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
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Adoption of electric vehicles: Manufactures’ incentives and public policy
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Panelist
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Negotiating a housing deal on a polluted day: Consequences and possible explanations
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
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Flights to safety: Evidence of Chinese residents fleeing air pollution via air travels
9:45 am - 11:00 am
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Supply, demand, and the effects of government policy in the Chinese automobile market
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
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Subway boom in China: Does it reduce congestion?
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
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Transportation policies and equilibrium sorting: Evidence from Beijing
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Panelist
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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