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University
  
  Moderator
  
  MJ
  
  Mark Jacobsen Associate Professor of Economics - University of California, San Diego
- Transportation policies and equilibrium sorting: Evidence from Beijing
  
  3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  Jia Yan Associate Professor - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
  
  Panelist
  
  Andrew Waxman Assistant Professor - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin @andrewrwaxman
  
  JW
  
  Jing Wu Head and Associate Professor - Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Acting Director - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Tsinghua University
- Final comments and close of conference
  
  4:45 pm - 5:00 pm