Organizer:
Chinese Economists Society (CES)
Local Organizer: Faculty of Management of the University of Primorska
Sponsors:
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics, USA
Hunan University, China
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA
National Science Foundation, China
Ohio State University, Department of Economics, USA
University of Primorska, Faculty of Management, Slovenia
Friday, May 11
18:30-19:45 pm – Welcome Reception
Saturday, May 12
8:00-10:30 Plenary Session – Welcome Remarks and Keynote Speeches
Presiding: HAIZHENG LI, CES President and Georgia Institute of Technology (5 minutes)
Welcome remarks: EGON ŽIŽMOND (5 minutes), Dean and Professor, University of Primorska, Slovenia - local host of the conference
Keynote Speeches:
JANEZ ŠUŠTERŠIČ (40 minutes), University of Primors and Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD)
(introduced by EGON ŽIŽMOND)
GÉRARD ROLAND (40 minutes), University of California-Berkeley
(introduced by JOHAN SWINNEN)
T. PAUL SCHULTZ (40 minutes), Yale University
(introduced by BELTON FLEISHER)
Q&A (20 minutes)
10:30-10:45 -- Coffee break
10:45-12:30
Session 1: Lessons from the Agri-food Sector for the Development of Markets and Institutions
Presiding: SCOTT ROZELLE, Stanford University, rozelle@stanford.edu
LIESBET VRANKEN, University of Leuven--Patterns of Land Market Developments in Transition
SCOTT ROZELLE, Stanford University--From Economics of Transition to Economics of Institutions: Agriculture during the Second Decade of Transition
JOHAN SWINNEN, University of Leuven--From State Governance to Private Governance of Commodity Value Chains
ŠTEFAN BOJNEC, University of Primorska, IMRE FERTO, Economic Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences--Determinants of Competition in Agro-Food Trade of Transition Countries with the European Union
Discussants: POLONA DOMADENIK, University of Ljubljana, polona.domadenik@ef.uni-lj.si
SCOTT ROZELLE, Stanford University, rozelle@stanford.edu
Session 2: Social Dynamics, Financial and Exchange Markets in Transition Economies
Presiding: IIKKA KORHONEN, Bank of Finland, iikka.korhonen@bof.fi
MIEKE MEURS, THOMAS HERTZ, and SIBEL SELCUK, American University--Decreasing Social Mobility in Bulgaria since the Transition from Socialism
KATHRYN ANDERSON, CHARLES BECKER, LINDA CARTER, and NURGUL UKAEVA, University of Vanderbilt—Demographic Change in Central Asia Following the Transition to a Market Economy
CHUN CHANG, HUA ZHANG, and HONGHUI ZHU, China Europe International Business School--Do Chinese Companies Listed in HK Pay More or Less Dividends Than Those Listed in the Mainland?
ELENA KASHTANOVA, Anhalt University-Germany—Exchange Rate Regimes in Transitional Economies as a Part of Stabilization Policy
IIKKA KORHONEN, TUULI JUURKKALA, Bank of Finland--Equilibrium Exchange Rates in Oil-Dependent Countries
Discussants: PENELOPE PRIME, Mercer University, prime_pb@mercer.edu
XIANGDONG QIN, Shanghai Jiaotong University, xdqin@sjtu.edu.cn
12:30:-13:30 -- Lunch
14:00-15:45
Session 3: Labor Market, Wage Distribution, and Migration
Presiding: Christine Ries, Georgia Institute of Technology, christine.ries@speakeasy.net
PATRICK MCCARTHY, RENYU LI, Georgia Institute of Technology--Determinants of Inter-provincial Migration in China
BELTON FLEISHER, Ohio State University, HAIZHENG LI, Georgia Institute of Technology, SHI LI, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences--Job Choices, Sectoral Attachment, and Educational Attainment in China’s Transition Economy
MATIJA VODOPIVEC, Analysis Group, Inc.--Equal Pay for Equal Work? Wage and Productivity Differentials during Slovenia’s Transition
POLONA DOMADENIK, University of Ljubljana, and FRANCESCO PASTORE, University of Naples II--Educational Policy versus Labor Market Flexibility: Is There the Cure for Youth Unemployment in Transition Countries?
