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Content from the Brookings-Tsinghua Public Policy Center is now archived. Since October 1, 2020, Brookings has maintained a limited partnership with Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management that is intended to facilitate jointly organized dialogues, meetings, and/or events.
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
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September 22
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Environment-enhanced momentum
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Moderator
Robert W. Crandall Adjunct Senior Fellow - Technology Policy InstitutePanelist
HLHaoming Liu Associate Professor - Department of Economics, National University of SingaporeASAlberto 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
MJMark Jacobsen Associate Professor of Economics - University of California, San DiegoPanelist
HYHangjun Yang Professor - Department of Transport Economics and Logistics, School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and EconomicsAZAnming 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
RCRobert Crandall Adjunct Senior Fellow - Technology Policy Institute -
Flights to safety: Evidence of Chinese residents fleeing air pollution via air travels
9:45 am - 11:00 am
Moderator
MJMark Jacobsen Associate Professor of Economics - University of California, San DiegoPanelist
SCShuai Chen Researcher - School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang UniversityJTSJie-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 UniversityPanelist
CCLLC.-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
Moderator
MJMark 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 UniversityPanelist
Andrew Waxman Assistant Professor - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin @andrewrwaxman -
Final comments and close of conference
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
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