Discussants: T. PAUL SCHULTZ, Yale University, paul.schultz@yale.edu
HAOMING LIU, National University of Singapore, ecsliuhm@nus.edu.sg
Session 4: Agricultural Restructuring during Transition: Experience from Central and Eastern Europe, and China
Presiding: XIAOBING WANG, Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)-Germany, xiaobing_w@yahoo.com
ZVI LERMAN, Hebrew University--Land Reform, Farm Structure, and Agricultural Performance in CIS Countries
SCOTT ROZELLE, Stanford University—The Effect of Migration on the Children’s Education Achievement in Rural China
STEPHAN BROSIG, Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)-Germany—Dynamics of Rural Labor Markets in China
XIAOBO ZHANG, JIANQING RUAN, International Food Policy Research Institute--Clustering as a Way to Lower Capital Barriers in China’s Rural Industrialization
Discussants: ŠTEFAN BOJNEC, University of Primorska, stefan.bojnec@fm-kp.si
STEPHAN BROSIG, IAMO, brosig@iamo.de
15.45-16:00 -- Coffee break
16:00-17:45
Session 5: Economic Growth and Development
Presiding: PATRICK MCCARTHY, Georgia Institute of Technology, mccarthy@gatech.edu
MATHILDE MAUREL, CUONG LE VAN, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne--Education, Corruption and Growth in Developing Countries
MATJAZ NOVAK, UP Faculty of Management Koper--Need for New Theory of Real Convergence – Case of Transition Economies
HAOMING LIU, National University of Singapore--Market Segregation and Local Protection in China
LI XING, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, XIAOBO ZHANG, XIAOPENG, and SHENGGEN FAN, International Food Policy Research Institute--Remittances, Poverty and Inequality in Lagging Regions in China
Discussants: JEAN TESCHE, Sarajevo Graduate School of Business, jtesche@aol.com
PENELOPE PRIME, Mercer University, prime_pb@mercer.edu
Session 6: Monitoring, Contracts, and Participation in Transition Economies
Presiding: WILLIAM PYLE, Middlebury College, wpyle@middlebury.edu
WILLIAM PYLE, Middlebury College--The Calculus of Coordination: Democratization and Organized Business across the Russian Federation
JARKO FIDRMUC, University of Munich--Default Rates in the Loan Market for SMEs: Evidence from Slovakia
ALEXEI KARAS, Ghent University, KOEN SCHOORS, Ghent University, and LAURENT WEILL, Universite Robert Schuman—Are Private Banks More Efficient than Public Banks
KATHERIN MARTON, Fordham University, CORNELIA MCCARTHY, Columbia University—Efficient Banking Sector with Shallow Financial Development - The Eastern European Transition Experience
XIAOQIANG CHENG, HANS DEGRYSE, Catholic University of Leuven--Informational Barriers and Credit Rationing in the Market for Credit Cards
Discussants: JOHAN SWINNEN, University of Leuven, Jo.Swinnen@econ.kuleuven.be
GÉRARD ROLAND, University of California-Berkeley, groland@econ.berkeley.edu
18:30-20:30 -- Dinner provided by Faculty of Management of the University of Primorska
Host: Egon Žižmond, Dean and Professor, University of Primorska, Slovenia
YUEYU ZHAO (8 minutes), Vice President and Professor, Hunan University,
China - local hosting university of CES Annual China Conference 2007
Belton Fleisher, CES Vice President
Sunday May 13
8:00-9:45
Session 7: Productivity and Efficiency in Central European and Russian Agriculture
Presiding: ŠTEFAN BOJNEC, University of Primorska, stefan.bojnec@fm-kp.si
LAJOS ZOLTAN BAKUCS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, LAURE LATRUFFE, INRA-France, IMRE FERTO, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, JOZSEF FOGARASI, Agricultural Economics Research Institute-Hungary--Technical Efficiency of Hungarian Farms Before and After Accession
ŠTEFAN BOJNEC, University of Primorska, LAURE LATRUFFE, INRA-France--Productivity Change in Slovenian Agriculture during the Transition: A Comparison of Production Branches
LAURE LATRUFFE, INRA-France, SOPHIA DAVIDOVA, University of Kent-UK, and K. BALCOMBE, University of Reading-UK--Productivity Change in Polish Agriculture: An Application of a Bootstrap Procedure to Malmquist Indices
NIKOLAI SETLOV, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy-Russia, and HEINRICH HOCKMANN, Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)-Germany--Dynamic Efficiency Analysis of Russian Farm Enterprises
JOZSEF FOGARASI, Agricultural Economics Research Institute-Hungary, and LAURE LATRUFFE, INRA-France--How Did Hungarian Crop Farms Perform before Accession: A Comparison of Technical Efficiency and Technology with France
Discussants: ZHENHUI XU, Georgia College & State University, zhenhui.xu@gcsu.edu
HUBERT GABRISCH, European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, hubert.gabrisch@iwh-halle.de
9:45-10:00 -- Coffee break
10:00-11:45
Session 8: Public Finance and Macroeconomic Policies
Presiding: PENELOPE PRIME, Mercer University, prime_pb@mercer.edu
JEAN TESCHE, JO BETH MERTENS, Sarajevo Graduate School of Business--Who is Teaching Whom? Tax Reform Lessons from Transition Economies
JOSEF BRADA, ALI KUTAN, and GORAN VUK, Arizona State University--Capital Flight: Measurement and Causes (paper to be presented by Jean Tesche)
PING HUA, CERDI--China’s Displacement and Offsetting Effects on Its Asian Neighbors’ Exports
SCOTT ROZELLE, Stanford University, RENFU LUO, LINXIU ZHANG, and JIKUN HUANG, Chinese Academy of Sciences—Creating a Harmonious Socialist Society: Village Elections, Public Goods Investments and Pork Barrel Politics, Chinese-style
Discussants: MATJAZ NOVAK, UP Faculty of Management Koper, matjaz.novak@fm-kp.si
CHUN CHANG, CEIBS, cchun@ceibs.edu
12:00-13:00 -- Lunch
Concluding Remarks
EGON ŽIŽMOND, Dean and Professor, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Mingyong Lai (5 minutes), Dean and Professor, Hunan University - local hosting
university of CES Annual China Conference 2007
Haizheng Li, CES President
14:00-17:00 -- Local Tour
Wine cellar Brič - starting at 14:00 from the Hotel Marko (the visit at the wine cellar will last approx 2 hours), we will be back in Portorož approx at 17:00. The contact at the Wine cellar Brič is Mr. Boštjan Zidar (zidar@kemiplas.si, + 386 31 377 620 (cell phone))
Monday, May 14
8:30-19:15 -- Local One-day Tour
Postojna Cave and Lipica and also visit of the "Pršutarna" - one of the prosciutto producer in the Slovene Karst region. Contact: Topline, Mr. Žiga Uhelj, tel: +386 5 6747 166, mail: ziga@topline.si
08:30 departure from the hotel
09:45 arrival to Postojna
10:00 - 11:30 visit of the Postojna caves
11:45 - 12:00 bus ride from Postojna to the tourist farm Hudičevec for lunch
12:00 - 13:45 lunch
14:00 - 14:30 bus ride from Hudičevec to Lipica Studfarms
15:00 - 16:30 visit of the Lipica Stud farms (visit with performance act)
17:00 - 18:30 visit of the Lokev dried ham production
18:30 - 19:15 bus ride from Lokev to Portoroz
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chair:
HAIZHENG LI, CES President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Local Chair:
EGON ŽIŽMOND, Dean and Professor, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Local Coordinator:
MARIJANA PREGARAC, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Co-Chair:
BELTON FLEISHER, CES Vice President, Ohio State University and Co-editor of China Economic Review
Academic Program Coordinator:
ZHIQIANG LIU, CES Board Member, State University of New York at Buffalo
Hotel Coordinator:
XIAOJUN WANG, CES Board Member, University of Hawaii
Registration Coordinator:
ZHENHUI XU, Georgia College & State University
Media Coordinator:
PENELOPE PRIME, CES Board Member, Mercer University-Atlanta
Logistics Coordinator:
XIANGDONG QIN, CES Board Member, Shanghai Jiaotong University
BIN LI, CES Board Member, University of Chicago
Members:
PATRICK MCCARTHY, Chair and Professor, School of Economics, Georgia Tech
MARY-FRANCOISE RENARD, Professor and Director of the China Center CERDI-IDREC, France
SCOTT ROZELLE, Professor, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
MILAN VODOPIVEC, Senior Economist, World Bank
JEFFREY ZAX, Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder
